11 WWE Poster Boys That Didn't Make The Pay-Per-View

11. The Ultimate Warrior - Survivor Series 1992

Survivor Series 1992 was built around a major tag team match main event, so much so that the WWF Championship was able to get what would become the 'Royal Rumble Treatment'. Basically that means it was defended against an upcoming heel (in this case Shawn Michaels) as something of a trial run. That match didn't make it to the official poster for the event.

The tag match in question featured four of the biggest names in professional wrestling. On one side you had former WWF Champion 'Macho Man' Randy Savage teaming with the recently-returned Ultimate Warrior, to take on Ric Flair and Razor Ramon. Flair and Savage had been feuding for most of the year, and with Hulk Hogan on the sidelines the Warrior returned to add some heft to the business numbers.

The only problem was that Warrior was gone from the company by the time the show came around. A couple of theories have been floated around as to why, with the most likely being that he was fired due to his steroid usage (during a time when WWE were facing an impending steroid trial).

Ultimate Warrior? Steroids? What? Get out of town!

'Mr. Perfect', who bad been aligned with Flair most of the year, stepped into the breach and the match ended up going on fourth, after Tatanka vs. Rick Martel but before Yokozuna vs. Virgil. Warrior wasn't the only advertised individual to miss the show, as both The British Bulldog and The Mountie failed to make it for their Intercontinental Championship match, too.