10 Wrestlers Who Shouldn't Return For WWE's Brand Split 2016 This Week
5. X-Pac
From his relationship with Chyna to his well-documented troubles with drugs and alcohol, X-Pac has endured more than his fair share of personal turmoil over the years. It’s great that he’s been able to clean up and get back on track in this regard, but his time as a big stage performer has long since come and gone.
Though heavily criticised in the latter stages of his WWE career, X-Pac was always one of the company’s better wrestlers. He got himself over as a small guy during a time period when WWE was very much a giant’s playground: he deserves immense credit for that, but the industry has changed.
In an era where smaller athletes like Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn continue to grow in prominence, X-Pac has lost his unique selling point.
Then there’s the “X-Pac Heat”: a negative crowd reaction brought-on not because the recipient is an effective heel who the fans want to see lose, but because the fans just don’t want to see him/her wrestle at all.
X-Pac will always have this stigma attached to his name, and while he’s still fine for the odd DX regurgitation here and there, fans would soon grow tired of him should he re-emerge as a full-time performer.