10 Short-Lived WWE Pushes You’ve Totally Forgotten

7. Ezekiel Jackson (2011)

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Here's a worker who almost melds both Jaxson Ryker and Elias into one man (the latter's new moniker, at least). That's fitting, because Ezekiel Jackson was bloody huge, and looked to be exactly the kind of physical beast that Vinnie Mac would fawn over for at least a few years.

Poor Zeke didn't even get that long.

WWE strapped a rocket to Jackson by splitting him from The Corre and having him beat ex-leader Wade Barrett to become Intercontinental Champion at Capitol Punishment in June 2011. Things were definitely looked up for the muscleman, but he only enjoyed a 51-day reign with the belt before dropping it to Cody Rhodes that August.

Injuries would blight the rest of Ezekiel's company career. There's a chance WWE would've tried another push for Jackson had he not been benched with so many problems, but there's no clear sign that a second attempt would've been any better than the first.

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