10 Times WWE Wrestlers Went Into Business For Themselves
1. JBL Takes Cowardly Liberties With Blue Meanie
WWE's relaunching of the ECW brand was ultimately a complete bust that was dead from the moment Rob Van Dam dropped the ECW World Championship after being suspended for drug possession.
Still, there were a few silver linings across the much-maligned run of WWE's ECW. Kurt Angle's time as the all-business 'wrestling machine' was great while it lasted, CM Punk got to cut his teeth in the WWE environment, relative rookies were afforded the opportunity to get TV time ahead of moving to the main roster, and the first two One Night Stand PPVs - the second of which served as the launching point for ECW's return - were so, so much fun.
Following the Dudley Boyz vs. Tommy Dreamer and Sandman main event of that first One Night Stand show, the PPV concluded with a mass brawl between the ECW Originals and a group of SmackDown wrestlers that included JBL.
For whatever reason, renowned asshat John 'Bradshaw' Layfield decided that he was going to use this opportunity to lay in some legit shots on the unexpecting Blue Meanie. As in, Bradshaw completely busted up Meanie's face, seemingly for no other reason than the the former WWE Champion had a genuine hatred for the ECW brand over the years.
In a move of utter cowardice, JBL spied this melee as the perfect time to go into business for himself and unload on poor Blue Meanie. Rather than any punishment for Bradshaw, WWE instead offered Meanie a short-term contract as a way to try and quell this whole classless situation.