10 WWE Stars Who Were Bullied Out Of The Company

1. Jim Ross

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Lots of WWE talent has been bullied over the years, but few stars seem to have been bullied on-screen with as much gusto as Jim Ross - and by Vince McMahon himself, no less. The WWE Chairman seemed to take an inexplicable joy in hurting the play-by-play man at every opportunity.

A list of humiliations for Ross could fill an entire article, but among others - McMahon mocked Ross's Bell's palsy on TV; he buried Ross's face in his own bare backside in JR's hometown of Oklahoma City (McMahon really loved making JR look bad in Oklahoma City); and most notably, he embarrassed Ross with the "Dr. Hiney" sketch soon after the announcer underwent surgery for colon cancer.

Ross's tenure in WWE only came to an official end in 2012. While JR was moderating a panel on the WWE 2K13 video game, things got out of hand (specifically with panelist Ric Flair, who appeared to be drunk), and Ross was made the scapegoat. He was fired from the company (though it was spun as a retirement), but returned last year. Let's hope they don't put him on TV in Oklahoma City anytime soon.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013