10 WWE Superstars Who Have Been Released The Most
6. Crush (3)
It didn't matter how absolutely wretched Brian 'Crush' Adams was in the ring - he was part of a tag team called Kronik, for goodness' sake - WWE kept bringing him back.
The burly Hawaiian got his first chance in the company in 1990, as a substitute for Demolition's ailing Bill 'Ax' Eadie. Though the younger man was theoretically more dynamic than his predecessor, a programme between the Demos and their NWA inspiration Legion of Doom failed to ignite as planned. With their raison d'être effectively voided, WWE disbanded the team in 1991, and Adams was back on the indies.
He came back with an entirely new attitude a year later, now a fluorescent-clad surfer with a happy-go-lucky penchant for compacting skulls. His wrestling skills were still in short supply; Adams might have been from the sun-kissed beaches of Kona, but his work was ice cold.
Oddly, this, nor a jail term for possessing an illegal handgun, soured WWE on Adams. It wasn't until the fallout of the Montreal screwjob that Crush, having accomplishment the square of f*ck all in the company, was let go once more.
His third and final stint was more commensurate with his talent. Imported as part of WWE's job-lot of WCW contracts in 2001, Adams found himself in a privileged position on the card opposite great mate The Undertaker. However, nepotism backfired: so bad was his tag match alongside Bryan Clark against 'Taker and Kane that the pair were fired almost immediately. If only there'd been a clue.