10 Next Big Things In Wrestling That Totally Flopped

10. Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre was, famously, Vince McMahon's 'Chosen One' - onscreen and off.

His presentation was at odds with his ability level. McIntyre was a product of Florida Championship Wrestling, and it showed: nothing separated him from his peers mechanically, and he struggled to project his idealised character to arena-sized crowds. One killer entrance theme did not a killer act make. Drew was slender, effete and a product of favouritism - drawing unfavourable comparisons to Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Just as quickly as we were asked to accept him in a position above his status, he was buried well below the centre of the earth following a sordid furore involving then-wife Taryn Terrell and a hotel room episode. Recast as a comedy jobber in 3MB, McIntyre was a walking punishment.

Happily, Drew - as Drew Galloway - subsequently transformed himself, in fittingly Triple H-like fashion. As he developed a more bruising no-nonsense sh*t-kicker persona on the Independent circuit (and a winningly believable catchphrase in "You're f*cked"), he piled on the muscle to reinforce that new act.

McIntyre was a flop, but Galloway was a phoenix - and the man is now surely immune to further burials.