10 WWE Wrestlers Who Are Impossible To Care About

9. TJP

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TJ Perkins felt like one of the hottest wrestlers in the company coming out of the Cruiserweight Classic. The former independent standout produced an awesome series of performances to win the tournament, and his earnest post-finals promo appeared to set him up as a major babyface, but his momentum went off a cliff as soon as the division made it to Raw.

Perkins was Cruiserweight Champion, but didn't even feature as part of the division's main roster debut. From there, WWE saddled him with some awful 8-bit entrance music, and a cringeworthy gamer gimmick that saw him recite lines like "you just need to hit hard reset on your career, dude," during his feud with Brian Kendrick. TJP became a goof, and he lost his belt at Hell In A Cell, just over three months after becoming champion.

It originally looked like TJP was to be built as the cruiserweight division's ace, but he quickly became just another guy on the roster. Neville has replaced him as the cornerstone, and TJP spends his days bouncing from one dull midcard feud to another, lost at sea on 205 Live - WWE's least interesting brand.

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