10 Big Mistakes WWE Made At SummerSlam 2016

5. Where The Hell Was Bray Wyatt?

Roman Reigns SummerSlam 2016
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I've covered Sami Zayn's absence from the main show last night at SummerSlam, but at least he was on the Kickoff show. Bray Wyatt was nowhere to be seen at all night. No backstage promo, no vignette, nothing. Bray Wyatt was the highest drafted performer who wasn't on the show at all last night.

Now, I'm fully aware that we can't keep looking at the ranking positions as being important, but Wyatt is a little more than just a high pick. He is in theory the number two heel on SmackDown, a SmackDown that is severely lacking on the bad guy side. Surely keeping Wyatt on TV is important at this point?

It is a tough cookie, for sure. The show is packed enough as it is, throwing more performers onto the show just to get them on doesn't make any sense. The problem is the lack of placement for Wyatt and Zayn, two integral cogs in a machine that needs to keep moving forward.

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