15 Great Wrestlers Who Had Very Brief WWE Careers
9. Dick Togo
Since the arrival of Hideo Itami and Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestlers have been treated as genuine contenders by the WWE. But back in the Attitude Era the thought of making a Japanese wrestler look credible was almost unthinkable.
Take Dick Togo for example. This accomplished performer was brought to the federation in 1998 as one part of the evil Kai En Tai stable, alongside Funaki, Mens Teioh, Taka Michinoku and their manager Yamaguchi-San. The group had previously existed under the name Kai En Tai DX (you can see why they dropped the last part of that name) in the Japanese promotion Michinoku Pro.
In his homeland, Togo is regarded as a legend, winning numerous individual and tag championships alongside his Kai En Tai brothers and other icons like The Great Sasuke and Gedo.
Sadly, the WWE simply didn't know what to do with him and the rest of Kai En Tai and largely treated them as comedy jobbers. Whilst Michinoku and Funaki would stick around for years to come and earn a relative degree of success, Togo left after only a few months.
Thankfully this brief spell didn't tarnish his legacy and he continues to perform to this day. He also has a wrestling school in Vietnam, which opened in 2015.