10 Great Wrestling Pairings That Didn't Last Long Enough

8. Raven And Vampiro

In July of 1999, WCW was in rough spot. Basically, their product was horrendously lame. Bash at the Beach that month featured Randy Savage vs. Kevin Nash in the main event, Buff Bagwell and Roddy Piper fighting in a s***ty boxing match and David Flair beating Dean Malenko for the US Title in one of wrestling's most sacrilegious moments. It was all so bad. The company desperately needed cool, young talent who hadn’t been completely wasted, and who could possibly appeal to the adult fans who were bolting for the WWF en masse.

Vampiro and Raven could have been two of those guys. Obviously they wouldn’t have saved the company alone, but with a decent push they would have been a great upper-midcard act. WCW was finally pushing Raven again as a dangerous character (after the ridiculous story of him as the son of a millionaire ended) and Vampiro was a fresh face who hadn’t been associated with so much of the worst the company had to offer. Together, they were called The Dead Pool (along with ICP...feel free to forget about them if you’d like), and they lasted a mere month.

Why They Split: In a backstage production meeting, Eric Bischoff was at his pinnacle of frustration and instability. His company was being dominated by the WWF, and he knew most of the talent backstage was incredibly frustrated. He told the locker room that if they were unhappy they could leave. Raven was the only one to take him up on the offer.

A promising stable was killed, and Raven quickly signed a one year deal with ECW before going to WWE. Couldn't David Flair have taken Eric up on that offer instead?