10 Former FCW Standouts Who Flopped On The WWE Main Roster
7. Manu
There might be one or two names on this list you won't remember, Manu probably being one of them.
For as short of a stint he had in WWE from 2008 to 2009, you'd be amazed at the success he had in Florida Championship Wrestling as its heavyweight champion. Even then, he didn't do much to earn that accolade, having been involved in the tag team scene for a while before randomly winning the promotion's top title.
Apparently, that was enough to eventually earn him a spot on Raw when he debuted in September 2008 at the Unforgiven event and aligned with the newly formed trio of Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, later known as The Legacy. As a second-generation star, he fit well in the group, but his in-ring skills didn't show for it because none of his matches were all that memorable.
Along with Sim Snuka (formerly known as Deuce), he found himself on the outside looking in by January 2009 and was eventually exiled from Legacy. After being ambushed by a returning DiBiase on an episode of Raw, he was written out of storylines and released from his WWE contract the very next month.