9 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Emma

News this week that Emma has been released from her WWE contract marks the end of an odd six-year stint under Vince McMahon's employ.

In 2011, the 28-year-old became the first ever Australian female wrestler to join the company's ranks, but despite her obvious talent she has never really managed to get her feet fully under the WWE table.

Much of this, it should be said, owes not to her own shortcomings but to the creative team's continual lack of direction. Instead of helping her grow as a character, they have been intent on shunting her from one failed project to the next.

The eventual consequence of this was that the fans themselves slowly began to believe she was never going to make a splash on the main roster, however many times WWE half-heartedly tried to convince us otherwise.

And all of that is kind of, well, tragic - because anyone who saw Emma in the ring down in NXT will know that she was a capable performer, whose best work unfortunately never reached a mainstream audience (and, at this point, perhaps never will).

It seems odd to suggest that WWE would rather we forgot about the fact that one of its employees was competent at her job - but, in this case, Emma's being competent at her job doesn't paint the company in a very good light.

This is because it means the creative team spectacularly failed, over the course of several years on the main roster, to tap into her obvious potential, for reasons that still haven't been (and probably never will be) fully explained.

For evidence of Emma's ability in the ring, look no further than her match with Asuka at TakeOver London back in December 2015, a rare moment during which the Australian was given the opportunity to take centre-stage at a major show.

Still only 28, there is a good chance she could go on to a great career outside the WWE walls, which ought to make them want to forget how badly she was wasted even more.