10 Exact Moments WWE Stopped Trying

7. The Tazz Experiment Ends

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Tazz will forever go down in history for having one of the greatest WWE debuts ever. His suplex-heavy effort vs. Kurt Angle at the 2000 Royal Rumble rocked Madison Square Garden, but it was very much all downhill from there. Physical size probably counted against the ex-ECW hard nut too, which is daft.

Vinnie Mac knew what he was getting when he signed Tazz - did he think he'd grown a foot taller after inking his deal? Honestly, Tazz appeared to be punished because he wasn't what the WWF wanted him to be, not because his performances sucked (they didn't).

Still, his early push came to a screeching halt on the 20 April 2000 SmackDown. The then-ECW Champ lost in just over five minutes to Triple H in a one-sided exhibition that barely even did 'The Game' any favours. Truthfully, Tazz's momentum had started to wobble shortly after the Rumble, but all bets were off after this.

He could've and should've been more.

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