5. Wade Barrett
Since Wade Barrett has been on the roster he has been The Leader of the Nexus, Leader of the Corre, the pain machine known as the Barrett Barrage, a bare knuckle boxer guy and IC champ a couple of times. Yet despite a fairly good resume (Justin Gabriel would kill for that resume), Barrett is currently being positioned for a gimmick change, which can be the kiss of death for any superstar. (With obvious exceptions of Stone Cold or Rock, etc) I like Wade Barrett. He's got a potential to be an IT guy. He looks like a title holder. He sounds like a title holder and he is good enough in the ring to be a title holder to be a title holder. Oh and he is British. British tough guy wrestlers are not super common in America and generally never super crazy successful. The two biggest, William Regal & British Bulldog, never captured the top prize. Barrett was on the move to becoming the first English World Champion in the United States. Which could have been great, because Brits tend to have a gravitas. Maybe its the accent...wish I had that accent. Back to the point: Barrett's lack of golden triumphs is on creative. The Nexus had the best potential as a group since Evolution. WWE really made them out to be a dangerous entity with Barrett as their leader...for approx 90 days. And that's a shame. Barrett's gravitas was the reason he won the first season of NXT and he held his own against Randy Orton at Survivor Series. And then... This was not a deal breaker in Barrett's case. WWE still knew it had a good hand, who had great potential. It was rumored that Barrett was in line for the 2012 World Heavyweight Championship MITB. It made sense. Barrett was the perfect choice. And then he injured himself. Barrett was landed on and dislocated his shoulder during the #1 Contender Battle Royal On Raw (Which Jericho won to face CM Punk at Wrestlemania). He was out until August 2012. It was one of those all to frequent Worst Time EVER injuries. And that was the stop on the push of Wade Barrett. His subsequent return as a "gritty" bare knuckled boxer went straight into a wall. He grew a BEARD! That's right a beard, which he no longer has. And he was IC Champ and lost to everyone all the time for the rest of forever. With the rumor that Barrett is supposedly going to be repackaged in some way, I have a suggestion. With WWE embracing more ridiculous characters again (Los Matadores), lets do a British stereotype. Maybe Sir Reginald Barrett, Duke of Suffolk. He drinks tea. Or maybe a Beatle impersonator. Yay!, Ringo Barrett! Barrett has fallen into a trap and it's one he looks unlikely to escape. He has no credibility and no one cares. That is a death sentence. Barrett you got injured and now you are done. Good Day Sir!