5 WWE stars who need to improve in the ring and on the mic

Some guys have it all. The men and women who can kill it on the microphone and in the ring. Others aren't so fortunate, as most wrestlers are better at one, while the other needs some work. WWE Superstars like Jason Jordan and Roman Reigns can go in the ring, but when it comes to talking the talk, they fall well short. Others, like the Miz and Alexa Bliss, can cut an amazing promo, but you can't expect anything more than an average match.

Those are not the stars we will take a look at today. We are going to list guys who seriously need to get more comfortable on a microphone. The Superstars that haven't put on almost any above average matches. Here are five stars who need to improve in the ring and on the mic.

#5 Alica Fox

Alica Foxxxxxxxxxxxx as Noam Dar would say. — Alica Fox

Former Divas champion, Alicia Fox's most memorable role as a Superstar has been playing a crazy girl. The crazy gimmick worked well for legends such as Mickie James and AJ Lee. For Fox, it hasn't exactly caught fire. In the ring, Fox has never shined. Even before the women's revolution brought workhorses to the division en masse, Fox could not stand out.

Her mic skills have never been up to WWE standards when she gets the chance to talk. Fox improving her mic skills to a certain degree could make her much more of an asset for WWE. She could settle into a nice heel role because the women's division could use some top heels.

Fox has not developed well over her many years in the company. At this point, she is just a veteran presence that can wrestle a RAW match to build up the better women. Her one bright spot is the scissors kick that she has perfected, to Booker T's delight.

#4 Mojo Rawley

Mojo Rawley winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royal last year continues to baffle WWE fans all over the world. Rawley has the looks of a Vince McMahon guy. He brings a lot of energy and intensity to everything he does. He just isn't very polished, which is the only problem. He still has a long way to go in the ring if he wants to reach the top of WWE.

His tag team, the Hype Brothers didn't help him to develop as much as some thought it would, and his mic skills are very basic. He seems to say the same things anytime a mic is in his face. His matches have been average, at best, and they haven't gotten much better. The former Hype Bro is young and will get opportunities to grow and improve. For now, though, he still needs a lot of work.

An improvement in his mic skills could take him far. He has a good amount of energy in the ring so crowds can somewhat feed off that even if his in-ring work is below average.

#3 Jinder Mahal

For most of Jinder's WWE run, he was not much more than a jobber. In 2017, all of that changed. Mahal rocketed up the card and won the WWE championship belt which stunned many WWE fans as he was a jobber for a reason. He had never shown much potential to be anything more than that.

Mahal's promos are the same recycled foreign heel segments fans have heard a million times. Downing a country in basic ways and getting said country to boo because of it, doesn't make your mic skills good. In the ring, Mahal is still below average. As champion, he didn't have many matches a fan could call above average, and his style is slow and methodical, a style many fans find boring. He wasn't very good as champion and most fans didn't enjoy his title run, to put it nicely.

The Modern Day Maharaja having better mic skills could make him a star. Vince McMahon already loves his look and the fans he appeals to from India. His wrestling work needs improvement, however, the mic is where it all begins. Getting Mahal even close to Bobby Roode levels could see him rise back up the card.

#2 Rowan

Rowan was once a part of the most promising faction in WWE. The Wyatt Family was once a force to be reckoned with and the size and intimidation Rowan brought to the table was a part of the reason why. The family split up and Rowan was left to fend for himself, and he was quickly exposed as being not very good. His counterparts, Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper, were clearly a much more polished talent and they continued to shine on their own.

Rowan is not a talker, and it seems like he learned nothing from his time with Wyatt, who is impressive on the mic. Rowan is also not very good in the ring, and is forever stuck to the much more talented Harper, to hide some of his shortcomings in the ring. Hopefully, he can start to pick up some things from his bludgeon brother.

Rowan will never be the talker Wyatt is, but if he could make some improvements, his pairing with Harper may reach new levels of success.

#1 Nia Jax

Nia's power on display. — Nia's power on display

The infatuation some have with Nia Jax will forever baffle me. As a performer, she just is not very good at the moment. Jax doesn't have many good matches on her resume to this point in her career; that is saying something considering the number of talented women she has taken on in the ring. On NXT, she had a few decent matches with Bayley and Asuka, but not much since being drafted to the main roster almost two years ago.

On the mic, she isn't very good either. She doesn't come off as the monster WWE paint her as. Her imposing look is really all she has got going for her in the business at the moment. To think her and Bliss will be given a spot on the main card of WrestleMania is questionable considering the talented women who may be left off the big show.

Her talent doesn't match her placement in the women's division today. She still has a ton of room for improvement as does everyone on the list.

Jax needs to own the microphone, and to know how to make the fans feel like no one can stop her in just a short amount of words, similar to what Goldberg did. That could make her feel like a true force to be reckoned with for all the women in the division.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram