12 Wrestlers Who Suffered The Most From WWE WrestleMania 36
10. Austin Theory
It's easy to see why Austin Theory first caught Vince McMahon's eye, though reducing the 22-year-old to muscles and poise does him a disservice.
While undoubtedly green, the former EVOLVE Champion is a wrestler beyond his four years' experience. He's athletic, strong, projects personality, and is technically sound with a few extra-spicy moves to punctuate his fundamentals. Solid rather than spectacular, he likely has at least a decade ahead of him before hitting anything resembling a "prime."
Still, there wasn't a single drop of sense in throwing him into a WrestleMania 36 programme alongside a bunch of performers he had no history with. In over his head as Angel Garza's tag team partner, Theory's tussles with The Street Profits only materialised due to Andrade's injury and ended up hindering rather than helping the youngster, who took the decisive fall at 'Mania.
More than that, Theory was at the heart of a mini media storm after seemingly failing to catch a Montez Ford dive on the go-home Raw. Seth Rollins was more culpable than he, though the optics weren't good, and none of his main roster bouts yielded the blowaway performance he needed.