10 Wrestlers For Whose Passion For Wrestling WWE Killed

10. Mike Kanellis

Mike Kanellis’ story is genuinely heart-warming. The man overcame tremendous personality adversity to get himself onto the right track, and he actually credits WWE for helping him through all this.

What came afterwards though, wasn’t quite as desirable for Mr. Kanellis. Confined to the 205 Live brand and paired with wife Maria, the poor fellow has never really gotten a proper chance to shine. And even when he was given some screen time on Raw, it was in a burial angle where they tried their best to brand him as an ultimate loser.

Mike has stated a number of times that he desperately wishes to leave WWE and ply his trade elsewhere. He even went as far as to ask for his release, though rather unsurprisingly WWE were having none of it. At the end of the day, Mike Kanellis is highly unlikely to garner any kind of push in WWE and the man just wants to do what he loves doing: wrestle. For now, WWE has turned that into a source of misery for him.