10 WWE Wrestlers Lost In The Shuffle

7. Dana Brooke

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Dana Brooke has lost far more than just a handful of bland television matches in 2021.

She's lost her partner, she's lost her gimmick and she's yet again lost her sense of purpose despite signing a major contract extension in 2019 and supposedly being one of wrestlers known for her constant efforts to improve.

Brooke needs matches to get better, then needs angles to aid and assist the dramatic heft in those matches. These are the basics and fundamentals WWE so often neglect, and they're doing it again at great cost to somebody that may eventually just elect to look elsewhere for work completely.

Crowds returning haven't even served as a light at the end of this tunnel - she's wrestled once since audiences were permitted to reenter buildings, and that was a Main Event loss to Doudrop - a character that can barely get traction herself thanks to an inspid programme with Eva Marie.

The more people WWE get over, the more that get over themselves with the help of the already-over wrestlers. Brooke's entire existence at present is victim of the literal opposite.

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