10 Wrestlers Who Totally Wasted Their Own Potential

10. Austin Aries

Size is the only thing Austin Aries has ever had going against him as a performer. His diminutive 5'9"/200lb frame meant he'd never be The Guy in a top-level Sports Entertainment organisation. That's a shame, because the rest of his attributes were (and still are) more than worthy of ace status, with his in-ring technicality and versatility, promo work, and ability to play the most loathsome piece-of-sh*t heel in any promotion he walked into all on an elite level.

It's unfortunate, then, that 'A Double' has such a habit of burning bridges wherever he works. Jim Cornette stopped booking him for Ring Of Honor for being, in Corny's words, a "doom and gloom, miserable pr*ck." June 2011 saw him leave Dragon Gate USA and Evolve with the impression that he was retiring from the business, only to show up in TNA four days later. Fast-forward a few years and he left WWE amid reports that he was incredibly unpopular backstage. This led to his Impact Wrestling return, which Aries ego'd himself out of after throwing a wobbly and going off-script after no-selling his match finish at Bound For Glory 2018.

Best of luck to his latest employers, MLW.