9. Vince Russo Believes Tank Abbott Should Be World Champ
Poor Vince Russo, even though he's been out of the WWF/WWE system for over 15 years full-time, people still regularly bring up and laugh at his ideas from the late-90's, but that's nothing compared to how people react over his WCW tenure shortly thereafter. Joining WCW in October, 1999, Russo was heralded as the guy who could take the promotion out of the doldrums back to the top. He very well may have been, but there are literally thousands of ideas which scream, "We're coming for you, Vince McMahon!" more than making Tank Abbott, a virtually untrained (in pro wrestling, at least) shoot fighter - who had a bland look, couldn't talk, and had done little to impress fans of World Championship Wrestling since his debut - your World Champion. However, that's exactly what Vince Russo wanted to do, and he wanted Abbott to be a killer in the mould of Bill Goldberg. Only one problem, Tank was no Goldberg, not to WCW fans or anyone with even a casual interest in professional wrestling. No, Tank Abbott was an MMA fighter, one who failed to grasp even the most basic rudimentary ideas wrestling fans enjoy seeing.