10 WWE Wrestlers Who Are Having A Very Bad 2022
Creatively, these WWE stars are off to a really rough start in 2022...
"You can't stay on top all of the time".
Bruce Prichard once uttered those words on his excellent 'Something To Wrestle With' podcast series when asked why certain wrestlers jump in and out of the title mix or creatively drop off a cliff without any warning. According to WWE's Senior Vice President, this is nothing to worry about.
Try telling that to the wrestlers living it in 2022.
There is merit to what Bruce said though - nobody can be champion forever, and the writing staff's focus will inevitably move onto other names. However, that doesn't excuse some of the outright pap the men and women on this list have been fed since calendars turned to the new year.
It's almost May, which means the year's halfway point is near. These wrestlers must be worried about where their characters are headed right now, and there doesn't seem to be a glimmer of hope to cling onto either. The solution could be new gimmicks, or maybe a change of brand to rejuvenate lost fortunes. Something has got to give though, because they're having a crap time of it.
10. The Viking Raiders
One would think WWE's tag-team division was bursting with options.
The Usos, RK-Bro, Alpha Academy and The Street Profits are all stellar. Beyond that though? Yeah, things are thinner than the paper SmackDown's writers use to produce those weekly formats. The Viking Raiders just can't get a look in, and they haven't really managed to do so for years.
Recently, Jimmy and Jey Uso poked fun at the "smelly" beards Erik and Ivar sport. Questionable hygiene appears to be the only thing WWE's creative team can think of for The Raiders. Predictably, that's nowhere near enough, and it's why they've been plummeting to new depths in 2022.
A match vs. The Usos didn't even happen at Elimination Chamber. Then, to make matters worse, the Assassin's Creed Valhalla-loving pair didn't see the feud extended into WrestleMania 38 season. Instead, SmackDown Tag Champs Jimmy and Jey defended against the cobbled-together duo of Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs.