5 forgotten WWE Superstars who are still officially assigned to the main roster

The 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-Up took place across two nights on April 15-16, with the biggest roster changes seeing Roman Reigns move to SmackDown Live and AJ Styles head to Raw.

Since then, WWE has continued the brand switches over the last three weeks, with Andrade, Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, Cesaro, Samoa Joe, Jinder Mahal, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel showing up on opposing shows despite initially being placed elsewhere in the Shakeup.

This week, there was yet another development with the main roster when Vince McMahon introduced a ‘Wild Card Rule’, which means we could see a select few Superstars from Raw and SmackDown Live randomly appear on the other brand on future episodes.

With so many roster changes and more Superstars on the red and blue brands than ever before, it is easy to lose track of who has moved where and who is even assigned to Raw and SmackDown Live these days.

In this article, let’s take a look at five forgotten Superstars/teams who, according to WWE.com, are still officially members of either the Raw or SmackDown Live rosters.

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#5 Jason Jordan (Raw)

From mid-2017 to early 2018, Jason Jordan portrayed an obliviously obnoxious 'good guy' who fans loved to hate.

However, during his short stint as a Raw Tag Team champion with Seth Rollins, it emerged that Kurt Angle’s storyline son was dealing with a neck injury that was far worse than initially feared.

As a result, WWE was forced to scrap plans to have Jordan face Angle at WrestleMania 34 and the former American Alpha member underwent neck surgery in February 2018.

Since then, Jordan has yet to return to WWE television, while he has recently been working behind the scenes as a producer and he has reportedly become a member of the creative team.

The fact that he remains a Raw Superstar on WWE’s website suggests that we could see him in a WWE ring again one day, but there has been no word over the last 15 months on when he could potentially return.

#4 The Bella Twins (Raw)

The Bella Twins last appeared in WWE when Ronda Rousey defeated Nikki Bella (w/Brie Bella) in the main event of the Evolution pay-per-view in October 2018 to retain the Raw Women’s Championship.

Since then, news emerged after the season finale of Total Bellas that the former Divas champions have retired from WWE, with Brie explaining that she realized during her August-October 2018 return that she does not need to put herself through the company’s rigorous travel schedule anymore.

The duo clarified their retirement stance in March 2019 when they said that they would only be willing to compete again if WWE asked them to challenge for the Women’s Tag Team titles.

For now, it is safe to assume that we will not see Nikki & Brie in a WWE ring any time soon, but both women are still listed as members of the Raw roster.

#3 The Big Show (SmackDown Live)

The Big Show briefly returned to WWE programming in October 2018, during which time he chokeslammed Kofi Kingston through a table on the 1000th episode of SmackDown Live to help The Bar defeat The New Day for the SmackDown Tag Team titles.

His unusual alliance with Sheamus & Cesaro, which was never fully explained, only lasted five weeks before Show punched Cesaro during a backstage confrontation. He then stopped accompanying the duo to the ring and he has not appeared on WWE programming since.

While it was not referred to in WWE’s storylines, it has been widely reported that the 7-footer suffered a hamstring injury during his brief run with The Bar, hence why he was written off television so abruptly.

At the age of 47, Show still has two years left on his WWE contract, so it looks as though we will see him appear on SmackDown Live again at some stage over the next couple of years.

#2 Rhyno (Raw)

Rhyno last competed in a match on Raw in December 2018 when he teamed with Heath Slater in a losing effort against Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers.

Since then, the ECW legend has only featured in one more televised WWE match – the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35 – and he recently revealed that he has rejected a new deal with WWE and he will leave the company when his contract expires in July.

Given his current contract situation, we are unlikely to see the former SmackDown Tag Team champion appear on WWE programming between now and his departure. However, he is still listed as a member of the Raw roster on WWE’s website, so that possibility cannot be completely ruled out.

If he does feature on Raw again in the next couple of months, it will likely be to bring a storyline conclusion to his tag partnership with Heath Slater.

#1 Aiden English (SmackDown Live)

Aiden English ended his tag partnership with Rusev in September 2018 when he cryptically teased that Lana needed to tell her husband about something that happened in Milwaukee.

As it turned out, the revelation was somewhat underwhelming, with video footage showing that English’s romantic advances towards Lana were rejected. Rusev then defeated his former tag partner in October 2018, bringing an end to their rivalry.

Since the conclusion of that storyline, the former Vaudevillian has only competed in one more televised match, losing against Kassius Ohno during the Worlds Collide event over WrestleMania 35 weekend, and he has mostly worked alongside Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness as a commentator on 205 Live in recent months.

Moving forward, it would appear as though WWE only sees English as a member of the announce team, but he is still officially listed as a SmackDown Live Superstar on the company’s website.