Who had the most disappointing WWE career

[OYDK]

If Flair didn't get the deposit back, keeping the belt was completely legal. There had to be copyrights keeping him from putting it on WWE TV. I can buy a Harry Potter book, but I can't read it on TV and certainly can't profit from it.

Oh, that's probably why they blurred the belt out whenever it was on screen. I was wondering why the hell they were doing that.

 

[MFR0mack]

Oh, that's probably why they blurred the belt out whenever it was on screen. I was wondering why the hell they were doing that.

Yeah, the lawsuit made them block out the big gold belt. Then the lawsuit got bad enough where Flair stopped carrying the big gold belt with him. On TV tapings, he would carry out a tag team championship, and they would blur it to make it look like the world title.

 

[Matyy256]

Sean O Haire. Thought he was going to get a push back in 2003 with the advocate gimmick but don't understand why but he all if a sudden disappeared. Moredicai and Muhammad Hassan are two others I felt could have been world champs. I saw Mordecai as the next Taker.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

I don't buy the 88/Summerslam as being a reason, it was 89 that they went for him, same kind of time that Arn, Tully and Windham all came over... Vince had an idea to get The Horsemen or his version of it going but it didn't happen. In 88 the die was pretty well cast with No Holds Barred being filmed and Savage taking that title for a while... if he'd have debuted at SS 88 then it would have not worked... but 89's main event was somewhat weak with Zeus being involved - remember how that fued ended then restarted? That'll be cause Flair was coming and then wasn't...

Hogan probably wouldn't have teamed with Beefcake either, it would have been Hogan and Piper v Savage and Flair.... Brutus was there to counter Zeus not being as big a name... That would have been a hell of a match, with Heenan managing The Horsemen who suddenly debut to cost Hogan a pinfall to Flair...

 

[THTRobtaylor]

In response to this topic, it's hard not to make a blanket statement like "nearly every African American Wrestler". Just to name a few key ones:

Ron Simmons - As detailed above, WCW World Champion turned into a member of the Black Panthers and then JBL's drinking buddy.

Shelton Benjamin - Had as much charisma as a cement mixer, but not much less then guys like Lex Lugar, Yokozuna, some other guys who had main event runs. To be fair he actually beat HHH on more then one occasion (not many can say that), but was reduced to a momma's boy and then just used like Morrison and Kofi for some cool Royal Rumble spots. All told he did achieve some accolades so perhaps he isn't the best to add here (post talks about absolute worst WWE careers I suppose), but it's had not to miss since I think he was capable of much more.

In terms of other stars:

Vader - detailed well in a post before, could have been one of the great Attitude Era monster heels but basically became a jobber after a brief couple of feuds with the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels that didn;t get him anywhere.

Bam Bam - Another monster heel (and incredible athlete for his size) that had forgettable Wrestlemania matches when he could have been fighting he like of Bret Hart in stead of Yokozuna. Was amazing in ECW, just a missed opportunity in WWE.

Vader was probably the last "big" WCW steal that WWE really dropped the ball on, as nearly all the others got the title... This one is on Shawn, pure and simple... he refused to job to him and chose Sid instead... the rest is history.

Ron Simmons had major potential when he came over but Vince was still in that "cartoon" mindset and the original Faarooq character killed his chances. Nation Faarooq was actually a GREAT way for Simmons to get over, but people had already seen the stupid helmet version... By the time the APA came around it didn't matter what he did, he had one-two years left and used them effectively, although it's somewhat sad that his legacy is one word, when it should actually be a LOT more.

With Shelton, you have to remember that WWE never ACTUALLY wanted him, but he was a condition of Brock signing his deal - he wanted his friend along and from there, Shelton did a lot more than anyone expected. That they hired a legit comedic actress to play his "momma" showed they were serious about him, but he couldn't complete the package by talking... Had they still had a Bobby Heenan or Sunny type, no problem but they didn't. Much as Kofi missed out because New Day came "too late", Shelton never quite had enough to move above where he did... but he still has one impressive career considering he was "Brock's Roomate".

 

[salopstick]

(I'm doing this off the top of my head)

Actually it was Jim HERD that "screwed" Flair. Flair won the belt in Jan of '91 in order to drop it to Luger. Herd wanted Luger as champ. Flair was working without a contract at the time and told Herd he wasn't doing anything w/o a new contract. Herd told Flair to go 'F- himself and his new contract." That's when Flair contacted Vince. Flair was going to drop the title at the next show to Windham but Herd, once again, told Flair he was FIRED and demanded he hand over the belt right then and there. Flair said he wasn't handing anything over without he $25,000 deposit. That's when Herd, once again, told Flair to "F- himself and his deposit. That's when he sent the belt to Vince.

As far as Vince "loving" Flair for it. I don't know. WCW was a FAR second to WWF at the time (even though WWF was on the downhill) plus it was the NWA's belt. The NWA had been defunct for about three years up to that point. As a kid, I remember it being cool that the WWF had the NWA/WCW belt but once the actual belt disappeared (which was not long) the angle kind of lost steam.

As far as Hogan leaving. That was planned well before Flair ever got there. Hogan and Vince had a strained relationship at that point. I don't know what you mean about Savage's "moaning"? Are you implying that Savage "moaned" his way to the title? I've never heard that. I don't think Flair ever became "irrelevant' to Vince. He was always at or near the top of the card but it was clear he wasn't going to be 'the man.' He would be used to put the younger generation over.

My mistake I meant herd

Flair covers it in his book. After nearly signing in 88 flair went there and Vince used piper to get him acquainted to the wwf fans.

Flair states savage lobbied Vince for a title run so they did it. After flair won it back he dropped it to bret as he was injured. The injury wasn't as bad but vince knew he needed to change. Vince had to go with the "new generation"

Flair understood this asked for his release. Did the job to hennig on the way out and went back home. No hard feelings on either side

Flairs book is very good and well worth a read.

(Posted before reading rest of replies )

 

[Makaveli31]

I don't buy the 88/Summerslam as being a reason, it was 89 that they went for him, same kind of time that Arn, Tully and Windham all came over... Vince had an idea to get The Horsemen or his version of it going but it didn't happen. In 88 the die was pretty well cast with No Holds Barred being filmed and Savage taking that title for a while... if he'd have debuted at SS 88 then it would have not worked... but 89's main event was somewhat weak with Zeus being involved - remember how that fued ended then restarted? That'll be cause Flair was coming and then wasn't...

Hogan probably wouldn't have teamed with Beefcake either, it would have been Hogan and Piper v Savage and Flair.... Brutus was there to counter Zeus not being as big a name... That would have been a hell of a match, with Heenan managing The Horsemen who suddenly debut to cost Hogan a pinfall to Flair...
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According to Flair, it was the spring of 1988 when Vince approached about joining the WWF. Vince wanted him in the main event for SummerSlam challenging Savage for the WWF title.Flair had already singed a new deal with Turner and was on the booking committee in '89. Vince needed heels for Savage to work with and there was no bigger heel than Ric Flair plus with Hogan taking a hiatus he needed "star power." The timing was perfect. Crockett was going out of business that year. Now whether thay had any bearing on the way he was treated in '91'/'92 is debatable. I just feel Vince has a history of holding grudges against people he's felt spurned his offer in the past.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

On the surface, I may have to go with Vader, though it's POSSIBLE that it might be debated. Vader was a major deal in Japan and WCW. In All Japan Pro Wrestling, he was a 3 time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and 1 time AJPW World Tag Team Champion with Dr. Death Steve Williams. In New Japan, he was 3 time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and 1 time IWGP Tag Team Champion with Bam Bam Bigelow. In WCW, he was a 3 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. I mean, it looks like a bit of a no brainer, especially when you consider Vader was a powerhouse 450 pound brawler. At the same time, however, by the time Vader came to the WWF, he was 40.5 years old when he debuted at the 1996 Royal Rumble and MAYBE Vader was going downhill physically a bit. It's not at all uncommon for super heavyweights to start going downhill and downhill quickly once they hit 40. By the time Vader came along to WWE, we were seeing the rise of guys like Shawn Michaels & the Undertaker to prominent main event spots, I also remember people freaking out when Sid Vicious/Psycho Sid showed up on the scene in the mid 90s, we also saw Stone Cold Steve Austin breaking out in the summer of 1996, a young climber named Rocky Maivia was starting out and raising some eyebrows, etc. By the time Vader came along to WWE, it was virtually the beginning of the Attitude Era and I dunno...looking back on things, I can't exactly say that I blame WWE for going with the stars and the direction they did with these much younger, more interesting personas than Vader.

While I'm sure there have been more who probably qualify for having the most disappointing WWE career, I think I'm also gonna have to go with Luis Urive, the original Sin Cara and better known in Mexico as Mistico. There was all this hype about this guy, all this press and everything but the guy was just a huge disappointment. For someone who was reputed to be so smooth and fluid, he botched have the moves he performed and, allegedly, didn't attempt to improve his English skills as he was supposed to.

 

[Wrestlingaholic]

Jerry Lynn. Just a few months from being in some of the hottest ECW matches against the likes of Justin Credible, Steve Corino and of course Rob Van Dam (in one of the greatest series of matches I've ever watched), Lynn joined his fellow ECW alumni Rhyno, Credible and Spike Dudley in WWE. Lynn was a former ECW champion and had main evented the final ECW ppv, Guilty as Charged 2001, with RVD. He was one of those who appeared capable of having a good match with anyone - can you imagine what his matches against the likes of Jericho, Benoit, Saturn, Guerrero, Angle etc could have been like?

The signs were promising: Rhyno had been pushed heavily and linked with premiere tag team Edge and Christian (and distantly linked with Angle) to the point that WWE booked the four unofficial stable mates, team RECK, to be the four contesting the King of the Ring tournament; Spike Dudley had obviously reacquainted himself with his 'brothers' (and both would get spots on the TLC match on the epic Wrestlemania X-Seven); Justin Credible wasn't pushed as prominently but he was still a tv regular as part of X-Factor with former Clique running buddy X-Pac and Albert

Jerry Lynn, arguably a better wrestler than all 3 of them, debuted to... little or no fanfare on Sunday Night Heat, I think the pre-show edition for King of the Ring. In his debut, he beat Crash Holly for the Light Heavyweight Championship (if I am remembering the timeline correctly) but soon lost it (I want to say to Jeff Hardy but not sure) and I think suffered an injury just as the Invasion angle kicked off. A crying shame as he could have easily fitted in on either team and had potential classics.

When he returned from injury, he was barely used; WWE didn't even try and reignite his epic feud with RVD on a larger scale, I'm pretty sure they wrestled once on another episode of Heat. Lynn quietly got released in 2002 and rocked up in TNA in their early days, winning their tag titles with a young AJ Styles.

Jerry Lynn: the forgotten man of the invasion, and criminally underused by WWE

 

[d_henderson1810]

I agree with the guy who mentioned Steamboat- a guy who Steve Austin, Ric Flair and Randy Savage have named as their greatest all-time opponent, dropped the IC belt to a joke Elvis impersonator (and never got a rematch) and then when he returned to WWE, had a gimmick as "Dragon" with fire-breathing.

Also, Steamboat got buried at WMIV when, if he beat Valentine in the first round, he would have fought Savage again in the next round, which would have been a highlight of the tourney.

Someone who was going to get a huge push, but failed in WWE was "Dr Death" Steve Williams. He was going to be a main eventer in WWE, but the stupid "Brawl For All" backfired when he got knocked out by bland Bart Gunn, and he lost all cred as a "tough guy". Don't know why Vince didn't just script the BFA so "Dr Death" would win.

Also agree with the fact that they could have done more with Shelton Benjamin and John Morrison.

 

[relentless1]

I think that is what they were planning on doing, with Vince bringing in the nWo as the 'poison' to kill the WWF before Ric Flair could destroy it. However, as much as I wanted it to, it didn't work. Hogan's popularity was completely underestimated, as a heel at Mania he was getting more cheers than The Rock- who was the face in the match. So they took advantage of that and let him go back to the red & yellow like the fans wanted. Hall was a shadow of his former self and screwed up again pretty quickly leading to his release and Nash got injured almost immediately. Without the entire 3 original members, the WWF version of the nWo would've bombed anyway.

I know they added HBK in a non-wrestling role, and X-Pac and Big Show were members of the faction in WCW, but an nWo of those 3 ( when 1 isn't an active wrestler) plus Booker T isn't exactly going to strike fear into the WWF.

I was really excited when I found out the nWo was coming, but it just wasn't meant to be. Shit

They really should have stayed the course, from what I understand Hall was clean and sober until they got screwed out of the planned WM 18 finishes..how do you bring the nWo in to do wrestle mania and not have them win a single match?

 

[ShinChan]

For me, Disappointing career in WWE would mean a wrestler who is of upper midcard level or main event level is never utilised on that level. I have many.

1. John Morrison- I loved this guy. His showoff capability was great. I loved the moves he did like Springboard Kick, split-legged corkscrew moonsault etc. He was surely an upper-midcarde or a main eventer by his talent.

2. Shelton Benjamin-This guy was really gold at wrestling. Equally deserving upper-midcard talent.

3. Wade Barrett-An awesome main event talent yet WWE dropped the ball on him too soon.

4. Cesaro-Loved this guy. Awesome in-ring worker. Just needed a reasonable gimmick and polishing on mic.

5. Drew McIntyre- Didnot know why WWE left him wandering there. He is of main event potential and i hope TNA utilises him as good as EC3.

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[Makaveli31]

Flair states savage lobbied Vince for a title run so they did it. After flair won it back he dropped it to bret as he was injured. The injury wasn't as bad but vince knew he needed to change. Vince had to go with the "new generation"

Flair understood this asked for his release. Did the job to hennig on the way out and went back home. No hard feelings on either side

Flairs book is very good and well worth a read.

I have read Flair's book. It is a great read! Not recently though. I did read where he said Savage "complained" his way to the title in '92. Of course that is according to the Nature Boy. Vince has a history of putting the heat on the "other guy." DiBiase also blames Savage for bitching and complaining his way to the title in '88. So I take that with a grain of salt. Flair also states that when he won it the second time from Savage he knew he was dropping it immediately.

Marty Jannetty One of THE most talented guys to EVER step into a wrestling ring. Jannetty was (arguably) more talented at one time than even Shawn Michaels but we all know about his demons. Still, the talent was there. I "feud" with Shawn Michaels was a CLASSIC disappointment. Imagine the matches those two could've had if both were SOBER. Shawn could hide it a little better than Marty.

The story goes that these two were tearing the house down night and night out in '93 when Marty came back the first time (when Shawn was with Sherri) then they had that debacle at Rumble '93 and Marty gets fired for it. Curt convinces Vince it was Shawn that was messed up and as punishment brings Marty back to defeat Shawn for the I-C belt. We all know the rest. Still, I can't help but to think what could've have been with Marty Jannetty.

 

[MillionDollarMan]

Can't disagree with any of these list's, for me number one would have to be Wade Barrett purely because he could have done so much better. He could have had a couple of world title reigns and his BNB gimmick was awesome, he should of done so much in the Wwe but was just jobbed out countless times, but that's the case with a lot of superstars like Drew Mlcyntyre, MVP and Mr Kennedy.

There was one superstar that signed with them in 2003/04 amd did a couple of vignettes against the undertaker in like dark alleyway and they were pretty decent, but I can't remember his name he wore all black, if anyone could remember his name and help me out I would be very grateful to be able to put a name to the face

Imagine you mean Sean OHaire.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5LJvOt_8B0

But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.

 

[rge2010]

Scott Steiner = I think the genetic freak is awesome. Good in ring worker, very good and unique look and really underrated on the microphone. He is a legit badass...Sadly after his feud with Triple H he hopped around midcard. He should have had a title run in my opinion.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Imagine you mean Sean OHaire.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5LJvOt_8B0

But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.

He could mean Hade Vansen, a UK wrestler who never even debuted on the full roster. They just scrapped the character after a few vignettes. The idea was that he would feud with Undertaker.

[YOUTUBE]TGlvsG8ab0w[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Mac]

MVP- he had the look, the mic skills, the charisma both in and out of the ring, and the ring work. He was progressing nicely up the card, then he stagnated and stalled because they didn't see him as a main eventer and he floundered around until his release in late 2010.

 

[harrythem]

There are two that stand out to me:

Vader - I remember WWF hiring him in 1996 and being so excited that this monster was finally coming to WWF. Then his debut at Royal Rumble and destruction of Gorilla Monsoon and suspension had me even more excited....then Shawn made him look like complete shit and his main event run was over. I'd never seen Vince take a 100% guaranteed sure thing main event talent and just waste him to the point that seeing him fall over when he returned to Raw in 2006 (or so) is probably the highlight of his WWF run.

The only way I've ever seen Vince mess up a "sure thing" even worse?

The Big Show

This is a legit 7 foot 400lb wrestler who, when he originally arrived in the WWF, was built like a brick shit house. He looked scary as fuck and throwing Austin through the cage was a helluva debut....
Then he became Paul White
Then he became no gimmick needed
then they named him the Big Show
And had Austin beat him pretty easily within a few weeks of his debut.
Then turned him face at Wrestlemania (after a broken down Mick Foley had beaten him) and rushed that through....
then they made Undertaker Yoda to Show's Luke Skywalker and it sucked.
Then the Bossman and the cancer storyline, a turn or two more.
A loss to Shane O Mac or two, a few months off to "lose weight" and a shit load of turns later and, bang, he's back as "Showkishi" or hosting PPV's from WWE New York (or, even worse, teaming with Billy Gunn).
Seriously, how the fuck could Vince not book Show any better? Does his throbbing erection at the thought of a legit 7ft athlete removed all the blood from his brain when he thinks about how he could correctly book the Show?

Yeah Show would never have been the second coming of Andre, the business had changed to much for that, but he sure as shit shouldn't have spent years being treated as the second coming of Giant Gonzalez.


For those saying Farooq's career was a disappointment I bring your attention to the fact that, while he may have been WCW champion, he was so shit in the ring and on promos, he was back to opening matches as soon as they got the belt of him, so I'd say he did better than he had any right to in WWE (plus he helped launch The Rock, which gives him major points)

 

[Goldie]

Vader - Booked as a huge monster in WCW and a multi time world champion.
He looked the part with his fiendish mask and powerful frame and was at the time- the best working big man in the business.

Great things seem to be expected of the Mastadon in Stamford.
In the WWE he got off to a decent enough start... injurying Gorilla Monsoon (in the storyline) and challenging for Shawn Michaels world title.... but within a few months he was just another guy on the roster.
Through 1997 he was a midcard guy... solid and dependable but not the killer heel we had seen in WCW. Worse still by 1998 he didn't even make it onto some of the PPVs as WWE had new stars to nurture. By the end he was jobbing to lower midcard fodder like Bradshaw (before Bradshaw was even an Acolyte) and admitting on TV that he was nothing more than a fat s**t.

Upon leaving WWE Vader went to Japan where he was once again pushed as a big killer heel and became a world champion yet again.
It amazing to think why did they give him pinfalls over Bret, Shawn, Undertaker if they was never going to use him in a meaningful way.
He could have been a big attraction used correctly. Vince really blew it with this guy

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Vader - Booked as a huge monster in WCW and a multi time world champion.
He looked the part with his fiendish mask and powerful frame and was at the time- the best working big man in the business.

Great things seem to be expected of the Mastadon in Stamford.
In the WWE he got off to a decent enough start... injurying Gorilla Monsoon (in the storyline) and challenging for Shawn Michaels world title.... but within a few months he was just another guy on the roster.
Through 1997 he was a midcard guy... solid and dependable but not the killer heel we had seen in WCW. Worse still by 1998 he didn't even make it onto some of the PPVs as WWE had new stars to nurture. By the end he was jobbing to lower midcard fodder like Bradshaw (before Bradshaw was even an Acolyte) and admitting on TV that he was nothing more than a fat s**t.

Upon leaving WWE Vader went to Japan where he was once again pushed as a big killer heel and became a world champion yet again.
It amazing to think why did they give him pinfalls over Bret, Shawn, Undertaker if they was never going to use him in a meaningful way.
He could have been a big attraction used correctly. Vince really blew it with this guy

Vader was injured when he signed with WWE, and was forced to return to the ring before the injury had properly healed, which is why his run wasn't that great. If he was as seriously hurt as he states below in an interview with Wrestling Inc, then there was no way that WWE would have got behind him in a major way. Shame, really as a healthy Vader would have been awesome in the WWE at that time. I'd have loved to have another series of matches with Mick Foley.

Wrestling INC: So when you signed with WWE, or WWF at the time, your shoulder was bothering you even before you joined?

Vader: Well no, I told Vince upfront that I needed surgery. And that's what I did. I did the deal with Gorilla Monsoon and then the next day I was off to the hospital. My agent agreed for me to come back in ninety days and I needed ten months and that was my deal. I said, "I need ten months, that's the deal. This is the money I want, this is the deal I gotta have, ten months after the opening." And it didn't happen so that whole first year with the WWE, I couldn't... you know, I come out, I'm bench pressing six hundred, I come out of surgery, I can't bench press hundred pounds and can't do a pushup, can't raise my hand over my head, yet I'm in the ring with the WWE? And really, let's face it, this is the stiffest competition of my career. But if all of a sudden, I come back to the WWE healthy, Vader, at four hundred pounds, dominant, but I think the same outcome happens, it just... I couldn't raise my hand. I'm three-seventy instead of four-oh-five and I'm fat. I'm a fat three-seventy and wasn't a big, powerful four hundred, so it was a bad time in my career.

But you know what, as far as the WWE goes, I made money. I drew money, and [when it was] time to get out, I asked Vince for my release, and we parted friends. I think he respected that, and I've never said anything bad about him. As far as I know, he's never said anything bad about me and I moved on, went back to Japan. Two weeks after I got back to Japan, I was world champion again and life was good. It didn't take me long once my shoulder was well to get back on top.

 

[Dmbfantomas]

For me, Disappointing career in WWE would mean a wrestler who is of upper midcard level or main event level is never utilised on that level. I have many.

1. John Morrison- I loved this guy. His showoff capability was great. I loved the moves he did like Springboard Kick, split-legged corkscrew moonsault etc. He was surely an upper-midcarde or a main eventer by his talent.

2. Shelton Benjamin-This guy was really gold at wrestling. Equally deserving upper-midcard talent.

3. Wade Barrett-An awesome main event talent yet WWE dropped the ball on him too soon.

4. Cesaro-Loved this guy. Awesome in-ring worker. Just needed a reasonable gimmick and polishing on mic.

5. Drew McIntyre- Didnot know why WWE left him wandering there. He is of main event potential and i hope TNA utilises him as good as EC3.

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1. That's kinda what John Morrison was. He didn't have "it" though, for me anyway. He was the guy who could do flashy things, and lose. I never bought him as a serious threat, because he never seemed smart enough to know how to win something important.

2. Shelton went as far as he could being unable to speak well. I liked watching him a lot, but he was 100% IC title for life (and there is NOTHING wrong with that.)

3. Wade probably would get injured reading this thread. There's a reason they pretty much gave up on him.

4. Cesaro is awesome, and it seems like Cena likes him. His injury was SO poorly timed, as he was seeming to capture real momentum. The fact that he's still doing promotional work for WWE in Dubai and various places bodes VERY well for him, IMO.

5. Lack luster worker (although I hear he's really coming into his own in TNA.) Came in too soon, had a gimmick that you need to be a stud out of the gate to make work being Vince's "chosen one". They tried, he failed. It's more than possible that he could get back with the E in the future.

 

[Goldie]

Vader was injured when he signed with WWE, and was forced to return to the ring before the injury had properly healed, which is why his run wasn't that great. If he was as seriously hurt as he states below in an interview with Wrestling Inc, then there was no way that WWE would have got behind him in a major way. Shame, really as a healthy Vader would have been awesome in the WWE at that time. I'd have loved to have another series of matches with Mick Foley.

He had surgery after the Rumble 1996- and getting the suspension for beating up Gorilla Monsoon (in the storylines) was his cue to have the surgery done.

However he still had over 2 years in the WWE once he has that surgery.
Maybe it was his advancing age too .... as to why Vince didn't push in all the way. He was in his 40s when he signed

 

[Waylon Mercy]

I'd have to rate Goldberg as one of the biggest disappointment / fails ever. He was an incredible force in WCW. That is of course what did him in with his WWE run. When Goldust put a wig on him, that spelled the end of Goldberg's credibility as a main eventer, and reduced him to a shell of what he once was.

 

[achromat666]

Off the top of my head...

--Nova. The Simon Dean gimmick went nowhere, and his last incarnation from ECW would have gotten over much better (Guilty as Charged 2001).

--Charlie Haas. An incredible talent with great ring and decent mic skills not giving much to do once he and Shelton's tag team broke up.

--Shelton Benjamin. Not specifically due to a lack of a world title reign (they would even let him have the joke the ECW title became in the end) but because they saddled him with the ridiculous "momma's boy" gimmick after being drafted to RAW with all of the pop he got in his brief feud with HHH. Not a horrible career, but definitely disappointing considering the talent.

--Chris Kanyon. One of many guys that came over from WCW and got lost in the midcard quickly. Had the in ring and mic skills to have done a lot better than he did.

--Jake Roberts. Apparently a victim of many of his own issues it is criminal that he never got more titles or more time in the main event.

--Tajiri. Would probably have never been World Champ, and did fine in the Cruiserweight division, but was always booked weak with bigger performers. Would have been great in the IC/ US heavyweight division.

--Terry Taylor. Whether or not the Red Rooster was a rib or not, He should have at least been given another gimmick to get over with. The red Rooster was a noose around his neck which is a shame for a great in ring talent.

--Ron Simmons. For reasons already mentioned (first recognized black World Champ, never held a singles title in his WWE career) the NoD promo he cut hit pretty close to home regarding black champs at the time. He was a lot more comfortable on the mic by the time he got to WWE and was a great hand in the ring at the time. He could have at least got IC. Hell, most guys got the hardcore title on a drunken bet it seemed like. Loved the APA, but always felt Simmons deserved a lot more.

--Dean Malenko. They never let him just be the Iceman in WWE (for most of his singles career at any rate) and in trying to turn him into a character that I don't think was in him they pretty much relegated him to mid card without even the upper mid card belts to vie for. An immense in ring talent who was just underutilized.

--Chavo Guerrero. His career pretty much ground to a halt when Eddie died (not that the Kerwyn White gimmick was going to elevate him exactly, and Eddie's passing did cut that mercifully short) and it took an alliance with Edge before he even got a title outside of the Cruiserweight or Tag belt. He had the in ring and mic talent to do a lot better than he did.

So many others...

 

[SSJPhenom]

This question has an easy answer:

Goldberg

Some might say that for Goldberg's run in the WWE he was at the top and he was, however, they never used him right. Time and time again, they had Goldberg go down to HHH and Evolution and honestly, that shouldn't have happened. A lot of people think that Goldberg was selfish because he left because he felt he should've been THE GUY on Raw like he was in WCW and there's some truth to that. I'm of the opinion that for that year that he was with WWE he should've been the guy. He was wildly over when he came in and it would've been easy to keep him that way. I'm not saying he should've been undefeated or anything like that. They should've had him chase the title for awhile finally have him capture it and then have the series with him and HHH with Goldberg coming out as champ. I've always thought that Goldberg vs. Benoit should've been the main event at WM 20 and Trips and HBK should've just had your good old fashioned stipulated grudge match that ended their rivalry.

Goldberg could've been money for the WWE for years but hey, he was a WCW guy so that wasn't going to happen.