10 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon Completely Lost Interest In

2. Drew McIntyre

Graduating from developmental in August 2009, having been signed in the same UK impulse buying spree that brought Stu €˜Wade Barrett€™ Bennett and Stephen €˜Sheamus€™ Farrelly to the company, Drew Galloway was renamed €˜McIntyre€™ and pushed to win the Intercontinental Championship only four months after debuting on the main roster. More importantly for his supposed future prospects, McIntyre would receive Vince McMahon€™s public blessing only three weeks after his debut, when the boss (as his Mr. McMahon character) declared the big man €˜a future world champion€™ in a promo cut on Smackdown. McIntyre was saddled with the €˜chosen one€™ gimmick, the seal of doom without the creative protection that should, by rights, come with it. He lasted five months with the secondary title, and while he was nosing around a rematch, The Nexus debuted on the main roster and sucked all the heat out of the room. John Cena and The Nexus became the focus of every television show and every pay-per-view for the next six months, and McIntyre simply had no spot on the card to drift upwards into. A fluctuating line-up of new rookie talent had become the company€™s top heels for a brief moment in time. It just happened to coincide with Drew McIntyre€™s brief moment in time. By the time Cena had finished sucking the juicy bits from The Nexus's and was lazily engaged in spitting the pips into a bucket, McIntyre had lost his spot and McMahon had lost interest. McIntyre spent the last two years of his WWE career playing the big guy in a three man comedy heel stable, 3MB, before being quietly released in 2014. He€™s since gone back to the independents, and spent some time in TNA to a degree of success. A missed opportunity for WWE, due mainly to Vince McMahon€™s short attention span.