Lana
Catherine Joy Perry is an American professional wrestler, actress, dancer, model, wrestling manager, and singer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Lana. Perry was released from WWE in June 2021 after nearly eight years with the company. I don't really understand why she's in WWE anymore. She's not a good wrestler, and Rusev's not even there anymore! She should've been released, not the IIconics.
Hate her. She needs to be gone from TV forever.
The Miz
Michael Gregory "Mike" Mizanin is an American professional wrestler, reality television star, and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name The Miz. He has been a multi-time champion and a consistent presence on WWE programming since 2004. The Miz could've remained a heel when he should have been the one betraying Shane McMahon, but that narrative changed. Instead, Miz became a face, and Shane turned into a tyrannical heel by betraying Miz and calling his father a "baked-potato face."
Miz lost several matches to Shane and his cronies. Since Shane's fall from power, Miz has failed in other big matches against the likes of Shinsuke Nakamura and 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt.
Turns out his 2019 wasn't so "awesome" after all.
Cedric Alexander
Cedric Alexander Johnson is an American professional wrestler better known as Cedric Alexander. As of December 2020, he was a member of The Hurt Business stable, alongside MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin. He has competed in WWE's cruiserweight division and held the WWE Cruiserweight Championship... read more Cedric Alexander may or may not have had a good 2019, but overall, it was very disappointing.
Cedric has fallen into a serious losing streak, being buried by AJ Styles, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Andrade, and others. No matter what Cedric says about his situation, it still hurts his career.
Maybe in 2020, he will start getting wins and paybacks on his enemies.
Liv Morgan
After WWE split her away from the Riott Squad, Liv fell hard and was not on TV until she started making encrypted messages and showing a promo for her return and new look on RAW.
The last match she fought was against Charlotte Flair on SmackDown, where she lost cleanly.
In a recent update from last night's RAW, Liv returned and got involved in a stupid storyline with Bobby Lashley, Lana, and Rusev on the wedding night, which was a complete disaster.
Sasha Banks
Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado is an American professional wrestler formerly known in WWE as Sasha Banks, where she was a one-time NXT Women's Champion. She is a five-time RAW Women's Champion, though none of her reigns lasted longer than 30 days... read more It was a fresh start for Sasha in 2019 when she won the Women's Tag Team Championships with Bayley. However, her character suffered when she and Bayley lost the titles to the IIconics at WrestleMania.
She was absent from TV due to personal reasons from WrestleMania until the RAW after SummerSlam. Upon her return, she had a new blue-haired look.
Despite picking up some victories, she failed to beat Becky Lynch for the RAW Women's Championship at Hell in a Cell.
To be honest, both she and Bayley peaked on NXT.
Alexa Bliss
Alexis Kaufman is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Alexa Bliss. As of July 2025, she is not active on WWE programming due to maternity leave but remains under contract... read more It was an underwhelming year for Little Miss Bliss, despite some nice runs, including teaming with Nikki Cross as Women's Tag Team Champions.
Concussions prevented Bliss from wrestling, and there was some frustration about her lack of promo time.
Bliss should reclaim her spot by 2020 in the SmackDown Women's division, even though Sasha Banks and Bayley's dark side took the mantle in 2019.
This was around the time I was starting to sour on Alexa, and it's just gotten worse since.
I'm glad she's teaming with Bray Wyatt now.
Drew McIntyre
Andrew McLean Galloway IV is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on Monday Night Raw under the ring name Drew McIntyre. He is a two-time WWE Champion. McIntyre first signed with WWE in 2007 and returned in 2017 after competing on the independent circuit. Drew did well at the start of 2019, but as months passed, things started to decline for him. He was an absolute destroyer in the build-up, and while putting Roman Reigns over was an acceptable outcome, the aftermath did not help him at all.
Drew allied himself with Shane McMahon during his 'Best in the World' run, which poisoned WWE programming from April to August. They finally separated after another loss to Roman.
He needs a solo title run for himself soon, hopefully around 2020.
He had a pretty good match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 35. But 2020 was still a lot better for him since he won the WWE Championship.
Braun Strowman
Adam Scherr is an American professional wrestler and former strongman. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Braun Strowman. In WWE, he has held the Universal Championship once, the Intercontinental Championship once, and the Raw Tag Team Championship twice. His year in 2019 didn't disappoint him too much but suffered from mishaps and underwhelming moments.
First, his match with Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble was canceled due to a lack of faith.
Second, he won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania after feuding with Colin Jost and Michael Che of SNL, which I found pretty dumb and lackluster with those two involved.
Third, he fought in several challenges against Bobby Lashley, which were okay.
Fourth, he ended up in a meaningless feud with boxer Tyson Fury.
Any more details I missed? Feel free to add them for Braun.
Lacey Evans
She finally made it to the main roster but lost several PPV matches and was involved in a lackluster Lacey/Corbin vs. Becky/Rollins feud.
Maybe in 2020, a SmackDown Women's Championship run will be the right moment for the Lady Southern Belle.
No Way Jose
Any more superstars who had a disappointing year in 2019? Add them here. If higher, vote.
He ended up getting released in 2020.
The Newcomers
? Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to WWE competing on Smackdown Live. Nakamura is known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. His other accomplishments within the... read more
? Adam Cole
Austin Jenkins is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to WWE. He previously performed in WWE's developmental brand NXT under the ring name Adam Cole, where he led the faction known as The Undisputed Era alongside Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Bobby Fish. He holds the record... read more
The Contenders
Mandy Rose
Amanda Saccomanno is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and former fitness and figure competitor. She performed in WWE under the ring name Mandy Rose, appearing on both the main roster and NXT. In 2022, she captured the NXT Women's Championship and held the title for more than... read more
Bobby Lashley
Franklin Robert "Bobby" Lashley is an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and former collegiate amateur wrestler and former United States Army sergeant currently signed to both Bellator MMA, where he is undefeated through four heavyweight fights, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling,... read more
Seth Rollins
Colby Daniel Lopez is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to WWE's Raw brand under the ring name Seth Rollins. He's the current holder of the Men's Money in the Bank contract. Seth Rollins is a multi-time world and tag team champion and also an Intercontinental Champion following his... read more
Rusev
Miroslav Barnyashev is a Bulgarian professional wrestler and former powerlifter and rower, better known by his ring name Rusev during his time in WWE. He was a three-time United States Champion and the first Bulgarian to wrestle for WWE. After his release in April 2020, he joined All Elite Wrestling... read more
Daniel Bryan
Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Daniel Bryan. He is a five-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He headlined WrestleMania XXX in... read more
Matt Hardy
Matthew Moore Hardy is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under his "Big Money" moniker. In AEW, he leads the Hardy Family Office, a stable of allied wrestlers. He is also well known for his previous work in WWE, Impact Wrestling, and Ring of Honor.
Sin Cara
Sin Cara is a professional wrestling character used by WWE, currently portrayed by Jorge Arias, also known as Hunico. The character was originally portrayed by Luis Urive before Arias took over the role. The Sin Cara persona is known for high-flying, lucha libre-inspired moves and a masked identity.
Aleister Black
Tom Budgen is a Dutch professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aleister Black. Prior to signing with WWE, Budgen worked for promotions across Europe, United States, and Japan, under the ring name Tommy End. He was released from WWE in June 2021. He... read more