10 WWE Wrestlers Vince McMahon Didn’t Know How To Book
6. Kairi Sane
Perhaps Kairi Sane was doomed from the moment she joined what was traditionally classified as WWE's main roster, given she is two things that the malfunctioning creative team struggles with:-
1. A natural babyface.
2. Japanese.
WWE's inability to book the former consistently well is so deep that even Daniel Bryan was forced to go heel to save his ailing overness. Bryan's material as 'The Planet's Champion' was admittedly outstanding, but that even the most likeable wrestler in the world had lost enough steam to necessitate a villainous return tells you the system is broken. Earnest good guys don't fare well in Vinceland.
Sane was a Kabuki Warrior from the moment she arrived on SmackDown. The tag team was often great, but that the former 'Pirate Princess' eventually found success as a heel despite her every attribute screaming "BABYFACE!" speaks as much to the writers' incompetence as it does her skill. Still, 2020 has been a particularly damaging year for Sane. Building a lopsided losing record after returning from injury, she has felt more like Asuka's sidekick, not her tag team partner, eating falls left, right, and centre, and becoming a punchbag for Nia Jax of all people.
Leaving might be for the best.