10 WWE Superstars Who Went AWOL After WrestleMania
9. Bart Gunn
The former WWE Tag Team Champion had shocked the wrestling world in 1998, when his stinging left hook knocked known industry hard-cases Dr Death Steve Williams and Bradshaw en route to winning the first and only 'Brawl for All' tournament.
The hybrid boxing/wrestling tournament was a catastrophe for the company at large, legitimately injuring several midcard talents. Most notably shelved was Williams, who was expected to blitz the tournament and move into an eventual angle with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
As the unexpected winner, Bart Gunn gained little traction as a wrestler again in the aftermath, instead being kept off television in-part to train for a proposed WrestleMania 15 'Brawl for All' with a to-be-determined professional fighter.
With the right level of boxing acumen, mainstream appeal and prior investment from WWE fans, Butterbean was an ideal candidate for just about everybody other than Gunn himself.
Bart was destroyed in a 35-second pummelling that could have been called earlier. The barrage of strikes from real boxer Butterbean were way too strong for Bart, who looked dazed from the first punch.
It killed what little momentum Gunn had gained from his 1998 tournament victory, and he was released almost immediately afterwards.