I disagree with Moxley/Ambrose being a failed main eventer in WWE. The guy was over as hell and made bad gimmicks work. I suspect he would have been even more over in the case of the current "less scripting" world.
I think Rusev/Miro could get over but doesn't want to put that effort in anymore. It's almost like he's jaded with the industry but doesn't know what else to do. He was amazing as that monster heel and it's a shame WWE didn't keep building that and just fed him to Cena.
But other than those two, yeah a lot of these guys are what the WWE said they were. It's a shame they grabbed so many of them instead of just making the focus on guys like Allin, Hangman, Cassidy (who I don't get, but he seems to be over so I guess I'm wrong), MJF etc.
On the topic of Cody: He's a ####tier in-his-prime Goldust who isn't as good in the ring or as charismatic on the mic. Like, Cody couldn't pull off Stardust while Dustin made Goldust one of the most memorable characters in wrestling. He should be a mid-card gate keeper and maybe have transitional runs with a second tier belt. Anything beyond that and he's essentially a modern day Jarrett.
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