10 Wrestlers WWE Pushed At The EXACT Wrong Time
7. Big E
Big E deserved better. So much better.
One of the very few universally-liked acts in all of wrestling, he had the lot.
He was a big, impressive specimen. He could go, having worked many of the best tags in modern WWE history. He was ideal as the beaming face of WWE and its family-friendly mainstream aspirations. He was a preposterously likeable human being who radiated goodness. And he was banter, able to both style WWE's dreadful material and make you earnestly laugh with his own irreverent brand of humour. Far from a one-dimensional happy babyface, he could turn it on and make you feel like he wanted nothing more than to win, too.
He was perfect for the role. He was perfect for the role several years ago.
WWE pushed him in September 2021. The post-SummerSlam run is traditionally a down period for WWE, and, faced with the imminent threat of new NFL season, Big E had to tell people on Twitter that he was cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase on the 13th. He did so, cashing in on a storyline-injured Bobby Lashley in a desperate and sad development that instantly depicted Big E as a better lucky than good type. To compound the bittersweet nature of his title win, he wasn't even afforded the dignity of having the Usos screw him out of his Survivor Series match with Roman Reigns. He lost clean.
WWE blazed it over in front of an open goal.
Again.