5 Wrestlers Who Have Been Underutilized Since Wrestlemania 34

We are quickly approaching the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania 35. The only big pay-per-view left is Survivor Series in November and then WWE begin to slowly build towards Royal Rumble.

I know that in December, we also have TLC but I think that show will mostly be used to set up angles for the Rumble.

The post-Wrestlemania period is an interesting one. It is a time when some wrestlers cement their place on the card and a time when others fade into obscurity.

For example, guys like A.J Styles and Roman Reigns have held their respective spots in the main event scene. However, others have not been so lucky. Here are 5 wrestlers who have become irrelevant since Wrestlemania 34

#5. Shinsuke Nakamura

Now wait a minute! I know what you are thinking. "Shinsuke Nakamura is the United States Champion, how is he irrelevant?" Nakamura had an incredible start to 2018. In January, he won the Royal Rumble and went on to Wrestlemania to challenge AJ styles for the WWE Championship.

As we are all probably aware, he lost the match and turned heel afterwards. Unfortunately this began his descent down the card. Normally after a big heel turn a wrestler is pushed and wins the title in their next encounter. Not only did this not happen but Nakamura would go on to lose his next two title matches against Styles.

His current U.S title run is merely a consolation prize. Nakamura has not featured on the last two pay-per-view cards and it doesn't look likely that he will be on Crown Jewel either.

He has a World Cup qualifying match on Smackdown 1000 next week, but his opponent is the returning Rey Mysterio. I would be shocked if Rey lost his first match back.

The fix is easy, all they have to do is give him a couple of credible title defenses and he would shoot up the card again.

#4. Sasha Banks

Banks has fallen a long way down the card and has hit every step on the way down. "The Boss" was once the star of WWE's women's division and having great matches with Charlotte Flair.

She has had a horrible 2018. She competed in the first ever women's Royal Rumble match and then a feud between herself and Bayley was teased but was never delivered. Banks and Bayley attacked each other a few times and then were sent to therapy.

They quickly resolved their differences and have been stuck having meaningless tag team matches on RAW every week. Banks is currently sidelined with an injury and had to pull out of the mixed-match challenge. The details on the injury are unknown but it does look like she will also miss Evolution.

They have the perfect opportunity to bring her back with a bang. Have her attack Bayley and have them feud. Let them produce matches like the one they had at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

#3. The Usos

It is beyond my comprehension how you take one of the best tag teams of the last few years and make them almost invisible. They have had one of the most successful gimmick changes ever. It was an incredible transformation. They morphed from boring faces and became red-hot heels who are vicious on the mic.

Since they lost their Smackdown Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania they have been given little promo time or any significant wins. The New Day and The Usos tore up the tag team scene in 2017 and had an incredible Hell in a Cell match at that years Hell in a Cell PPV. They didn't even feature on this year's card.

The key to fixing this is giving them more promo time and pair them with The New Day again. A more radical step is make them a "tweener" act. The Smackdown tag division is in need of more face teams and The Usos would be able to walk a fine line between heel and face.

#2. Asuka

Where do you even begin with this one? At the start of the year Asuka was the winner of the first ever Women's Royal Rumble and had been undefeated for two years.

She had a great match with Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania but was finally defeated. It is almost hilarious how far she has fallen since then.

She is currently teaming with Naomi in meaningless tag team matches. For somebody who brings so much ability to the ring it is a real shame to see her not being used properly.

If they introduce Women's tag team titles at Evolution, they should make Naomi and Asuka the inaugural champions. Having them as champions would give the titles some prestige and make their tag matches less meaningless.

The long term goal would be to have the team split, feud with each other and give Asuka the win to begin her ascent up the card.

#1. Finn Balor

In 2016 Finn Balor was all set to become the biggest star in WWE. He became the inaugural Universal Champion at Summerslam but was injured during the match. Less than 22 hours later he was forced to relinquish the championship on RAW and was sidelined for seven months.

Since then, his run on the main roster has been a hot mess. He had a nothing feud with Bray Wyatt where we almost saw him dress as a "Pumpkin Demon" to face "Sister Abigail" a.k.a Bray Wyatt.

Balor had a run with Gallows and Anderson as "The Balor club" for a couple of weeks and at Wrestlemania he competed for the Intercontinental Championship. Since then, he has done nothing but have meaningless matches on RAW every week. He was in the Money in the Bank match at the start of the summer but was never going to win it.

WWE need to move Balor to Smackdown and reform the Balor Club with Gallows and Anderson. They could even add A.J Styles to the group. Gallows and Anderson are doing nothing anyway and A.J needs something to do when he drops the title. It would be incredible to have The Club run riot on Smackdown.

Edited by Riju Dasgupta