10 Most Disappointing Wrestlers Of 2016
8. The Vaudevillains
In terms of where they were in NXT to where they now are on the main roster, The Vaudevillains might be the WWE Performance Center’s biggest busts. They were hugely over in developmental, and drew one of the biggest pops NXT has ever heard when they bested Blake & Murphy to become Tag Team Champions at Takeover Brooklyn. Their reign didn’t last all that long, but they remained popular throughout their run, even when they turned heel on American Alpha.
Simon Gotch & Aiden English arrived on SmackDown in April, and their success immediately went down the toilet. They were involved in a Tag Title contendership tournament and made it all the way to the finals, but the match ended horrendously when Enzo Amore suffered a severe concussion after being thrown from the ring by Gotch. It was called-off, the ‘Villains were declared contenders, and their lost their title shot at Extreme Rules.
Things have gone from bad to worse ever since. The Vaudevillains’ appearances became fewer and further between, and Gotch managed to get himself in trouble by scrapping with Sin Cara backstage. The duo have since been reduced to playing enhancement roles on SmackDown Live: they’ve been given little opportunity to impress on the mic and in the ring, and their title-challenging days are long gone.
The Vaudevillains are no more relevant than The Ascension, and that’s a shame: they’re sneakily one of WWE’s most dynamic teams, but they’re dead and buried at the moment