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10. Alberto Del Rio's WWE Career Has Officially Cooled

Remember Alberto Del Rio's shock return and subsequent victory over none other than John Cena at Hell In A Cell last October? Apparently, management at WWE do not, because they have failed the Mexican star ever since. Since then, he's had an awful on screen relationship with Zeb Colter, joined the League Of Nations and traded a title with Kalisto. The title in question is of the WWE United States variety, and Del Rio went in to Fastlane as the challenger for the gold. Unfortunately for him, his '2 Out Of 3 Falls' clash with the masked man was relegated to the Kickoff portion of the show. Less than 5 months after his big return, Del Rio wasn't even on the main pay-per-view card. It's really difficult to see where the man goes from here, because 5 months isn't a long time. At this point, he should still be red hot, but he's a bit part player at best. Yes, he does produce good matches regularly, but he's part of a lukewarm faction and doesn't appear to have a solid feud post-Kalisto to look forward to for WrestleMania.
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