8 Famous Wrestlers Whose Careers BRUTALLY Faded Away
7. Bobby Fish
The Undisputed Era was, for a spell, the undisputed hottest thing in pro wrestling, so to best summarise the surprisingly tragic breakdown of Bobby Fish's career, let's analyse what the entire faction has gone on to achieve since departing WWE:
Adam Cole - had a sizzling arrival in AEW at All Out 2021, headlined the first wrestling event promoted at Wembley Stadium since 1992 by challenging for the AEW World Championship, and won the TNT Title before sustaining a neck injury that has potentially ended his career.
Kyle O'Reilly - overcame extensive neck problems to become a trusted and relied-upon mid-carder who has enjoyed programmes with the likes of Jon Moxley.
Roderick Strong - held the International Title for the briefest of spells, and became a popular meme amongst online wrestling circles by screaming the name of his best friend while confined to a wheelchair.
The second of his UE contingent to jump to All Elite Wrestling after Adam Cole, Bobby Fish's time under Tony Khan's employment lasted all of ten months, with his return to free agency coming just six days after he used social media to begin a public, albeit one-sided, spat with CM Punk, during which he called Ol' Punker a "c*nt". Classy.
He's failed to regain any semblance of relevancy since - and folks, where's the lie? Fish wrestled just fourteen matches across 2025, and none so far in 2026; for comparison, on the list of wrestlers busier than one of NXT Black and Gold's bygone heroes sit The Invisible Man (a literal non-entity) and Brodie Lee, Jr. (a literal child).