10 On-Screen Wrestling Couples You Never Knew Existed
9. Taka Michinoku & Sunny
It spoke more to her misuse than anything else as WWE's New Generation gave way to the burgeoning Attitude Era, but Sunny ending up as a head cheerleader for Light Heavyweight newcomer Taka Michinoku looked and felt as much like a lame Vince McMahon rib as a new direction for the 'Golden Haired Fox'.
By early 1998, she'd been supplanted by Sable as the company's focussed-upon female when they only had the concentration span for one, and rumoured personal problems appeared to be interfering with the professional qualities that had briefly catapulted her to the top of WWE.
No longer worthy of creative investment in the eyes of the powerful, she was lumbered with ring announcer roles for matches of equal disinterest. This began with whatever Max Mini was up to, but ultimately extended to the Light Heavyweight league and a brief tryst with Taka that was mostly confined to stolen moments on Saturday shows or winks and nudges on Raw.
By the summer, Sunny was gone completely, as was McMahon's interest in heabily promoting Taka as his Light Heavyweight talisman.