10 Times WWE Failed To Replace A Major Star

10. Hawk With Heidenreich

From poetry recitals to one of the worst feuds of The Undertaker’s career, Jon Heidenreich was plagued by nonsensical creative decisions throughout his WWE career. He was never the most exciting wrestler in the world in the first place, but the way he was booked left him with zero chance of ever getting over, and his last few months with the company were some of his most questionable.

Heidenreich turned face in 2005, and found himself embroiled in a feud with MNM (Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro). He fell victim to a series of 2-on-1 assaults every single week until Road Warrior Animal returned to the company for the first time since Hawk’s passing two years prior. Animal and Heidenreich soon teamed-up, and they challenged for MNM’s WWE Tag Team Championships at The Great American Bash.

They were victorious, and Heidenreich had earned his spiked shoulder pads. Animal officially inducted him into the Legion of Doom, and Heidenreich donned the famous pads and face paint for the remainder of his run. The act was designed as a tribute, but it came-off as nothing more than a cheap imitation, particularly when Heidenreich styled his hair to look like Hawk’s trademark mohawk.

LoD are legendary, but you can’t recreate greatness with an inferior partner 15+ years after the team’s prime.