10 Wrestlers Who Were Supposed To Get Other Wrestlers Over (But Got Over Themselves)

Early-2000 episodes of Sunday Night Heat and Metal were largely unremarkable. In fact, there were only really two reasons to tune in for most of them; one, recaps of Raw and SmackDown. Two, you just knew that red-haired bombshell Lita would hit a moonsault on some poor sap after an Essa Rios match.

Rios himself was a fine flyer, but he couldn't hope to steal attention away from his valet. Though Lita was there to complement the Latin star, she ended up becoming an eye-catching standout who obviously needed to move on. The future Hall Of Famer outgrew Rios within a few short months.

Fighting against her rise would've been stupid, and futile.

Lita left Rios behind, linked up with The Hardy Boyz and then ventured out on her own as a popular part of the women's division. Her post-bout moonsaults remain the only memorable aspect of Essa's (otherwise solid) Cruiser-style matches.