10 Wrestlers Who Were Given Way Too Many Chances

3. Tensai

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Matt Bloom is the head trainer of WWE developmental, and he had a successful run in Japan as Giant Bernard, but stateside, the man never, ever got over. If it weren’t for his massive size, it’s highly unlikely he would have have been hired by the WWF in the first place.

The amount of opportunities he was given to catch on in any form is actually a bit staggering. He came in first as Prince Albert, Droz’s tag partner and tattooist. Then he joined forces with The Big Bossman, which was one of the most boring tag teams of the '90s. He was given a new partner with Test in T&A, which may actually have been the high-point of his US career. Then there was the bland X-Factor, and a run as the Hip Hop Hippo and a random attempt to make him a star when he turned into The A-Train and formed an alliance with The Big Show. Finally, Vince had seen enough.

Surprisingly, eight years later Bloom returned as Tensai. He was slated for a main event push against John Cena, but his new incarnation was his worst yet. Tensai bombed big time, and he ended up his main roster run as a goofball dancer once again.

Whether it was his lack of intensity, or the weird noises he made while on offense, Bloom just never got over in WWE. But damn, did they ever keep trying to make something work.

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