10 WWE Signings That Didn't Live Up To The Hype

Sometimes expectations are just too high.

by John Bills
Scott Steiner
WWE.com

Times have changed, and not a single month seems to pass in the modern age without rumours or confirmation of WWE signing another major professional wrestling star. The last two years have seen a plethora of big names make the jump to the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet, and more often than not the Kevin Owens, Finn Bálors, and AJ Styles of this world have more than lived up to the hype.

It hasn't always been this way. For the longest time WWE was reluctant to get into bed with men and women who had made their name away from the company. Big name independent signings were rare, and even then they were treated with a certain sense of trepidation. There was plenty of hype when they signed, but WWE's history is littered with wrestlers who were thrown aside before anyone could ask just who was next.

As rumours swirl about WWE signing Kenny Omega, Pentagon Jr., and others, here are 10 major WWE signings who didn't live up to the hype.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.