10 Wrestlers That Became Stars In ONE SECOND

2. James Ellsworth (WWE Raw, July 25th 2016)

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Out of the limelight but active on the independent circuit to this day, James Ellsworth's career has been busier than ever since he turned one squash into two WWE runs between 2016 and his 2018 release.

In his own words, "any man with two hands has a fighting chance", and even though he couldn't remotely back that up in a memorable pasting from Braun Strowman, the human later labelled a "chinless insect" (and worse) by some of his colleagues cut such a memorable figure as a complete loser that he got a mini-main event stint.

Much of what Strowman got up to in those early days was of a standard the rest of his time never quite hit, but few of his foes made as much of it as Ellsworth. His separation from the 'Monster Among Men' even got him out of bother with the big man until the two were briefly reunited in a Royal Rumble.

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