10 Wrestlers Whose Stock Has Dropped The Most Since WWE WrestleMania 36
WWE booking hasn't been kind to some heading into WrestleMania 37 season.
12 months is a long time in pro wrestling.
One would think that WrestleMania wins or being involved in a featured title match would be a positive sign for the future, but that's not always the case. Vince McMahon's whims are well-known, and his passion for the push doesn't often carry over from one 'Mania season to the next.
That's why so many of the wrestlers included here are currently either AWOL or badly struggling for house room on this year's card. None of them had a bad 36 by any stretch of the imagination (although some obviously fared better than others), and yet they've all totally dropped off in stature heading into 'Mania 37.
Examining what went wrong is actually quite alarming.
WWE booking has been erratic during the 'pandemic era', to say the least. However wild McMahon's impulses are though, fans could be forgiven for thinking that the boss man's brain is still constantly whirring away to find ideas that push his roster forwards.
That's not the case with the 10 examples on this list. Everyone, again to varying degrees, has gone backwards since last year's PC-meets-cinematic experiment...
10. AJ Styles
Weren't expecting this fella', were you?
There's a reason why WWE's top all-rounder is so early on the list though - AJ Styles will make his Raw Tag Title shot alongside obvious Vince pet project Omos work at 'Mania 37. The fact he's in there with workers like Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods doesn't hurt either.
Whether it's a sleeper hit next month or not, the match is still an epic drop off from what AJ was going last year. His 'Boneyard' brawl with The Undertaker was the best cinematic-style match WWE put on in 2020 (John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt runs it close, mind you), so anything he did this year was always going to feel smaller by comparison.
Styles also closed out the first night of action last time, and it looks like he might have the distinction of being 'Taker's final ever opponent. Nothing was ever going to top that, not even the New Day lads and their workhorse mentality.