10 Wrestlers Who Are In The Wrong Role

7. Raquel Rodriguez As The Smiling Powerhouse

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Another star who has experienced a bit of an underwhelming use of their abilities in the wake of finally being called up to WWE's main roster, the former Raquel González and one-time NXT Women's Champion found herself being nudged straight into one of Vinnie Mac's tired, go-to caricatures from the get-go.

Producing the sort of ear-to-ear grin that likely haunts Finn Bálor's nightmares, the now-Rodriguez set about smiling her way to crickets and indifference in arenas, with WWE depressingly wasting little time dropping the no-nonsense and most compelling elements of the former developmental champ's persona.

In their place was a happy-to-be-here attitude and an over-reliance on others, with Raquel's staggering power game and explosive arsenal still not doing much to convince fans this is a star worth taking seriously.

Thankfully, the former NXT and main roster Women's Tag Team Champion was given a chance to show her teeth ever so slightly in the wake of Damage CTRL taking out her partner a few months back. But since then, Rodriguez has been slotted right back into her beaming babyface juggernaut role; one that absolutely nobody should have any real fears of coming up against anytime soon.

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