WWE is letting Bray Wyatt's potential rot.

Seemingly confounded by how to book The Eater of Worlds, WWE has too often just left him out of the picture. He now sits on the bench, gathering dust, atrophying.

A wrestler that explosive, a character that enthralling needs to be showcased. Too often, WWE has failed to do that with Wyatt. Brief feuds, a lack of storylines and a limited workload have led to him being the most wasted Superstar on the roster.

At Elimination Chamber, Bo Dallas, Zack Ryder, Stardust and R-Truth all had spots on the card. Wyatt was a spectator only.

WWE crammed six men into the Elimination Chamber to decide who would take home the vacant Intercontinental Championship. Even though Ryback, one of his recent rivals, was in that match and Rusev had to be pulled out of it due to injury, Wyatt didn't join the fray.

That same night, the company announced the participants for the Money in the Bank Ladder match.

Kofi Kingston, someone no one will buy as a potential world title contender, is in it. Neville, who only just arrived on the main roster in March, is part of the bout as well. Wyatt, as of yet, is not on the guest list.

That would be fine if WWE had a narrative to plug Wyatt into, if he had an archenemy to contend with.

He does not. He's got zero to work with, which has too often been the case.

The WWE Creative Humor Twitter account joked about that very lack of storylines:

Wyatt spent weeks calling out Ryback. He ambushed The Big Guy, played mind games with him and promised to do vile things with him. That resulted in exactly one match.

Ryback has since moved on.

The same tale unfolded with Wyatt's one-sided rivalry with Undertaker. The monster growled and growled, and on the first try, the hero took him down.

Now what?

WWE apparently doesn't have the answer. It has other Superstars engaged in feuds, other wrestlers vying for titles, other men standing on center stage. Wyatt, meanwhile, is a de facto part-time member of the roster.

When PWM (Pro Wrestling Mag) jokes about Wyatt's match total, there's truth to the sentiment:

Only counting Raw, SmackDown and pay-per-views, Wyatt has competed just 14 times this year. That's not a top star's schedule—that's bottom-feeder territory.

R-Truth, a low-level midcarder, has 16 bouts on major WWE programming in that span. By comparison, at 38 matches, Roman Reigns' work total surpasses Wyatt and Truth's.

There's no reason Wyatt should be appearing in the ring as infrequently as R-Truth. There's no reason that WWE doesn't have a spot for him on just about every pay-per-view. He's so unique, so captivating and such a good all-around performer that not making him far more of a priority is a mistake.

Former head of WWE Creative, Vince Russo, nails it when he discusses the issue. "If you're a writer for WWE and you have nothing for Bray Wyatt...then you shouldn't be a writer for WWE," he wrote for Chair Shot Reality.

That's like being a television writer and not having any ideas for what to do with Walter White or Rust Cohle.

Wyatt, like Jake Roberts before him, doesn't need to be in the championship hunt to be relevant. His stellar promo work and engaging character make him a prime candidate for any number of great feuds.

Roberts crafted his legacy thanks to memorable stories opposite Rick Rude, Ultimate Warrior, Ted DiBiase and Randy Savage.

Wyatt is not being afforded that opportunity. After single-shot showdowns with Ryback and Undertaker, The Man of 1,000 Truths is minus a sparring partner.

WWE needs to rectify that.

Find him a worthy foe and have them claw at each other's flesh. Let him pile up images of destruction in the ring. Just don't keep him in neutral, waiting for a chance to actually start going somewhere.

All match statistics courtesy of CageMatch.net.