WWE: Where is Sarah Logan and where’s her push?
When she came out of the WrestleMania Battle Royal a few months ago as a runner up, Sarah Logan had potential to break out, but she’s already disappeared.
Since arriving to the main roster back in late 2017, Sarah Logan had been closely aligned with Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan as part of The Riott Squad. However, her WrestleMania 35 performance did a lot to suggest – or at least provide hope – that Sarah Logan was on the verge of a solo breakout.
On the WrestleMania Kickoff Show in the Women’s Battle Royal, Sarah Logan eliminated Asuka, Kairi Sane and Lana before being the runner-up of the match; being last eliminated by the winner, Carmella. With an impressive performance like that, this led some of us to believe that a major push was in store for the muscle of the Riott Squad. Yet, we haven’t seen Logan on our television screens since WrestleMania.
Unless you count The Riott Squad’s last appearance at The Shield’s Final Chapter, a televised house show, we haven’t seen Sarah Logan on WWE TV since WrestleMania over two months ago. No reason has been given as to why. Ruby Riott herself has been dealing with an injury while Liv Morgan’s whereabouts are just as unknown. However, we now have an update on Sarah Logan … she’s been competing on Main Event.
Last week, she returned to onscreen action by losing a tag team match with Tamina against Dana Brooke and Natalya. The following week, last night, Natalya defeated Logan again in singles action. I’m not trying to knock Main Event right now – they’ve produced some great action as of late – but I can’t help but feel like Logan should be showcased on a larger platform in a larger role.
Sarah Logan has proven previously on the independent scene – as Crazy Mary Dobson, most notably in Ring of Honor – and even briefly in WWE NXT that she would make a strong asset in the grand scheme of a women’s division ensemble. As Dobson, Logan created a character that captivated fans enough to produce intrigue for her matches, whether she won or lost.
While her current Viking-esque character is a far cry from her crazed character of old, she has an imposing presence that naturally draws your attention into her direction. Even better, she’s proven to be a versatile character to boot when it comes to working as a heel and face.
As shown over the past couple years, Sarah Logan made for a great heel with the Riott Squad. Thanks to her deceptive size, she was frequently used as the muscle of the group and it helped add some legitimacy to the group; helped them come off as a scary, powerful trio and Logan’s aura helped a lot with that.
On the flip side, she proved to be a natural babyface when working in NXT and for the Mae Young Classic. It helps that her current character appears to just be an extension of her real life self and that genuineness shined in her promo work. That genuineness could go a long way for when she’s inserted in top tier storylines and feuds as a babyface, if that were the direction WWE wanted to go.
Speaking of the Mae Young Classic, Logan showed out in a terrific First Round match with current NXT standout, Mia Yim. If you’re not familiar with her work on the indies, that match alone shows that Logan is an excellent in-ring hand. If somehow for whatever reason Logan struggles to maintain an audience connection from character work, she can surely win crowds over off of in-ring ability alone.
My whole point to this thread on Sarah Logan is that she’s a tremendous competitor who deserves a chance in a bigger spotlight rather than being wasted on Main Event, a show which few fans have access to – yet alone watch.
Logan would be better fitted being prominently featured on Raw or SmackDown Live. Especially after the performance she was afforded at Mania, WWE should have capitalized it by giving us a bigger dose of Logan. While her momentum isn’t as high as it was that night, it’s not too late to kickstart a push for her in WWE’s midcard.
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WWE may not see it, but Sarah Logan has Superstar potential written all over her. I’m not saying she’s going to be the top star of her division any time soon, but she has what it takes to be a suitable piece of the puzzle that is the women’s division and she can stand out while doing it. The sooner that WWE sees this, the sooner that she’ll be able to flourish.