10 Seriously Overlooked WWE Heels

10. Wade Barrett

Long before he was reduced to playing the death knell that is the 'King' character, Wade Barrett was actually pretty handy as a heel. Nobody has been able to make the royal gimmick work since Booker T, and Barrett's 2015 King Of The Ring win was actually more akin to a noose around his neck than a new dawn.

The cartoon-like persona did little to sell what the Englishman is actually good at. His first few months on WWE television should have given the company a clue, Barrett is proficient in cutting promos. Speaking clearly, he was excellent as the head of The Nexus from June, 2010 until the end of that year.

Smug and unlikeable, Barrett was routinely moved away from that sort of delivery as the years rolled on. Another false dawn occurred in 2013 when he was recast as Bad News Barrett. Again excelling, Wade frustratingly wasn't given the keys to the main event kingdom.

Undermined by WWE's creative team time and time again, Barrett inevitably grew disenfranchised and quit the promotion earlier this year. As a heel, he had serious potential.