10 Current WWE Roster Members Who Are Beyond Saving

7. Mike Kanellis

Mike Kanellis
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It could be worse, Heath Slater could be in the same position as Mike Kanellis.

At least Heath has a gimmick. Kanellis doesn't, and he has precisely nothing to talk about when he's on television (as rare as that is). Look at the way he was treated at the Greatest Royal Rumble for proof of Mike's low standing. Kanellis lasted a mere three seconds before being hurled from the ring by Mark Henry, who isn't even a full-time wrestler these days.

That should tell Kanellis everything he needs to know about how WWE view him. Since debuting last Summer, he's had exactly one feud with Sami Zayn and didn't even wrestle on TV in the company from October 2017 until recently; that was mainly due to Maria's pregnancy, granted, but WWE blatantly had nothing for Mike without Maria anyway.

Devoid of any gimmick to speak of, Kanellis comes across as a bland, cookie-cutter wrestler one might have expected from FCW a decade ago. That's not good enough for someone who did show some personality in TNA.

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