10 Precise Moments When WWE Ruthless Aggression Era Careers Ended

4. Dawn Marie

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WWE's treatment of Dawn Marie was frankly rotten.

She was cruelly discarded during maternity leave, but not before accompanying Lance Storm to the ring for one last appearance in front of fans at ECW One Night Stand 2005. Marie, who had been Storm's manager in the original hardcore promotion, reacted to all the bumps and bruises seen throughout Lance's bout vs. old partner Chris Jericho.

Technically, this wasn't actually Dawn's last showing on WWE programming. She did appear on the 19 June '05 edition of ancient internet show Byte This, but it's nigh-on impossible to find footage of that sh*t at this point, so this shot of Marie posing with Lance, Justin Credible and Jason will have to do.

WWE had burned through everything from lesbian angles to geriatric love stories with Dawn. It was unclear what the future held for her before that one-off gig at the ECW revival show, but the fact she was released whilst pregnant is grim.

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