10 WWE Wrestlers Who Really Weren't Worth The Trouble

Sometimes in life, taking a large risk is absolutely worth the potential reward waiting for you later down the road...if it pays off.

This also applies to World Wrestling Entertainment.

Putting a World Championship on a newcomer, throwing an untested entity into a main event spot or even just allowing two already established superstars to go out and call an entire bout on the fly all fall into the category of "risky business" in the mind of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. But, when said chance is taken and fans react positively to the move, the boss happily leans back in his nice comfy leather chair and counts the millions this gamble will now steadily pump into his bank account.

Yet, for every risky WWE choice which eventually paid dividends, there's also another which left both the company and fans watching all around the world nursing an almighty headache.

Whether it was because of the decision to put the belt on an ageing legend (and murder their biggest rising star in the process), shine the spotlight on a controversial figure or throw a talent into the deep end before they were ready, each of the following ten WWE stars ended up causing more trouble than they were worth.

On the surface, Lars Sullivan ticks all of the typical boxes when it comes to Vince McMahon's idea of an unstoppable monster heel.

He's big. He's intimidating. And you believe he could beat whoever is unfortunately standing in the ring to a pulp whenever his unsettling music hits.

However, whatever momentum the mammoth former NXT talent had coming into his main roster debut in April 2019 was extinguished by a serious knee injury and news of a number of racist, sexist and homophobic messages Sullivan had sent via an account on the Bodybuilding.com forum a few years earlier.

Sullivan was soon fined $100,000 for his actions and ordered to take part in sensitivity training.

WWE were clearly hoping these past comments would be forgotten about by the time Sullivan returned to the main roster in October of this year, but they weren't counting on the wrestler being in the news for all the wrong reasons yet again soon after his comeback appearance.

Within days of said return, Sullivan was accused of harassing a woman on Instagram by sending her inappropriate messages on the social media platform. With 'The Freak' garnering more attention for his demeanour outside of the ring than in it, surely WWE must be questioning their decision to put their eggs in this particular basket.