10 WWE Wrestlers Who Went Backwards In 2017

10. Dolph Ziggler

It is difficult to shake the perception that the rest of Dolph Ziggler’s career is going to resemble slow decline. There was a time when The Showoff was the most underused performer in the entire company, and every man and his dog was desperate for Ziggler to get a real crack at a main event berth in WWE. Those days are long gone.

The initial gains that Ziggler made in the 2016 post-draft landscape have withered away in 2017. The heel turn at the beginning of the year was a long time coming, but the 12 months since have seen the former World Heavyweight Champion involved in dire feud after dire feud, his momentum slowing down to whatever is slower than a total stop.

Ziggler’s feuds with Apollo Crews, Kalisto, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode are best left forgotten, and his mid-year attempt to mimic famous entrances produced some of the worst WWE TV of 2017. The clock will soon strike midnight on the career of this fabulously talented competitor.

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