10 Wrestlers Who Have Suddenly Vanished

5. Dana Brooke

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It's hard to root against an earnest hard worker like Dana Brooke. The former 'Total Diva' has never been as complete a package as that old nickname suggested, but she and Emma had good chemistry in their old partnership and her alignment with and split from Charlotte Flair could've been used as a springboard for something bigger. On top of this, she has never come across as anything but an honest professional who wants nothing more than to wrestle, though even these modest desires have rarely been fulfilled.

November 2019 came with signs that maybe WWE was going to do something with Dana again, as she was brought back into the fold for a run of television that saw her become a regular midcard fixture for the first time in what felt like forever. This ended on 7 February. Dana was involved in a fatal four-way that night, losing out to eventual winner Carmella, and hasn't appeared since. On top of this, Brooke's last house show appearance was back in December 2019.

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