7. The Public Enemy
Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge did not become huge success stories once they branched out and left ECW in 1996. Joining WCW, the team also had a brief run later in the then-WWF. Neither would prove to be anywhere near as fruitful or successful as their time spent in ECW. Once again, Paul Heyman had worked wonders with a pair of wrestling misfits. Both Grunge and Rock were said to be Caucasian males who had grown up embracing the hip hop culture. Thus, The Public Enemy was born and became one of the most-loved gimmicks in the whole of ECW. Dancing with the fans, the tandem actually served to break a wrestling ring by encouraging audience members to come and jive with them inside it. Despite being painfully uncool or 'hip', The Public Enemy managed to convince the wrestling world that they were the hottest tag-team in the industry during the mid-1990's. During his sit down interview with Ron Simmons for the WWE Network, JBL said that he didn't enjoy working with the team when they were in the WWF. Heyman had again managed to accentuate positives and hide glaring negatives.