10 Hyped WWE Debuts That Were CANCELLED

10. Kassius Ohno

The Kings of Wrestling just about lived up to their obnoxious moniker at the start of the 2010s.

The world's premier tag team unsurprisingly garnered interest from WWE, who wound up signing both Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero. While Castagnoli's rebirth as Antonio Cesaro led him to a topsy turvy main roster run, Hero's rebirth as Kassius Ohno never quite landed.

Playing up the hard-hitting style that had made him a household name on the indies, Ohno adopted a more sadistic persona during his time in NXT. While his elite-level work rate made him a hit with the NXT faithful, the big man's relatively loose physique by WWE standards proved troublesome, with him even being taken off TV to try and tone up.

Ultimately, the WWE top brass' frustration with Ohno's approach to strength and conditioning proved to be too much for either party to budge on. After an acclaimed feud with William Regal and a brief rivalry with The Wyatt Family, Ohno was out of the picture, as was a highly-anticipated potential Kings of Wrestling reunion on the main roster. Brought in more as a coach the second time he arrived on the black and gold brand in 2016, it was clear to both fans and Hero himself that a main roster debut simply wasn't going to materialise.

Had CM Punk had his way, we would've gotten Chris Hero in Roman Reigns' role in The Shield. What a bizarre timeline that would've been...