10 Wrestlers Who Personify Why WWE Had To Scour The Indies

8. Jon Heidenreich

It's quite sobering to know that Jon Heidenreich once feuded extensively with The Undertaker. Examining the man's character is quite fascinating, although not for especially positive reasons. When he initially debuted, Heidenreich carried a toy doll with him, called 'Little Johnny'. The gimmick was supposed to be babyface, in the same mould as Al Snow and Head previously, but didn't catch on. Returning as a psychotic heel, Heidenreich entered a program opposite Undertaker in late-2004. The feud was clearly designed to shunt the incoming villain up the WWE ladder, but there was one problem standing in management's way. Much like many others on this list, Jon Heidenreich was not somebody fans really wanted to watch wrestle. In fact, they barely wanted to see him at all. A baffling, almost-comedic backstage segment with Michael Cole (you know the one) lives long in the memory. That, along with a failed attempt to pass off Heidenreich as a member of The Legion Of Doom, is what fans remember him most for. That's not what WWE would have preferred, obviously.