10 WWE superstars who were pushed too soon

7. Alberto Del Rio

Right from the beginning, Alberto Del Rio was shoved down fans’ throat. Instead of him slowly climbing up the ladder, he was immediately thrust into the main event scene and fans wanted no part of it.

He debuted in June of 2010 and won the Royal Rumble in January of 2011. A couple of months later he was contesting for the World Heavyweight Championship. His push happened way too soon that it felt underwhelming at times.

People just stopped caring about his character. Eventually, he won the World Championship, but fans still didn’t care. After multiple failed attempts to get Del Rio over with the crowd, WWE gave up on him.

Del Rio started gaining some reaction from the crowd when he was moved down to the mid-card which makes me wonder what would have happened if they had built up his character naturally.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

Always focused on making his work accurate and reliable, Sunil thoroughly checks his facts before writing his articles. When not writing for pro wrestling, he spends his time watching cricket.

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Edited by Rohit Nath