10 Most Unexpected WWE Burials Ever

5. Scott Steiner

Scott Steiner is one of the most fun but insane wrestlers of the '90s and early 2000s. An absolute menace with a microphone, Steiner's intense blabbering was such a thing of beauty that he was rightly part of WCW's main event scene during its last few years. When Vince McMahon bought the company, and fans everywhere were fantasy booking their WCW vs WWE cards, Scotty was one of the names people most wanted to see go toe-to-toe with the stars of the Attitude Era.

When Steiner eventually arrived in WWE in October 2002, the pops he received were loud enough to be heard in outer space. His first feud would begin in January 2003 with Triple H. The Game was one of the biggest names WWE had to offer, and he and Big Poppa Pump felt like a good fit on paper; a pair of similarly built genetic freaks with an intense promo style and natural charisma. Nobody could have seen how badly this was going to go.

Scott Steiner and Triple H's matches were absolute stinkers. Their bouts at the Royal Rumble and No Way Out were such unmitigated disasters that Steiner found himself without a match at his first WrestleMania back with the company, and he was in a tag team with Test, losing to La Resistance, by Judgement Day in May. This was unthinkable at the start of the year, and Steiner would be relegated to a match against Steven Richards on Heat by January 2004. He was injured in that month's Royal Rumble and never wrestled for WWE again.