10 Specific Ways WWE Stars Can Recover From Awful Booking

6. Tye Dillinger

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How can you recover from an ailment not suffered?

WWE scores spectacular own goals with the impressive frequency of Frank Sinclair in this Network Era, not least of which the writes-itself role of Tye Dillinger. WWE is weirdly reluctant to allow anybody to win - even Roman Reigns! - for reasons that remain unfathomable. Perhaps the concern, ironically, stems from a fear of ruining the defeated performer's credibility. Or perhaps WWE simply wanders blindly from one TV show to the next with no regard for any long-term narrative coherence.

In any event, Dillinger excels at losing - he's sympathetic, or was, and wrestles with a dramatic, last-stand sense of heroic desperation - so use his unique selling point by actually using him, to put over the emerging heel likes of Andrade Almas and Big Cass, if only to direct the bumbling oaf away from Daniel Bryan.

WWE enjoys spite. Tye Dillinger represents an opportunity to be spiteful, and they do so by simply ignoring his existence - an existence that could be used to actually make the heels of the blue brand a more legitimate proposition.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!