The Most Wasted Wrestlers
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- Curt Hennig was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the son of one of wrestlings all time legends - Larry Hennig - Aka Larry The Ax Hennig. Curtbegan training to follow in his fathers footsteps when he was just 12 years old. Starting off in the AWA - Curt began his career as a tag team wrestler. He won the AWA Tag Team Championship with Scott Hall before concentrating on a singles career in the AWA. He became the AWA Heavyweight Champion in only his second year with the company before capturing the attention of the WWF. The WWF was looking to acquire the services of second generation stars and Curt Hennig fitted the bill perfectly. He made his debut in the WWF in 1988 as "MR.PERFECT". Curt's character was an instant hit with WWF fans and he quickly established himself as a quality technical wrestler. Fellow second generation WWF star and one of Curt's closest friends - Bret Hart aka Bret The Hitman Hart was also making waves in the WWF along the same time. Bret Hart and Curt Hennig began a legendary feud that would end in an Intercontinental Championship match at SummerSlam in 1992. Curt Hennig defended his WWF Intercontinental Title against Bret Hart at SummerSlam to end what had become a captivating feud between two of the best technical wrestlers in WWF history. However, Curt had suffered a serious back injury during a house show just prior to the big event. Against doctors orders, Curt Hennig made his way to the ring as Mr.Perfect and defended his Intercontinental Title at SummerSlam against the Hitman Bret Hart. Bret went on to win the match but was full of praise for his friend and opponent afterwards. Hart called Hennig "the best wrestler and one of the best workers he had ever worked with". Despite being praised for working a high profile match through a serious injury - Curt ended up paying a price. Curt's back injury had been aggravated and that caused him major problems in the future. After taking a few months of to rest his injury, Curt returned to the WWF, however his return was short lived as his back once again flared up in late 1993. As a result, Curt was out of the ring until 1996. During that period, Curt worked as a commentator for the WWF until his contract expired at the end of 1995. By this time, Curt's back had healed enough for him to consider a return to a WWF or WCW ring. Understanding the importance of having an Impact Player like Curt Hennig on their roster, WCW got involved in a bidding war for Mr.Perfect's services. In the end, WCW won and Curt Hennig signed a 4 year contract with WCW. Hennig returned to the ring for the first time in 3 years and in only his second official singles match since his return - Curt won the WCW United States Championship. He held the title on three separate occasions along with the WCW Tag Team Championship. However, his talents were being wasted in WCW and at the end of his contract in 2000, Curt decided against signing an extention with the company and proceeded to take a break from the sport altogether. In 2001, he returned to the ring with XWF and made appearances in Australia with the WWA. While these appearances were good enough as a stop-gap measure, Curt was hoping to make a comeback in the World Wrestling Federation - and sure enough the WWF contacted Curt Hennig to make his return to the WWF as Mr.Perfect in the 2002 Royal Rumble. What was initially billed as a one time arrangement, resulted in Curt Hennig once again re-joining the WWF after signing a long term contract. While Curt may have claimed to be perfect inside the ring, his life outside the ring was anything but perfect. In May 2002,he was fired by Vince McMahon after getting into a fight with Brock Lesnar on a charter flight. On February 10, 2003, he was found dead in a Tampa hotel. He was slated to wrestle on an independent card headed by Jimmy Hart at the Florida State Fair. The cause of death was later found to be acute cocaine intoxication. He left behind his wife of 20 years, Leonice, and four children.Wasted in the WWE and WCW as just a mid-carder, mostly because everyone got thrown in Hogan' s shadow during the 80's and 90's. Just like the WWE is doing with Cena now, better people are wasted.
- The wrestler who would eventually become known as Ravishing Rick Rude was born Richard Erwin Rood on December 7th, 1958. He spent his childhood in Robinsdale, Minnesota, and had an early childhood friendship with future pro wrestler Curt Hennig. Rood broke into the business after a stint as a bouncer working with Barry Darsow, 'Joe Laurinatis' and Mike Hegstrand. He had a stint as an arm wrestler before Eddie Sharkey trained him as a professional wrestler. He got his first big breaks working in Memphis for Jerry Jarrett, who gave him his "Ravishing" nickname. He then worked for Dory Funk Jr. in Florida and World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas. After working in the upper mid-card of the NWA in the mid-80's, he made his way to the World Wrestling Federation under Vince McMahon in late 1987. He was a slow starter, but eventually won the WWF Intercontinental title from The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania V (1989) and headlined against the Warrior at _Summerslam (1990) (V)_. Shortly after that, he left the WWF to work in All Japan and then WCW. This led to arguably his greatest feuds, against Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood) and Sting (Steve Borden). He won the NWA world title in 1993, but a dispute between the WCW & NWA left this achievement unrecognised. A back injury ended his wrestling career in 1993. He continued on as a manager & commentator, & in 1997 caused controversy when he appeared on _"Raw Is War" (1997)_ and _"WCW Monday Nitro (1995)_ on the same night. This was his last major stint with a company, and on April 20th, 1999, he died of cardiac arrest in a hospital in Alpharetta, Georgia. He was 40 years old.Could have been world champ in the WWE easily if he didn't wrestle during the Hulk Hogan era.
- Kofi Kingston was born on 14 August 1981 in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana. He is an actor, known for WWE: OMG! - The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History (2011), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010). He has been married to Kori Campfield since 11 September 2010. They have two children.Kofi Kingston: wasted in the John Cena era. His career is going nowhere, he gets a IC or U.S. title push like every 2 years but is mostly just around to put over whoever is feuding with a face maineventer.
He stole the show at the Royal Rumble just so glory hog John Cena can win and is back in jobber mode. - Actor
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John Hennigan was born on 3 October 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Boone: The Bounty Hunter (2017), Birds of Prey (2020) and The Iron Sheik Massacre (2022). He has been married to Kira Hennigan since 1 June 2018.Hell of an athlete and people like him, Kofi and Shelton Benjaman, the WWE have no idea how to use. The WWE doesn't care they bust their ass in matches like Money in the Bank to put on a hell of a match. They will always be mid-carders due to not being muscle heads or having great mic skills.- Shelton Benjamin was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina on July 9, 1976. A powerful athelete from an early age, Shelton was the South Carolina state heavyweight champion in high school wrestling in both his junior and senior years at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. In addition to his wrestling career, he was also the state champion for the 100-meter dash in Track, and was a two-time All-State selection in football. After graduating from O-W, he went on to Lassen Community College in Susanville, California, where he again starred in wrestling (1996 NJCAA Champion) and track (100 meter junior college champion), before transferring to the University of Minnesota. After graduation, he spent two seasons at Minnesota as an assistant coach for the wrestling team, where he trained future WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, among others. Shelton then spent time in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where for a time he and Lesnar held tag-team gold as a team known as the Minnesota Stretching Crew. Both members of the MSC would soon win WWE contracts. Benjamin officially debuted in the WWE in December 2002 as part of the heel clique Team Angle with Charlie Haas and Kurt Angle. Haas & Benjamin captured the WWE Tag Team Championship twice in 2003, and after parting ways with Kurt Angle during his short-lived face turn, dubbed themselves The World's Greatest Tag Team.
Shelton was traded to WWE Monday Night Raw in March 2004 as part of a "draft lottery," swiftly putting an end to the Haas/Benjamin tag team. In his first match on Raw, March 29, 2004, Shelton ran afoul of the dominant heel clique of Raw, Evolution. This resulted in a match between Shelton Benjamin and veteran Triple-H and a dramatic upset victory by Benjamin, which secured his place as a fan-favorite. A rematch the following week resulted in another victory for Benjamin via count-out, but the members of Evolution exacted a punishment on the young wrestler after the match.
Shelton Benjamin has an extensive background in amateur wrestling and a speed advantage thanks to his background in track. He is a charismatic, powerful and skillful wrestler who has limitless potential to become a key player in the pro-wrestling world.Just like the 2 guys above, since he always stole the show in Money in the Bank, you'd think he'd win it eventually. Instead he got fired and Cena who gets handed a shot all the time got to win Money in the Bank and the Royal Rumble only a few months later. - Chris Parks was born on 4 October 1973 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles (2004) and 1PW: First Anniversary (2007). He has been married to Amber since 11 August 2006. They have one child.The Joseph Parks angle was clever at first because I thought the split personality thing was going somewhere. But now we only have Joseph Parks and no Abyss what so ever which is just lame and played out.
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James Storm was born in Franklin, Tn. He is known for Netflix's Wrestlers, Doc Holliday, The 12th Letter, The Killing of Billy the Kid, Grace point, The reenactment, God's Country, Hotel Underground and more. Storm spent 26 years as a Professional Wrestler for the WWE and Impact Wrestling until transitioning to Acting in 2019. He studied at the 4th wall acting studio in Nashville, Tn.Had a short World title reign and is clearly over but it's also clear that another reign won't be anytime soon.- Nuufolau Joel Seanoa is an American professional wrestler and color commentator, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is the company's World Champion since December 30th, 2023. During his career, Joe has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE.Was nice to even see him with even the TV title since he hasn't worn gold in so long but then TNA rushed to give Devon back the belt. Devon who never defends it and Devon who sucked as TV champ even his first time around.
- Bobby Roode was born on 11 May 1976 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA: Genesis (2009) and One Night Only: GFW Amped Anthology (2017). He has been married to Tracey Roode since 1995. They have three children.He has what it takes to be TNA's Triple H and he should still be the main heel there. Instead he's a tag team champion ?
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Allen Neal Jones best known by the ring name AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Long regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world, Styles has headlined numerous pay-per-view events internationally.
Styles debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent promotions, before gaining his first mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He became widely known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2002-2013, where he was dubbed "Mr. TNA". While in TNA, Styles held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was also the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times. Styles is the first professional wrestler ever to complete the TNA Triple Crown (five times) and the TNA Grand Slam (two times).
In 2010, Styles became the first ever TNA-contracted wrestler to be ranked number one on the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) PWI 500 list. He simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002-2006, where he became the first ROH Pure Champion. In 2014, Styles signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and won his first of two IWGP Heavyweight Championships in his debut match, later becoming the third leader of the Bullet Club. Styles has also won various titles on international independent circuits, including the PWG World Championship.
Styles first appeared in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation, or the WWF) in 2002, but turned down a developmental contract he was offered with the company. He signed a multi-year contract with WWE fourteen years later in January 2016, making his re-debut that month and going on to win the WWE Championship in September. Both PWI and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) voted him Wrestler of the Year for 2016. With his second WWE Championship victory in Manchester, England in November 2017, Styles was recognized by WWE as the first wrestler to win the title outside of North America. Also that year, he was inducted into the WON Hall of Fame.A.J. Styles: Really Hogan ? You're giving A.J. Sting's gimmick in WCW where he just mopes around in dark clothes, barely talks and attacks former friends ? While the heel group begs him to join.
Hogan needs to leave and take his daughter with him.- Carlos Colón Jr. was born on 21 February 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993).Carlito's relatives are still in the WWE, they are the same guy pretty much but without his personality. You'd think they wouldn't fire the one who has the mic skills and the charisma.
- Born as Steve Borden, Sting has held the WCW World Title 10 times and multiple other titles. He has been the only wrestler to stay in WCW since the late 1980s and he had a reconstructive knee surgery in 1991. Steve was also the only wrestler from WCW who never worked for WWE until 2014 when he made his WWE debut at the Survivor Series. Sting rivals WCW names like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair in working for three major North American wrestling promotions including WCW, TNA and WWE. Sting spent 13 years wrestling for WCW from 1988 until its final year in 2001 when it was bought out by WWE. Sting then joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA/later renamed Impact Wrestling in 2017) in 2003. He returned to wrestle full-time in TNA in 2006 and left in 2014. After making his WWE debut in 2014, Sting embarked on a rivalry with Triple H and the heel stable known as The Authority. Sting's feud with The Authority ended at WrestleMania 31 in a match against Triple H. After a 30-year career, Sting wrestled his last match in 2015 against Seth Rollins. Over the course of his career, Sting held a total of 10 titles and is a Hall of Fame inductee in 2 promotions including Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA) and WWE.Wasted in WWE just to put over WWE as the superior product by losing to Triple H and the Undertaker. When WCW hasn't been around in like 15 yrs. So Sting winning a match in WWE wouldn't hurt the company at all.
Plus where is Triple H beating Sting ? First he was on vacation for 3 weeks. Now he is back as a suit promoting Tough Enough. - Actor
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Swiss professional wrestler known for his work for Ring of Honor, CHIKARA, CZW, IWA Mid-South, Pro Wrestling Guerilla and many other promotions under his own name and for WWE as Cesaro, formerly Antonio Cesaro. Debuted in 2000 and competed all over Europe, debuting in the U.S. in 2004. He and Chris Hero (Chris Spradlin) formed the Kings of Wrestling in CHIKARA and would go on to be the inaugural CHIKARA Campeones de Parejas (tag team champions). They would also be 2x ROH World Tag Team Champions, 2x CZW World Tag Team Champions, 1x JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling, the Insane Clown Posse's promotion in Michigan) Tag Team Champions, and, in 2010, Dave Meltzer's "The Wrestling Observer Newsletter" named them the Tag Team of the Year. He has also been a PWG World Heavyweight Champion, a WWE United States Heavyweight Champion and a 4x WWE Tag Team Champion (1x w/Tyson Kidd (T.J. Wilson) and 3x w/Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly)).He gets cheered in every match yet Vince says he has no idea why he isn't over. Meanwhile he was buried ever since he said Cena and Orton happened too many times.
He only said what the fans have said a million times. They wouldn't have got booed out of the place at Royal Rumble 2014 if people weren't tired of their feud.