10 Wrestlers WWE Are Currently Dropping The Ball With

Few wrestlers have fallen as spectacularly as Alberto Del Rio over the past few years. Once hand-picked by WWE to replace Rey Mysterio as the company’s top Hispanic star, ADR was a hot ticket throughout his early-2010s heyday with his aristocratic gimmick, considerable technical skill, and of course his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez.

Unfortunately, Del Rio fell-off in a big way. Despite amassing a number of title reigns throughout his WWE run, Del Rio had become listless long before his August 2014 release, and found himself relegated to a role of playing canon fodder for the company’s main eventers.

He returned to the company little over a year later, making a shock appearance at Hell in a Cell 2015 to capture John Cena’s United States Championship, but it’s been all downhill since then.

Now, Del Rio is one of WWE’s most lifeless presences. Poor creative direction has left his interest levels at an all-time low, and it reflects in his performances. A once fiery, passionate performer now appears dead behind the eyes every time he appears on camera: ADR hasn’t been given the opportunity to portray his best work in many a year, and his fall from grace has been catastrophic.

You only need to look at Del Rio’s early WWE work or the matches he was putting-on during his sabbatical to realise just how good he can be. He lost a huge chunk of his character when WWE stripped away the aristocratic elements, split him from Rodriguez and made him “just a guy”.

It's hard to see him recovering without them.