10 Famous Wrestlers No One Liked Working With

10. Ryback

There was a split second where Ryback looked like the next big thing.

With booking reminiscent of Goldberg's undefeated streak, the colourful meathead tore through WWE's undercard. When John Cena got injured, CM Punk needed a new opponent for Hell In A Cell 2012 and the Big Guy was given the rub. Considerably more vocal than the hapless jobbers Ryback destroyed, Punk was furious over what he perceived to be Ryback's hazardously stiff offence.

Booked as a choke artist moving forward, Ryback's stock fell both on screen and behind the scenes where he rubbed many big names the wrong way. With fan interest on a deadly wane, the law of attraction enthusiast even requested time off to train in MMA for a worked 'superfight' with Brock Lesnar. Ryback believed he was too big to be manhandled by the Beast (clearly he hadn't seen Lesnar's battles with Big Show) and the match would be the biggest thing the business had ever seen. There's self-belief, and then there's just plain delusion.

Despite notable in-ring improvement towards the end of his tenure, Ryback couldn't even beat Kalisto for the US title. He's even confirmed in the years since that Vinnie Mac himself very unsubtly loathed him by this point. Fed up, Ryback went on a tear regarding WWE's pay scale on his Tumblr and was swiftly dropped from the promotion.

A glimmer of hope via a New Japan contract offer was then ruined thanks to Mr Feed Me More asking for a purportedly exorbitant fee.