10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Rhyno
7. Burned Bridges
The second part of Rhyno's original WWE run was entirely unproductive. Returning from a serious neck injury in February 2003, he briefly teamed with Chris Benoit, before drifting into the midcard ether. He was rarely a featured performer from that point onward, and with his push greatly diminished from his early days, it soon became a matter of when, not if, the former ECW Champion would be released from the company.
The moment finally came in April 2005, but not through misuse. Instead, Rhyno had his contract cancelled following a very public argument with his wife at the company's WrestleMania 21 afterparty. He made a one-night-only return for ECW's One Night Stand pay-per-view the following month, but 'The Man-Beast' was gone, and wouldn't ink another full-time WWE contract until 2016.
While specific details on said argument have never been made public, Rhyno has publicly admitted to losing his cool that night, adding that if he was Vince, he'd have fired him too. An honest appraisal of what must have been a difficult situation, but it's easy to see why WWE would want to keep such a spat under wraps.