10 Wrestlers Whose Careers TANKED After Winning Big

Too Cool were never meant to catch fire the way they did. If anything, Vince Russo's original vision for the team called for them to be an uncool version of Matt and Jeff Hardy. Fans found their retro flavour and dancing charming though, and the group had some serious steam once Rikishi joined the party.

Everything cooled significantly in late-2000. Rikishi turned heel (he "did it for The Rock", don't you know?) by getting involved in the ongoing whodunit surrounding Steve Austin, and an injury to Scotty Too Hotty left Grandmaster Sexay rudderless on his own. The fact he went on to team with Steve Blackman says everything.

Then, Sexay was released after a drug possession bust in May 2001, and the WWF didn't really know where to go with Hotty or floundering heel Rikishi. What should've been the apex (Kish moving up the card and Too Cool still getting huge pops from fans) turned out to be a nightmare for the trio.

We'll always have their first and second entrance themes, at least.