10 WWE Rejects Immediately Pushed By TNA Impact Wrestling
6. Rhino
As evidenced by his 2015 and 2016 runs on NXT and the WWE's main roster respectively, the 'Manbeast' has always been an extremely capable hand, even when the company elected to abruptly release him shortly after WrestleMania 21 back in 2005.
Regrettably, but his arrival in TNA was a painful reversion to type for the promotion
Having looked re-energised just weeks earlier in his match with Sabu during WWE's critically-acclaimed One Night Stand pay-per-view, Rhino could have rode a wave of babyface momentum into a TNA product stagnating under yet another desperately dull main event push for Jeff Jarrett.
Instead, he debuted as a heel goon for 'Double J', assaulting then-World Champion Raven and joining Planet Jarrett. His arrival was foreshadowed by a bewildering segment in which a paranoid Jarrett hassled commentator Mike Tenay for information on when a host of released WWE wrestlers would be debuting for the company. It couldn't have made the company (or the incoming performers) look anymore small-time.
The duo headlined the first ever Sacrifice pay-per-view with a victory over Raven and Sabu, with Rhino also competing in the first ever Spike TV edition of TNA Impact. Their own squabbles over a future title shot eventually led to a muddled babyface turn and eventual drop down the card after trading the gold in dull matches with his former boss.