5 Least Talented Wrestlers in the WWE Today

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The WWE has a large pool of talent between their main roster and their development territory, FCW. Wrestlers come and go. Some stay around for a long time while some never make it on to the main roster.

Every now and again, a wrestler will make his debut on Raw or SmackDown and leave you thinking "how can they call THAT wrestling?!"

I do not intend for this article to be disrespectful or to insult the hard work of any wrestlers. Rather, I'm just making observations as a fan.

Heath Slater

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Since debuting on NXT, Heath Slater has found success in the tag team division. He is a three-time WWE tag team champion with former partner Justin Gabriel. Slater hasn't made much of an impact outside his involvement with the Nexus and Corre, though.

As far as his wrestling skill, Slater hasn't shown much improvement since competing in the first season of NXT. While he doesn't have the most limited move set in the WWE, he does have one of the most bland.

Without a tag team partner like Gabriel, Slater has nothing to hide behind. If he doesn't begin to show more in the ring, his position in the WWE may very well be in jeopardy. 

Alex Riley

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Alex Riley, when paired with the right person, can put on some pretty fun matches. Yet, he's a long way from where he should be at this point.

Riley's move set isn't as noticeably thin as Heath Slater's, but it could still use some work. What really earns him a spot on this list is his execution in the ring. Other than his big spots, Riley looks very awkward in the ring more often than not.

Yes, it's very fun to watch him hit the Spinebuster, Impaler DDT and TKO. But for Alex Riley to get off this list and back to climbing the ranks in the WWE, he's got to become more confident in the ring. In my opinion, that seems to be his biggest problem.

Ezekiel Jackson

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With all his size and strength, you'd expect Ezekiel Jackson to be able to do more than powerslams on a regular basis. For the longest time, every Ezekiel Jackson match has seemed the same: a few different powerslams, a stiff clothesline or two and the Torture Rack for the submission win.

As a big man, he gets some leniency as it pertains to moving somewhat slowly. Jackson needs to expand his very shallow movepool to compensate for that, though.

I know for a fact that Jackson has the potential to be much more entertaining in the ring than he has been. Just look back to his matches with Christian over the ECW Championship. They weren't perfect, but they certainly weren't bad enough to warrant Big Zeke a spot on this list.

David Otunga

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David Otunga has been on the WWE's main roster for well over a year now. How this man is a former WWE tag team champion is beyond me.

Since debuting as a part of NXT season one, Otunga was never the most impressive wrestler. As a matter of fact, he was most definitely one of the lower tier competitors on NXT, in terms of wrestling ability. As far as I'm concerned, the only reason he became runner-up in the competition is because of his charisma.

Otunga has done a lot since NXT. A lot of his work has been in the tag team division, thereby making his lack of wrestling ability a little less apparent. But what Otunga hasn't done is show much improvement in the ring.

Now he's playing the role of John Laurinaitis' legal assistant. It seems this is the prefect role for him, too. Like I said, he's very charismatic. I also fully support whatever keeps him out of the ring.

Mason Ryan

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I've been following wrestling very closely for five years now, and I can honestly say that Mason Ryan is easily one of the worst wrestlers to ever make an appearance on WWE TV.

If you ever doubted that Vince McMahon had a preference for big, bulky wrestlers, Ryan's contract alone is enough to prove it. What's more is that he actually got a nice babyface push for a few weeks.

Ryan has shown a terrible combination of bad ring presence, what seems to be not enough confidence and a very small and unimpressive move set. Ryan is a prime example of a wrestler that was brought up from FCW far too early.

Ryan has been off the radar for some time now. If they plan to keep him as a singles wrestler, then he can stay off the radar. I'd suggest that he comes back in an enforcer role, similar to his pseudo-enforcer role he played in the New Nexus. Anything that keeps him out of the ring is fine by me.