10 Wrestlers That Have Suffered Since WWE WrestleMania 35
9. Buddy Murphy
Buddy Murphy did so little during his first few months on SmackDown that it was actually made into a minor storyline point when he was finally-sort-of-but-not-really welcomed into the show over the Summer months.
Initially batting back Kevin Owens' attempts to speak up for him against Shane McMahon to remind everybody he was a heel, Murphy then took a sh*tkicking from Roman Reigns as part of the wretched whodunnit angle featuring Daniel Bryan and Rowan. This at least triggered a blinding contest with 'The Big Dog' weeks later and a follow-up victory over Bryan too, but both were false dawns for the blue brand star who somehow remains a 'Best Kept Secret'.
Frustratingly so, too. Both major matches delivered, and even though Bryan puts everybody over when he can, that victory in particular felt significant for something or other, even if defining what that was required careful crafting in the subsequent weeks. Murphy didn't get anything like that, instead becoming Just Another Guy on a roster full of them.
Great talent is usually too great to stifle and his time will surely come again, but moving up that WrestleMania Kickoff card beyond the battle royal seems unlikely.