10 Greatest WWE Super Heavyweight Wrestlers

10. Rikishi

With a little more care and attention to the details, Rikishi could have been a top star. After several false starts with dreadful gimmicks ("Make a Difference" Fatu, The Sultan), Solofa Fatu Jr. was finally given a character that worked. As Rikishi he was fun and charismatic, but aggressive and ambitious, too. He danced with Too Cool, then he flung them out of the Royal Rumble.

A good worker and better on the mic with every passing month, it’s easy to forget just how over Rikishi was around 2000. The bookers clearly felt it, too, and the big man was given a push - only, it didn’t quite go to plan.

When Rikishi was revealed to be the man who ran over Steve Austin, it seemed the stage was set for a meteoric rise. But the writers quickly lost confidence. Austin whooped Rikishi comprehensively, and it transpired that he had been hired by Triple H. He featured in a crazy Hell In A Cell match where he was flung from the cage by The Undertaker, a spot symbolic of his drop back down the card.

Rikishi had the goods to be a main eventer, but as is often the way, Vince and co. lost interest.