John Cena
Seth Rollins
Daniel Bryan
Sting
Randy Orton
Cesaro
Those are just some of the major injuries in WWE today, and doesn’t even speak to injuries to midcard talents like Tyson Kidd and King Barrett, or to lingering ailments for stars like Sheamus or Alberto Del Rio. It’s nothing new to wrestling fans, WWE has been dealing with an injury crisis for quite some time now. There are spots to be filled, and opportunities to be had, yet throughout the roster I still see talented names floating week to week without any apparent direction or purpose. While we’ve seen a bit of a mini-push for a name like Kalisto, too much time has still been heaped on the usual suspects, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose finding their way into multiple segments on every show. No knock on those two, but we’re about to head into a Fastlane event where there will be no World Championship OR Intercontinental Championship match, and very few meaningful storylines outside of the main event. So why aren’t some of these names being positioned to play a larger role?
