WWE: The Street Profits misuse is a heartache to witness

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins have all the potential to excite fans on the WWE main roster, but they’ve become yet another example of the misuse of potential.

When you journey into “Wrestling Twitter” it doesn’t take too long to stumble upon conversations around which WWE characters are being used correctly or incorrectly. Whether it’s Asuka, Samoa Joe, Buddy Murphy or Liv Morgan; there’s always going to be fans who are complaining about the way someone is being used.

But one group has drawn universal ire for their placement in recent months, and that is the duo collectively known as the Street Profits. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins are two talented individuals, but if a viewer didn’t watch them in NXT, they wouldn’t have any idea – and that’s just one small speck of the issue at hand.

In July, Ford and Dawkins made their first appearance as a part of the main roster, doing backstage segments at Monday Night Raw. This move was met with excitement because everyone who caught their in-ring action on NXT knew that both competitors could deliver.

Then time began to pass.

Each week, the Street Profits were given a few moments of time in front of the camera, but none of it came in the ring. The excitement that welcomed them to the main roster evaporated, being replaced by frustration that they would be yet another duo who excelled on the black and yellow brand, just to be wasted when they would finally hit one of the two big shows.

Two months later and the Street Profits have yet to see any action on the main roster. Instead, they are relegated to standing back stage, making jokes about smoking, hitting on any of the women on the roster and proclaiming that they want “the smoke.” In some ways, it’s becoming uncomfortable to watch as it seems like both Ford and Dawkins are destined to be two additional names added to the long list of minority characters that WWE has failed to promote.

Their characters are already marred by various stereotypes that have been outlined in the past, but it seems to be even more egregious when it’s two men, so young in their career, that have shown that they have so much to offer at a time when WWE needs to build new stars.

Tag team wrestling within WWE is on life support. All too frequently, the division is an after thought as teams are thrown together rather than built around the art that is tag team wrestling. This is yet another reason that Ford and Dawkins call up has been a disaster.

Yes, Ford is the individual that has been tagged as a star, but without the opportunity to show what he’s capable of doing with Dawkins by his side; it’s all for naught.

One must wonder if NXT’s move to USA Network provides an opportunity to get more eyes on what the Street Profits can do in the ring.

If the plan is to keep them on NXT, then there’s hope that they can continue to feud with the Undisputed Era over the tag team titles. But its difficult to see how they fit in on both Raw and SmackDown Live if those tag team divisions are continually treated as second fiddle.

The Street Profits have the potential to excite today’s wrestling fan; both child and adult alike. What started off as fun and games in their background segments has quickly turned into a waste of time.

WWE is dangerously close to damaging the overall value of yet two more individuals that can be a draw for fans of various backgrounds; especially at a time where wrestling promotions seem to more intent of welcoming a diverse fanbase.

Here’s to hoping that WWE Creative can get things together sooner, rather than later for Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkin