10 Most Over-Pushed TNA Wrestlers Ever

10. Rhino

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Rhino was the last ECW Heavyweight Champion, though more by default than anything else. With most of the company’s top stars abandoning ship at that point, someone had to be champ. So why not Rhino?

He also had a decent run in WWE, but by the end of his run there, he was basically a jobber. TNA picked him up in 2005, and made him a big player by aligning him with Jeff Jarrett. He found himself in multiple main-events, including beating Jarrett for the World Title at their biggest show of the year at Bound For Glory. It was way too much.

In Unbreakable that year, Raven fought Rhino in a World Title match, whereas four years earlier the two fought each other on the second match on the card at Backlash. It defined TNA down as a place where former WWE mid-carders went to earn a living, instead of where new talent was taking over.

By the time Rhino led The Frontline against The Main Event Mafia, it was just plain ridiculous. Fans didn’t identify him as a TNA original, so him battling former top WWE and WCW stars didn’t make a hell of a lot of sense. He was a good talent, just way over-pushed.

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