10 Wrestlers Who Jumped Ship (And Ruined Their Careers)
2. Alundra Blayze (WWE To WCW)
The centerpiece of WWE's attempt at rebuilding the women's division in the early '90s, Alundra Blayze arrived from WCW, then promptly won a six-person tournament to be crowned champion. Competition was sparse, so at Blayze's behest, Vince McMahon brought in several new faces for her to feud with, most notable of which was the monstrous Bull Nakano. But this couldn't satisfy Blayze, and she informed officials that she wouldn't be releasing her contract in December 1995.
What followed was one of the Monday Night Wars' most infamous stunts, as Blayze, playing Madusa, jumped to WCW, dropping the WWE Women's Championship in a trash can in her return appearance. A controversial moment that got everybody talking, but unfortunately the highlight of her entire WCW tenure.
Blazye left a good WWE deal with the hope of getting WCW's formative women's division rolling, and systematically failed. She did eventually win the Cruiserweight Championship, but lost it to Oklahoma (the company's tasteless Jim Ross parody), and never became transcendent trend-setter she aspired to be.
Madusa hung around for six years, but was an intergender novelty act years before the end, then faded into pre-retirement obscurity.