10 Shocking Times WWE Pulled The Plug On Mega Pushes
8. Tazz
As revealed in an interview with WhatCulture.com's own Adam Wilbourn, Taz(z) knew the difference between over and too over by the time he'd grafted his way into WWE, and the response he received at the 2000 Royal Rumble was categorically a case of the latter.
'The Human Suplex Machine' had it all going for him. His reputation bolstered by the brilliant booking of Paul Heyman in ECW, the Red Hook native was on home turf inside the hallowed halls of Madison Square Garden, received as such by the New York natives.
Larger than usual at the time anyway, the industry's audience were loyal and extremely plugged in to the scene - and Tazz' arrival spoke to the excitement that came with Monday Night Wars era talent trades. If only the WWE locker room had been so enthusiastic.
Mindful of the roar, Tazz connected the dots from the pops - he knew his experienced colleagues perhaps wouldn't be as willing as fellow newbie Kurt Angle was to put him over, and suffered the expected fate for his size when Vince McMahon finally rubbed away the original rose-tint about his stature.