10 Biggest One Hit Wonders In Wrestling History
2. Anthony Ogogo
Known for: an egregiously misguided rivalry with Cody Rhodes that Anthony Ogogo thought was "f*cking dogsh*t, mate".
It was.
Ogogo, positioned as the breakaway killer of QT Marshall's Factory, was an absolute threat. His gut-punch finish was believably rib-breaking, his confidence hit the key notes each time, and his track record spurred an obvious and easy path for Tony Khan to navigate. He was an Olympic bronze medalist in middleweight boxing, a silver medalist in the Commonwealth Games, too, which is also worth mentioning, and he displayed great promise. He was touted as a future AEW Champion.
Then he lost.
Lol.
Why didn't he thrive after: because Tony Khan had made it impossible.
Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling who many had compared Ogogo to, survived the transition from the legitimate sport to the pseudo one because he was protected. He went undefeated for two months, going 23-0 (he'd lost some tag team matches along the way, though he was never pinned) until Tazz, a rebellious shoot-fighter of a pro wrestler, rocked up to dismember him. Even then, Angle's legitimacy was safe.
Anthony Ogogo got just two victories before Cody Rhodes brought him back down to reality. It was a most impossible fumble and, now, a most impossible fix.