10 Wrestlers Likely To Miss WWE WrestleMania 38

8. Veer Mahan

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If Veer Mahan "comes" much more, he'll get the gush.

For several months at this point, Veer Mahan has been "coming" to Monday Night RAW. The poor feller keeps getting lost and ends up arriving on Main Event. It's clear that WWE has a talented and marketable act on their hands, not they aren't clueless enough to fail at marketing his incredibly admirable real-life story, but didn't have a plan beyond the most basic vignettes imaginable.

An explosive powerhouse who can really go, on fleeting evidence, what's really bizarre here is that he's as much a "WWE Guy" as anybody on the roster. He works a style that isn't too fancy, his look is great, and he didn't emerge from the dreaded independent scene which is an instant no-no. You can't possibly be accomplished. Why, that simply isn't the WWE way. There's a small chance Veer is kept back to win the Andre and becomes - in theory - an instant game-changer as a result.

But why spend all that time running back the same pre-tape?

Surely not to pad out an inconvenient three-hour run-time any cheap way they can!

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