5 Superstars who deserve a lot better at WrestleMania 35

Is WWE going to announce a few more matches on the Raw and SmackDown before WrestleMania to add to an already overstuffed card?

It's great that WWE wants to have as many superstars as possible on the pre-show or main card of the Grandest Stage of Them All, but the fact is that not everyone is a good fit for either of the battle royals.

And that's not to say those who aren't even in matches at a wrestling PPV but who are going to 'be a part' of the show nonetheless.

While superstars like Seth Rollins, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch obviously have some of the top spots on the card, that doesn't mean that everyone else is going to get what amounts to a deserving spot.

Most of the flotsam and jetsam of superstars will get shoved into the meaningless battle royals that have no prize given to the respective winners.

Why should we care about the winner if they don't have anything worthy to fight for by winning said battle royals?

It's understandable that not every single WWE superstar will get a spot that they may or may not deserve at WrestleMania, but the likes of Asuka and Braun Strowman shouldn't be in a match with the likes of Mojo Rawley, Curt Hawkins and Dana Brooke.

With that being said, here are five WWE superstars who deserve a lot better than what they are currently booked for at WrestleMania 35.

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#5. Elias

WWE clearly feels Elias is over enough that he doesn't need a title to justify it.

Didn't he have some sort of performance at last year's show too? It turns out that he interrupted John Cena when Cena ran to the ring thinking that the Undertaker was there for a fight.

But instead, out waltzed the troubadour, guitar in hand to serenade those loyal fans in attendance and those watching at home. Before he could complete his ode to the suck that he believed was Cena, Cena jumped the rail and laid out 'the Drifter' before he was eventually squashed by 'the Phenom'.

So what should lead us to think that anything different will happen since he is slated 'to perform' again?

I'd be mightily surprised if someone didn't cut his performance short, because that's all his singing segments are good for, just like how 'A Moment of Bliss' is also always interrupted.

For a guy who has been entertaining all year as both a heel and a face, another token performance that is cut short by the return of a legend or whomever seems like a waste.

#4. Finn Balor

Poor Balor has to likely chase Lashley again for the IC Title.

When Finn Balor pinned Lio Rush to win the Intercontinental Championship, I knew the writing was on the wall, but I thought it would at least give him a decent amount of time as champ.

But as has happened with most of WWE's booking in the lead up to WrestleMania 35, things turned on a dime when he lost the title shortly thereafter.

For some reason, presumably another title match against Bobby Lashley, Balor pinned Jinder Mahal of all people in another handicap match on a recent episode of Raw.

Balor has gone from challenging Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble to an Intercontinental Champ who pinned Rush and then a title challenger who pinned Mahal.

What's become of decent runs with the titles for superstars other than Lesnar or Rollins? Balor may even come out in 'the Demon' attire, but who cares if it isn't for higher stakes?

I'd rather see him come out as 'the Demon' against the Undertaker or as a third participant in the Universal Championship match.

Otherwise, it just seems like gimmick for the sake of gimmick on the big stage. Sure, it's a huge stage, but everyone is going to have highfalutin entrances at the show. It will only lessen the effect that bringing out 'the Demon' could have.

#3. Kurt Angle

This should provide the easiest answer for Angle's last WWE opponent.

Unsurprisingly, Kurt Angle, his wife, his friends, a lot of wrestlers and the WWE Universe all yawned and shook their heads when Angle had to announce that he would be facing Baron Corbin of all people in his final match.

If you asked a WWE fan who has seen most of Angle's career, chances are very few would say 'oh man, I'd love to see Angle wrestle Corbin in his last match ever at WrestleMania'.

But Angle apparently didn't get to pick his own opponent, otherwise he'd be facing someone like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Drew McIntyre or John Cena instead.

Plans obviously changed within the last few months to take some of the opponents off the docket for 'Mania, hence why he faced Joe and Styles last week on Raw and SmackDown respectively.

The main point is that Angle deserves an opponent with whom he shares at least more of a history than last year with and someone whom the fans want to see him do battle with.

Corbin is a good heel, but he's not on the level of McIntyre. Seeing Angle triumph over a bully like Corbin would be nice, but it's a match better suited for a lesser PPV rather than the Biggest Show of the Year.

Here's hoping Cena shows up and either really faces Angle or gets added to a match with Angle so that Angle can go out on top with a respected opponent, not the guy who has to wear restaurant host attire because management doesn't like his body.

#2. Braun Strowman

Another WrestleMania, another gimmick situation for the Monster Among Men.

It has become apparent that the pinnacle of Braun Strowman's WWE career thus far isn't akin to the size of the vehicle that he can 'lift up and push over'. He's been booked to lose in every single Universal Championship match he's had but when it comes to an unruly dumpster or Port-O-John, he surely triumphs.

Remember when it was only a matter of time when he would become Universal Champion? And then one F-5 later, he lost like a 'Monster Among Pez' and not men. Even last year's show saw him win the Raw Tag Team Titles from one of the most revered teams in the company (The Bar) with a 10 year old kid.

While it did likely hurt the Bar more so than Strowman, he was forced to relinquish the titles not 24 hours later because Nicholas had homework. Now he's going to be put into the least important match on the card to 'battle' against two comedians who are only on the show because of their ties to New York.

Another former New York Athlete said it best when he said 'Can't Wait' but he obviously wasn't thinking about Braun Strowman at WrestleMania.

If we are ever to take him more seriously as a true threat then he needs singles gold immediately. He could have easily been put into the IC Title program with Lashley and Balor or simply could have challenged Lashley.

#1. Asuka

That's how a lot of the WWE Universe felt when Charlotte F won the SmackDown Women's Title just before 'Mania.

While I'm sure some portion of the WWE Universe and media pundits were perfectly fine with Charlotte Flair winning another title, only this time at the expense of Asuka, the fact remains that Asuka is not Dana Brooke or Liv Morgan or Tamina.

This was the lady who went undefeated in NXT for over a year and change and was undefeated on the main roster until losing her Royal Rumble 'cash in' against Charlotte Flair last year at 'Mania.

That's all well in good, but she was treated like a goofball in her challenges of Carmella once 'the Princess of Staten Island' cashed in her MITB on Flair.

She was 'distracted' by James Elsworth cosplaying as herself and then lost a second time by another cheap distraction. Things were looking up when she won the SmackDown Women's Title at TLC, but she didn't pin either of the women, instead climbing the ladder after interference from Ronday Rousey.

Asuka has now gone from likely defending the SmackDown Women's Title at the Show of Shows to rubbing elbows with the likes of Brooke and all of the other women on the roster. To close this thought off, consider this - Tamina is in a title match at WrestleMania and Asuka is not.