10 Wrestlers WWE Gave Up On In 2021
1. Apollo
And now for the star the aforementioned KO was served up to during what initially seemed to be a career-making run with SmackDown's mid-card title. Oh, what a difference a few months make.
Coming into 2021, Apollo was enjoying his finest period since signing with the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Fresh off of turning heel and embracing his Nigerian roots, a meaty feud with Big E culminated in the hyper athletic performer being strapped with the IC title at 'Mania 37.
But if you thought this coronation, with a little help from Commander Azeez, would catapult the often under-utilised superstar to the next level, you've sadly not been paying attention, have you? Instead of building the former NXT man into an unstoppable monster or calculating menace, a brief KO detour was soon followed by a lazy, never-ending series with King Nakamura.
Eventually dropping his title to Nak, Apollo has since been thrust into the abyss with his partner in crime, pretty much going missing since being drafted over to Raw. Will Apollo ever be given another chance to prove he's worthy of more than Main Event obscurity? Here's to a hopeful 2022, eh...