WrestleMania 28: Mid-Card Stars WWE Must Showcase at Next Year's Event

WrestleMania 28 was the kind of event that WWE dreams about in its sleep.

The main event between The Rock and John Cena was the clash of stars you rarely see in wrestling today, and Triple H and Undertaker delivered another classic battle inside Hell In a Cell. 

But the show was not all sunshine and rainbows.

In fact, watching it happen, you could see the talented wrestlers on the undercard who were not getting a fair chance to showcase their true abilities because WWE doesn't know how--or doesn't want to--push them. 

Building stars is a problem that the company has had for a long time, but all that needs to change over the next 12 months. 

Here are the top wrestlers that WWE really needs to push hard and showcase at WrestleMania 29. 

Dolph Ziggler

Everyone who watches Raw on a weekly basis knows that Ziggler is one of the best performers WWE has. He was given a small push at the end of last year, only to be put in exactly the same position he has been for years. 

Ziggler just has to be given a proper push by the creative team in order to explode as at least a top-of-the-card star by the time WrestleMania 29 rolls around. 

Even if he never becomes the main-event superstar that a lot of fans think he can be, there is no reason to waste his talent in meaningless feuds like the one we saw him in at this year's WrestleMania. 

Daniel Bryan

Arguably the biggest news to come out of WrestleMania was the incredible backlash heaped upon WWE for its treatment of Daniel Bryan, who is one of the best wrestlers in the world. 

Common sense would say if you want to start WrestleMania off with a bang, allow the best wrestler in the world and his challenger to have an appropriate world championship match. 

While the fan reaction Bryan got last week on Raw is not likely to last, it should be a message to WWE that there is at least some audience out there that wants to see this man wrestle, even if it isn't the mainstream fans that this company desperately wants to cater to. 

Sheamus

Going right back to the opening match because what WWE did really made him look bad too, Sheamus deserves a chance to show what he can do in a showcase match on the biggest show of the year. 

There was a time, not that long ago, when Sheamus was wrestling Triple H at WrestleMania. It was supposed to be his big break, even though he had been WWE champion shortly before that match. 

Things didn't work out as we thought, and the last two years have seen him work a dark match and an 18-second bout, both, ironically, against Bryan. Let the man show what he can really do, and the wrestling world will be much better off as a result. 

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