10 Wrestlers WWE Have Already Ruined In 2022
2022 hasn't been here long, but that still hasn't stopped WWE from fumbling these stars already...
With the start of a new year always comes with it a sense of optimism; that things may not be as dreadfully sh*t as they were at times over the course of the prior 12 months.
And that feeling of hope is usually extended to the world of Vince McMahon's playground, too, as many fans begin to ponder what the future could hold for their favourite stars heading into the most important, exciting, and marketable time of the year for the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet.
However, with only a month and a bit currently in the 2022 bank, it already seems as though a number of exciting talents and potential next big things have had the rug well and truly pulled out from under their understandably uncertain feet.
It doesn't matter whether you're propping up the main event scene or scrapping for relevancy further down the card; nobody is safe from the unpredictable axe the chairman has had a habit of swinging with increasing frequency.
From positively heart-warming champs being dropped like a sack of spuds, to one-time contenders being lazily shuffled back into the pack, these wrestlers have had a tough start to 2022 - and things may only get worse...
10. Kevin Owens
Heading into this year fresh off signing a bumper new deal, fans were understandably somewhat hopeful about the prospect of Kevin Owens finally getting a meaningful run at the top of the card in the not too distant future.
And things looked solid enough heading into Day 1, with KO making up one of the initial four men involved in the WWE Championship main event. However, with Brock Lesnar being dumped into proceedings late in the day, winning the strap, and then pulling the attention away from all those who had been scrapping over it beforehand, Owens quickly fell into his familiar role of bit-part utility man shortly after.
A poor Royal Rumble showing was also capped off with an elimination at the hands of a power-mad Shane McMahon, rewarding one of the few enjoyable pops of said match with a limp pay-off.
The fact many had Owens as a favourite to win the whole thing only hammers home just how far apart the company's self-professed Universe and the folks in the back are on the subject of this Prizefighter, with Austin Theory besting him in Elimination Chamber qualification in the aftermath acting as another nail in KO's 2022 coffin.