10 WWE Superstars Who Had Shockingly Long Tenures
Who knew mediocrity could lead to such a lengthy career?
The WWE is a tough place to make a living in today's era. Wrestlers usually do not get multiple kicks at the can to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage. Every year the WWE cleans house and rids themselves of talent they no longer see a future for. Talented performers like Drew Galloway, Damien Sandow, and Kharma were all let go from the WWE despite still having significant upside in this business.
This kind of cut throat, one and done attitude was not always present, as in days past WWE's rosters of 'sports entertainers' were given much more leeway.
These are the WWE superstars who had lengthy, yet unspectacular careers. The names on this list are all remembered and at times even celebrated for quantity over quality. In many cases, these folks enjoyed long careers that rarely included main events, significant storylines, championship titles, or memorable moments.
Perhaps less really is more.
10. Crush
Brian Adams, better known as Crush, had several stints of varying success in the WWE (and WCW). Wrestling in the two federations from 1990-2001 inclusive, Crush spent 11 years in the upper mid card of the big two despite not being regarded as a great worker. While a large part of that was due to his size, another reason was his versatility, being able to take whatever someone from creative would give him, for better or worse... mostly worse.
The main highlights of Crush's career included tag team title reigns in WWE (as part of Demolition) and WCW (as part of Kronik), the only two major titles he won over the course of his career. In the mid '90s he had a relatively successful run as a mid-card babyface calling himself 'Kona Crush'. He followed that with a run as Japanese sympathiser Crush alongside Yokozuna. This gimmick would produce his best match, at Wrestlemania X against Randy Savage.
The lowlights of his career include going to jail for steroids and coming back with a jailbird gimmick where he led a wildly unsuccessful stable called the Disciples of Apocalypse. Crush would continue to rack up bad gimmicks later in life as a member of the nWo B squad, a brief stint as the KISS demon, and winning The Wrestling Oberver's worst worked match of the year with Kronik against the Brothers of Destruction in 2001.
In all likelihood Crush would have had another run in the WWE if not for his death, aged just 43 in 2007. He will be best remembered (at least by me) for his feud with Doink culminating in double Doinks at WrestleMania IX, and for dragging The Undertaker to a worst match of the year contender.