Each of these wrestlers all undoubtedly wants to give a damn about this business, and were

happy and willing to put their bodies on the line for your entertainment then, for a whole

host of reasons they just weren't. So join me, Garrett from What Culture Wrestling, as we take a

closer look at exactly why these ten wrestlers lost all passion for the business.

10. Wade Barrett The 2010s were chaotic. More than happy to just rely on John Cena as his top

draw and company ambassador. Vince McMahon had neither the talent nor the inclination to tell

intricate, rewarding stories, and get behind his characters. It was also drab and meaningless,

and then it became insulting. You were told that a character wasn't worth a damn, but then were told

this wrestler has a new entrance theme, a new rose, crown or gavel, and they've just won a couple

of TV matches. Invest in them immediately. When the fans did not do that, the new gimmick cycle

began anew. This of course describes Wade Barrett. Yet another WWE wrestler of that era who won

multiple mid-card championships, that nobody would ever guess the order of. Go on, go and try,

I bet you can't. Speaking to sports illustrated in 2016, Barrett, who voluntarily left WWE the

year prior, was very much disenchanted. Explaining how, after making repeated attempts to change his

character trajectory and having those efforts turned down, his passion for playing the role of a

WWE superstar went away. Thankfully, his passion for being a pretty stellar commentator remains.

9 Dustin Rhodes

Under Vince McMahon, WWE largely did not want to book all people as well all people. Vince

didn't feel his products would feel hip and fresh if a wrestler had a streak of grey in their bid.

Just as jumper. He held such an aversion to the aging process in general, that he apparently ordered

his backstage producers to die their bids too. This is why he barely booked Goldus for too long

after his mid-2010s renaissance. Dustin Rhodes was old, you see. And even though this actually

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