10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About JBL

Any WWE fan who doesn't remember Palmer Canon or Billy Silverman can be forgiven. After all, both men's tenures in the company were incredibly brief, and JBL can be blamed for that.

Silverman was a WCW referee in the late '90s and early 2000s who joined WWE after the company was bought out. JBL took particular interest in the WCW referees (more on that in a bit), and the hazing he and his peers suffered led Silverman to decide that it simply wasn't worth the trouble. He quit the company not long after starting work there and soon spoke about his experiences in interviews.

Palmer Canon was called up to the Smackdown main roster in 2005 as a representative from "The Network" (hinted as being UPN) who would get in the way of General Manager Teddy Long's plans. Canon was eventually supposed to wrestle, but things never got that far. During another European tour, Canon was harassed so badly by JBL and Chris Benoit (clearly, Layfield keeps great company) that he simply flew home, leaving his gear on his hotel bed. He was granted his release the following week.