7 Wrestlers WWE Punished For Getting Over

7. Fandango

When Chris Jericho's first-choice of a WrestleMania 29 match against Ryback was shot down - a seemingly asinine suggestion outwith the context of the big man's historical but by-then hemorrhaging popularity - Vince McMahon had a new idea.

Johnny Curtis - now sporting flared leather pants under the sobriquet 'Fandango' - was chosen to dance down the aisle to face Y2J. Against all expectations, he two-stepped his way to a shock 'Mania win.

The next night, inspired by the ineradicable earworm that was Fandango's theme tune, an already ribald post-WrestleMania Raw crowd spent the entire show serenading the roster with the catchy salsa song.

'Fandangoing' soon became a cultural phenomenon, with the craze gradually catching on beyond the auspices of wrestling arenas; incredibly, the chintzy tongue-in-cheek melody nearly managed to crack the UK Top 40 music charts.

For WWE, that was a sign that things had gone too far. Presuming - admittedly, correctly - that Fandango's theme was more popular than the man himself, the company quickly moved to steal his last dance. He lost to Chris Jericho at the very next pay-per-view, and was subsequently relegated back to the undercard.