7 Wrestlers Who Were ELITE Everywhere Except WWE

7. Sting

Sting is one of the most unanimously popular performers in pro wrestling history, be it amongst his contemporaries and peers, 'Little Stingers' or 'Old Stingers'. 'The Icon' is a fitting nickname for a man who is incredible on the mic, can put on every type of match at the highest standard, and was great across 3 different generations. 

He made his name in WCW and was part of one of that company's best storylines in the 'Monday Night Wars' when he portrayed the melancholic 'Crow' character to wage a year-long war on the nWo. Eventually, it was almost part of his personality that he'd never wrestle for Vince McMahon - Sting went to TNA instead of joining the WWE's invasion angle.

So, when he arrived at Survivor Series 2014 to confront Triple H and give him the Scorpion Death Drop inside a WWE ring, it was one of the most surreal moments ever for fans who grew up in the 90s.

Stinger's WWE run was one of the only lacklustre parts of his entire career, and his WrestleMania 31 match with Hunter was a shambles. Sting lost his only match at 'Mania, and his only singles win for the company came via a DQ win over Big Show. When you consider the phenomenal, undefeated run he had in AEW with Darby Allin, diving from balconies at an age where he could get a free bus pass and having one of the best send-offs in the history of the business, Sting's WWE run feels like yet another example of the company using a WCW legend to remind everybody that WWE won the aforementioned 'Monday Night Wars' (again!).