10 WWE Stars Who Need To Follow Neville Out Of The Exit Door

8. Tyler Bate

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When WWE selected the unbelievably talented Tyler Bate to spearhead the British arm of its nascent localisation strategy, they didn't see him as a face around which to build. They saw him as the best and most marketable performer of a bunch destined to live in purgatory after the real goal of the endeavour became clear: with the fertile British scene sufficiently raided and weakened, all tentative plans to implement a genuine UK-based promotion were abandoned.

That much has become apparent since the dizzy heights of NXT TakeOver: Chicago, at which Tyler Bate wrestled an awesome fusion of style and substance opposite Pete Dunne - and after which was left to rot in the limited number of promotions his low-salaried contract allowed. If wrestling the company Match of the Year isn't enough for said company to actually book him - much less push him - then logic dictates he needs to get the F out of said company. It's something of a disgrace.

Bate improved as rapidly as he did as a result of his natural talent and endless dates on which to work. Irrelevant and redundant to WWE, the scope for stagnation is vast.

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