Looking at the actual list:
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25. Alexander Rusev -- An incredibly over wrestler WWE refuses to push
24. Big E Langston (Big E) -- Part of very successful comedy trio
23. Corey Graves -- Decent announcer, kind of a crybaby in real life
22. Bo Dallas -- Half a decade of being a jobber, now comedy jobber
21. Ember Moon -- Main roster for 2 months and has no direction
20. Antonio Cesaro (Cesaro) -- Barely considered NXT. Good tag team run
19. Tye Dillinger -- A jobber with a hand signal and chant
18. Tyler Breeze -- Part of a jobber comedy tag team
17. Baron Corbin -- Is he even a wrestler anymore, or just a constable?
16. Becky Lynch -- Losses after losses
15. Bray Wyatt -- Jobber for all the top guys, a caricature of himself
14. Adrian Neville (Neville) -- WWE couldn't see past his size, quit
13. Samoa Joe -- Really believable heel monster, WWE missing big opportunity
12. Paige -- Got drugged up, injured, and retired
11. Alexa Bliss -- Hugely successful, but this is a lie, she was nothing in NXT
10. Charlotte Flair -- WWEs golden girl, beats everybody else
9. Bobby Roode -- Cool entrance song turned him boring Babyface midcarder
8. Bayley -- Most over female, turned into whiney vindictive jobber
7. Kevin Owens -- Consistent top performer, under utilized sometimes
6. Sasha Banks -- Consistently near title, just as whiney as Bayley
5. Sami Zayn -- Wasted for years, finally given something entertaining to do
4. Shinsuke Nakamura -- King of Strong Style to evil foreign jobber
3. Seth Rollins - Like Cesaro, barely NXT. A top star
2. Asuka -- Unfeared, unintelligent, beatable sudden jobber
1. Finn Balor -- Wins just enough to not be a jobber, but not by much
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25. Rusev is in that awkward position of being over in a way that he is not supposed to be over. I made a prediction that he and Lana may leave WWE before the end of the year. I am sticking to that, but it seems they might be happy just getting the limited shine they do get with the wink and the nod to Rusev Day.
24. When they called him up, he kept using the "I Need Five" music, but they never explained what it was. He seems to have all the tools, but they seem to want to lean on The New Day as its getting more and more grating. And as Corny said about them "If they don't care, why should I?"
23. Corey Graves has to be considered another success by WWE standards. He's Vince's color guy. I personally feel he's overrated, but he's got a tough job. Being a WWE announcer is like no other job in the world.
22. It was weird when they tried to make Bo "the guy" in NXT. He does some things really well, and other things are just uninteresting. I don't feel he is appreciably less talented than Bray, but he's just never found his gimmick. If he's happy being the goofy tag partner to Curtis Axel, more power to him. They'll probably even get a run with the Raw Tag Titles, because it's their turn to do something.
21. She got called up because those are the motions they go through. It was her time regardless of whether or not they have anything for her. She's fine, but I think her finisher is a bit much and the presentation feels like a lot of work for someone that doesn't feel like they've found what makes them special yet.
20. Man, did he blend in with the furniture fast? I was really optimistic for Cesaro for a while there, but he feels like just another guy now. I like Sheamus and Cesaro as a team, but when you've won and lost four Tag Titles in less than two years spent as a team, it's hard to really offer up any emotional energy. I have no clue what they are even doing on SmackDown. I want to see Cesaro work television matches with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan.
19. Tye was called up because everybody has a turn. There was no plan for him. He's got a good rep and he's banging Peyton. I'd like to see him in a heel team with Bobby Roode for some reason. Something about two Canadians thinking they are perfection seems fitting.
18. I like Tyler Breeze as a talent, but I had a feeling this would go sour pretty soon. He had the right gimmick but is the wrong size. He seems to be happy just having a job. I can see him and Fandango getting a token run with the tag belts and Breeze getting the Cruiserweight Title. There is a universe out there somewhere where Breeze and Fandango matter as a tag team.
17. Baron Corbin sucks. He's better with the bald head. By WWE standards he's a success. I'm glad they are changing his gimmick up. We'll see where that goes. Maybe he magically becomes awesome? Held down by a forced gimmick and with the foundation to get better, maybe time will be good to him?
16. Becky was called up to be a player/coach. I am as annoyed by her being over and not getting focus as much as anybody, but that's her role.
15. Bray Wyatt. Lol. Talented guy. Was always going to crash into the ground like it has at some point. He's still got a job and will randomly win belts and get pushed to the top when they need someone. He's one of their "made guys" and that is what being made is these days.
14. Neville is a weird one. Thought he was happy, but then had his break. It's a shame because he was really fucking good. Would be fine with him going back to NXT and being a focal point of it as full-fledged brand.
13. Samoa Joe is a great promo and great worker. But he's in there with geeks a lot of the time, therefore he looks like one. There's a universe where Samoa Joe is a top star that matters.
12. The illusion with Paige was broken the moment she got on Total Divas and we could see what a brat she is. Her series with AJ Lee was underwhelming. I had big ideas for Paige, but they were smoke and mirrors and head canon. There's a universe where someone knows how to make money with Paige.
11. Alexa Bliss is a star by WWE standards. It doesn't matter how static and uninteresting the product is. She's a five-time World Champion by their standards.
10. Charlotte Flair is also a star by WWE standards. It doesn't matter how static or uninteresting the product is. She's a five-time World Champion by their standards.
9. I like Bobby Roode. He's great at what he does. What he does is always going to get called "boring" by modern fans though. It made sense to push him as a babyface because the entrance is over. Take it away from him and push him as a heel alongside Tye Dillinger in a tag team in a universe where tag teams aren't jokes.
8. Hahaha, Bayley was going to be the next female Cena, right? Maybe she could have been with the right push, but she doesn't really have the mic or ring skills to sustain anything other than the most protected and fine-tuned push. A problem a lot of the women have to face on the main roster is that they have to be good workers and they have to get over without the safety net of good booking.
7. Kevin Owens is there to be a guy who can talk a good game and then go through furniture. Given the bumps they let him take, I don't think they really care what he does. They will never build around him -- he's just a guy there to talk and put others over. Does it well enough.
6. See: Bayley, except subtract the Cena comments. Sasha is really good at certain things, and she got her time in the sun. But now it's time to get the people with cousins that really matter to WWE in the sun. She seems happy to kill herself trying to get noticed and they seem happy to let her. She'll either leave when she gets fed up or stay around forever until her career is over. She's like a female Kevin Owens except not used in the same position.
5. He's getting to show personality as a heel. It's annoying and his ring style is not very believable as a heel. Looks like an average guy beating up super-men. He seems to be in lower standing than Owens, possibly just because Vince didn't get the babyface appeal, but he'll also probably be around for as long as he wants provided he is happy being a goof and losing to top guys. This is what making it in the WWE means these days.
4. Shinsuke Nakamura is fantastic. He's done everything Vince has asked of him. Except maybe carry Jinder to a good match, but AJ Styles had trouble with that too. It didn't hurt his standing though. He'll be around for as long as he wants to get paid to pull amusing faces and be so much better than everyone around him. This is what making it in the WWE means these days.
3. Seth Rollins is a star by WWE standards. He's going to be pushed into random main events and be given random belts until his career is over. Then he will go into the Hall of Fame and everyone will talk about how many great matches Seth Rollins had and then wonder why they don't really give a fuck and why they don't consider him a legend in the same vein as the top stars n wrestling's history.
2. Asuka is getting featured. You don't get to have protected pushes in WWE. You have to get over being a normal person like everyone else. Braun Strowman didn't win a PPV match in this brand split era until...fuck, I'm not even sure. It was after WrestleMania and the brand split was in place by SummerSlam. She's this weirdly hot Japanese chick that can do what they ask of her really well and make shit women look half-way like they know what they're doing. I bet Vince loves her.
1. It'll be interesting to see what Finn Balor does when his next contract comes up. Does he leave to go back to New Japan in order to prove that he really can be "a guy," or does he sign for another 5 years in order to grin, occasionally paint himself and win the occasional belt. Personally, I find Balor boring. I don't really like his ring work much either. He doesn't seem to "fit." I don't care. They will probably keep him around for as long as he wants to be there though. He's garnish. They gave him a shot at being steak, but he got hurt and hasn't shown anything more magic than half the roster that could be inserted into steak roles on rotation. He might get another turn. Does it matter? They can call him "Former Universal Champion and Undefeated Demon King Finn Balor Club is 4 Every1 4Eva 4Ova" forever.