10 Most Unsuccessful WWE Returns Of All-Time
4. Mr. Perfect
WWE's main event was basically dominated by Hulk Hogan in the 1980s and early 1990s, so it was no wonder Mr. Perfect never received a run with the WWE Championship.
That's not to say he didn't deserve one, however, because he was among the most gifted athletes on the roster at that time to not get his just due as champion.
He left WWE for WCW in 1996, and after six years away, he was announced as an entrant in the 2002 Royal Rumble match. He had plenty of potential to pick up where he left off and mix it up with the fresh faces that rose up in his absence, and his outstanding showing in the Rumble gave fans hope that would be the case.
Sadly, it was all downhill from there for the former Intercontinental champion. He was wasted over the next few months, mainly competing on Sunday Night Heat against no-namers and not engaging in any meaningful storylines.
WWE had the chance to put him against Kurt Angle at WrestleMania X8, but he was instead left off the card (he worked a six-man on the pre-show) and Kane faced our Olympic Hero.
And it wasn't as if Perfect was no longer in ring shape. The guy could go just as well as he could years earlier, so had he been given actual direction, there is no doubt he would have paid dividends.
WWE cut ties with him in the spring of 2002 following the infamous "plane ride from hell", only for Perfect to pass away the following February.