10 Superstars Failed By The WWE System
1. D'Lo Brown
As a former Intercontinental Champion with four sensational European Title reigns and a key role during WWE's hottest ever period, it's a testament to the man's talent how this could still be considered a company failure.
But D'Lo Brown repeatedly exhibited all the tools to be a very top player in the organisation, and though anybody breaking through a crowd including Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, Mick Foley and Triple H seemed impossible, the company were dreadful at protecting his aura for the days where they wouldn't be so talent-rich.
As hindsight would show, those days were really not far away. Having spent the previous year as the backbone of a Rock-lead Nation of Domination sporting his irritating chest protector and carrying the European Title to unprecedented heights in matches with X-Pac, Val Venis and other midcarders, D'Lo was on fire heading into 1999.
But after accidentally crippling Darren Drozdov in a match in October that year, D'Lo's confidence was rocked.
Failing to nurture this, WWE relegated Brown to weak tag work, first with The Godfather then former 'Headbanger' Mosh in the pitiful 'Lo Down' unit.
When that predictably failed, D'Lo spent months back in WWE's developmental system, before a brief return with Teddy Long in 2002 was punctuated with an early 2003 release.