10 Wrestlers That Should Ask WWE For Their Release

6. Tyler Breeze

Matthias €˜Tyler Breeze€™ Clement is a genuinely great professional wrestler who€™s managed to turn the Prince Pretty character from a lower card curiosity into a potential moneymaker on the strength of his performances in NXT alone. But his main roster debut was always going to be a problem. Breezy is slender compared to even the average man in WWE. His slight build wasn€™t an issue on NXT, even against brutal powerhouses like Samoa Joe, because the team at NXT know how to book that kind of character and that kind of match. That€™s not the case on WWE programming, where the average TV match goes five to ten minutes, if that. It€™s not a long enough time to tell any story except the most obvious or the most cliched. In 2016, what little momentum Clement arrived with has vanished. There are plenty of ways to rebuild the Tyler Breeze character for the main roster - but given Vince McMahon€™s dismissive attitude towards the gimmick and the performer, WWE aren€™t likely to consider any of them. That€™s not to say that Clement€™s time in the WWE has been wasted. He€™s clearly become the wrestler he is through his time in NXT, and even four months wrestling in front of large crowds is time well spent. But he can€™t be making a vast amount of money, and it€™s pretty likely that a well-managed independent career could make him nearly as much, and allow him full control of his career and character to boot. There€™s no stigma in concentrating on the independents these days, and no shame in acknowledging that, through no fault of your own, you€™ve reached a level in the company you work for. In the next few months, it may be time for Clement to consider acknowledging that for himself.