Who deserves better?

[J is Justice]

Created a few polls like this in the past. Which wrestlers do you believe are underutilized and deserve better?

[saneiac]

I put an "other" for Michin. I'm not saying she should be at the top of the women's division, but she could easily be at the Carmella or (previous run) Naomi level where they let her hang around with and have competitive matches with the top women.

[The Rick Jericho]

Wrestlemania XL without Xia Li is a travesty.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

They all deserve better... well, maybe not Odyssey Jones until he makes reparations for that time he laughed at a story of a transgender male getting pregnant.

But, and I say this a lot to the point where other posters are picking up on it and getting sick of me saying it... You can't push LITERALLY EVERYBODY. The roster is hypothetically infinite (there's no hardset maximum roster size), but the TV time is not. The TV time you give to someone on this list, you have to take from someone else, and then it won't be too long for before THAT person is on a poll like this for being underutilised and deserving better. Wrestling companies are damned whoever they push, because everybody has different favourites, and no matter who gets pushed, someone will be upset that it's not their favourite and curse out the promotion for not doing more with them.

[Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000]

Me for watching tonight's SD.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Honestly, just Sami and nakamura. And even then, they’re both presented pretty alright.

[King Devitt]

Featured:
Nakamura. Reinvents himself into an awesome character just to get cooled off and bodied by Seth Rollins channeling his best Super Cena (who also had a tendency to kill pushes in the same manner).

Not Featured:
Meiko Satomura. In the twilight of her career, has more experience and knowledge than damn near all the NXT women combined. Should be treated like a respected veteran 'final boss' type competitor.
I hate that she's wasting away what active years she has left. Let her be NXT's Sting. Just find her a Darby.

[XIII]

Isla Dawn can be a huge star for them if they’d do anything with her. Honestly they should send her back to NXT to build some momentum instead of having Full Moon Rituals in catering,

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Nakamura is just sad to watch anymore man

The presentation isn't bad but he's been set up to fail so many times for like 6 years now that it is honestly impossible to get invested in any match any more, any storyline, legit anything he does. Watching him get beat by Cody like five times in a row just makes you numb to whatever he does in the future

Wish he'd get out and go on one last run anywhere else, because he hit his ceiling in WWE. But I know my selfish wants as a fan don't outweigh the guy is fine in his role seemingly and just likes surfing and enjoying life so... is what it is, just personally, it sucks to watch the King of Strong Style be regulated to a big reason I don't trust WWE with Japan talent at all lol

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

None of them?

Hear me out, I’m not trying to be mean or declare “WWE is always right”, but there’s nobody on that list I’d say has to be made a world champion right now. Nakamura and Sami are already WWE hall of famers and if you had a gun to my head I guess I’d give Nak a thank-you WHC run, but if he’s not pushing for it then I wouldn’t be bursting into Hunter’s office screaming “change plans!”

Other than that, yeah, EoE is right.

[Mid-Carder]

This question has come up a lot and every time my answer is Asuka

[polarbearpete]

Mar 9, 2024 5:42:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Nakamura is just sad to watch anymore man

The presentation isn't bad but he's been set up to fail so many times for like 6 years now that it is honestly impossible to get invested in any match any more, any storyline, legit anything he does. Watching him get beat by Cody like five times in a row just makes you numb to whatever he does in the future

Wish he'd get out and go on one last run anywhere else, because he hit his ceiling in WWE. But I know my selfish wants as a fan don't outweigh the guy is fine in his role seemingly and just likes surfing and enjoying life so... is what it is, just personally, it sucks to watch the King of Strong Style be regulated to a big reason I don't trust WWE with Japan talent at all lol

He’s still in a very good spot. He’s an upper mid card/lower main event guy that is typically involved week to week and occasionally gets a main event program. Maybe not a world champion like some expected but just below that level.

[Andy Martin]

Mar 9, 2024 9:29:47 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Mar 9, 2024 5:42:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Nakamura is just sad to watch anymore man

The presentation isn't bad but he's been set up to fail so many times for like 6 years now that it is honestly impossible to get invested in any match any more, any storyline, legit anything he does. Watching him get beat by Cody like five times in a row just makes you numb to whatever he does in the future

Wish he'd get out and go on one last run anywhere else, because he hit his ceiling in WWE. But I know my selfish wants as a fan don't outweigh the guy is fine in his role seemingly and just likes surfing and enjoying life so... is what it is, just personally, it sucks to watch the King of Strong Style be regulated to a big reason I don't trust WWE with Japan talent at all lol

He’s still in a very good spot. He’s an upper mid card/lower main event guy that is typically involved week to week and occasionally gets a main event program. Maybe not a world champion like some expected but just below that level.

He’s honestly probably where he SHOULD be, given both the roster and where he’s at in his career.

[Soultastic]

All of them but mostly Sami.

[floundertime]

Omos! Rise up Omosapians!

Also Angel Garza. IMO he's got a ton of charisma but is stuck with that charisma black hole Humberto. He's not top guy kevel but being paired with Humberto isn't helping at all.

[Allie Kitsune]

Honestly? Jinder.

Like, no, you probably can't ever push him as a main eventer again, but at least see if he can hold his own around secondary-championship level.

[polarbearpete]

Mar 9, 2024 11:15:48 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Honestly? Jinder.

Like, no, you probably can't ever push him as a main eventer again, but at least see if he can hold his own around secondary-championship level.

I don’t disagree, but I also think for a lot of these guys the roster is so talented that you have to ask who would they bump from that scene if they entered it.

[Mid-Carder]

Mar 9, 2024 11:15:48 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Honestly? Jinder.

Like, no, you probably can't ever push him as a main eventer again, but at least see if he can hold his own around secondary-championship level.

They did that already and he couldn't

[nisidhe]

My "other" vote? Finn Balor (natch.)

His best heel work was in Japan; his early babyface work in NXT and WWE was little short of magical. Now, the three-time former NJPW Junior heavyweight champion, the inaugural WWE Universal champion, the two-time former Intercontinental and two-time former US champion, is an afterthought tag team champion amid an ongoing comedy "relationship" between Dominik and Rhea (her own title run disappointing, by the way), a tag partner who also holds the MITB briefcase, and a farcical underling in JD McDonagh who will never, _ever_ either escape his mentor's shadow nor the whispers of #SpeakingOut.

It feels that something has broken in Finn, to be honest. It would be absolutely wonderful if creative were to find some way to bring back the Doctor Who-esque persona of "nerdy guy not from around here, but more powerful than you can possibly imagine and he's here for the side of good." But that's just my inner little girl talking.

[ChitownKnight]

The way this mania build is going im gonna say Roman 😂😂