5 current WWE Superstars who are not assigned to any brand

WWE tries to offer fresh match-ups and exciting content by mixing things up from time to time. They do this by either calling up Superstars from NXT, throwing in new signings on RAW and SmackDown or moving talent between the blue and red brands.

The WWE Draft is held annually to move around talent - and titles - in WWE, and it throws up new dream feuds in the company. But, there may be a few Superstars who don't get drafted to either brand, perhaps due to WWE not knowing what to do with them or them being out due to an injury.

There are a few others who are part-time Superstars and are not restricted to one brand, allowing them to switch between RAW and SmackDown.

Here, we take a look at 5 current WWE Superstars who are not assigned to any brand:

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#5 Ember Moon

Ember Moon

Ember Moon suffered a nasty injury last year on RAW, when she was involved in a segment for the 24/7 title. Moon's Achilles tendon injury is a serious one, and she recently revealed that it is much worse than feared.

When she suffered that injury, Moon was a part of SmackDown. She was not drafted to either RAW or SmackDown in the 2019 WWE Draft.

While speaking to Comic Book earlier this month, she revealed that her Achilles tendon got split in half and she ruptured her Achilles in two places:

"A lot of people don't know this - they think I just have a very generic Achilles rupture, but I don't. What actually happened is that [my Achilles tendon] got split in half and then it also got torn off the bone. So I actually ruptured my Achilles in two places, and the surgeon thinks that I may have been wrestling on it for probably about two months already torn to some extent, and I just didn't feel the pain because I have kind of a high pain tolerance."

She also revealed in that interview that she doesn't know when she will return, and she also said that there is a possibility that she may never step in the ring again. It's a long road to recovery before she ever gets back in the ring.

#4 Mickie James

Another Superstar part of the WWE women's roster that hasn't been on television for a long time and has been out due to injury is Mickie James. James tore her ACL in a live event match against Carmella in June 2019 and has yet to return to the ring.

She, like Ember Moon, was not drafted to either RAW or SmackDown because of her injury. Mickie James was also a part of SmackDown before her injury, moving to the blue brand in the WWE Superstar Shake-up earlier in the year.

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— Mickie James~Aldis (@MickieJames) July 21, 2020

James has been medically cleared and can compete in WWE once again, but she revealed that she made the choice to stay at home and not "risk" being at WWE shows if she's "not doing anything". James had this to say about her return, earlier this month:

"The doc had already cleared me, so I was literally just getting that last two weeks to get cleared to come back to in-ring action and everything got shut down. So, I went home and I just haven’t been back since. There’s no need to take that risk of going there if I’m not doing anything. I would rather bide my time and wait for the perfect opportunity."

💋 I’ve never had anything “handed” to me... I won’t let that start today. I don’t want that Legacy... I’ll rather just earn... no TAKE it! Ps... see you soon! 💋 https://t.co/i7mviylf0K

— Mickie James~Aldis (@MickieJames) July 26, 2020

James was briefly a commentator on WWE's Main Event show during her absence due to injury.

#3 Lars Sullivan

One Superstar who was touted to have a bright future, and even a potential match with Brock Lesnar, at the start of 2019 was Lars Sullivan. But, not much has gone right for the former WWE NXT Superstar in the last year or so.

First, Sullivan suffered an injury, when he was getting pushed heavily on WWE television. He suffered a knee injury in June last year, which was supposed to keep him out for around 9 months. This meant that he was not a part of the WWE Draft and he was undrafted. He had been a part of the SmackDown brand before that.

Lars Sullivan was then in the news for all the wrong reasons as past, controversial posts made by him were unearthed. He had made racist and homophobic posts which forced him to apologize publicly. Lars Sullivan was also fined by WWE and was to partake in sensitivity training for "offensive commentary uncovered from his past".

It remains to be seen if Lars Sullivan will ever return to the WWE, or if the company will let him go due to his past indiscretions.

#2 John Cena

John Cena

John Cena has come a long way since he debuted in WWE all those years ago. Rico, who was in WWE with John Cena, recently spoke to Sportskeeda Wrestling, and revealed how Vince McMahon didn't understand Cena's character and that he wanted to let go of Cena.

Cena is still a part of WWE, although he plays a small role these days. The 16-time World Champion is a part-time Superstar, who features only at big PPVs. His last match - if you could call it that - was at WrestleMania 36, where he faced 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match.

John Cena has been a free agent with WWE since 2017 and has not been tied down to either RAW or SmackDown. The last WWE Draft that Cena was a part of was back in 2016, when he was picked by SmackDown as the brand's #3 pick behind Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles.

We are not quite sure when John Cena will return to WWE, and if he does, will he be free to appear on either RAW or SmackDown?

#1 Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey has been absent from WWE television since WrestleMania 35 - that's more than a year away from the ring for one of WWE's mega stars in the women's division. Rousey has taken a break from the company due to personal reasons, but she is still contracted with the company.

The former WWE RAW Women's Champion has been a part of the red brand since debuting with the company, but with her not being a part of last year's Draft, she is not assigned to either RAW or SmackDown.

We got an update on the future of Ronda Rousey in WWE, with a report by the Wrestling Observer revealing when the former UFC fighter will return to the company:

"The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that we probably won’t see Ronda Rousey again until at least WrestleMania next year, and maybe not even then."

It remains to be seen if and when Ronda Rousey will return to WWE, and which brand she will feature in. There were reports doing the rounds last year that FOX wants Rousey on SmackDown, which would be a great addition to the blue brand.