10 Times WWE Sabotaged WCW Wrestlers

10. Dusty Rhodes In Polka Dots

With WWE's long history of questionable booking practices revolving around former WCW stars, a great place to start is with 'The American Dream' Dusty Rhodes.

Prior to Dusty even working for WWE, Vince McMahon took a shot at the WCW booker by naming the lowly bodyguard of 'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase - one of the company's whipping boys - Virgil (a reference to Dusty's real name, Virgil Runnels).

When Dusty eventually joined WWE in 1989, McMahon decided to dress Dusty in bright yellow polka dots, make Dusty dance, and use Dusty's "common man" persona a bit too literally. WWE fans were first introduced to Dusty through vignettes of Rhodes working as a trash collector, a plumber, and a pizza delivery man. Shortly after his debut, Rhodes was paired with the homely Sapphire in another move that did Dusty's career few favors.

To his credit, Dusty got the gimmick over and his charisma shined through to the fans despite the goofiness that his new character portrayed. It was quite the change from the American Dream character that won the NWA World Championship, but Dusty made it work.

Still, despite making chicken salad from chicken you-know-what, Dusty never made it past the upper mid-card in WWE.