10 Wrestlers WWE Gave Up On Too Quickly

1. Ryback

Breaking his ankle early into the Nexus invasion of WWE was quite possibly the best thing that could have happened to Ryan Reeves, as strange as that may sound. Away from television for the best part of two years, Skip Sheffield was allowed to become a distant memory. In his place came Ryback, a Goldbergian, cyborg-like smashing machine in striking airbrushed outfits. 

After a few months of squashing everything in his path, Ryback was one of the most over acts on the roster. So much so that he was chosen as an unlikely opponent for then-WWE Champion CM Punk. The undefeated Ryback was so hot at the time that some fans genuinely felt as though the right call would be for him to dethrone the Straight-Edge Superstar when they met inside Hell in a Cell, but that was not to be.

After Ryback fell at the first hurdle, it felt as though WWE gave up on him as a proper main-event-level player. Sure, he won titles and was involved in memorable feuds after, but he was never seriously considered for the top prize again.