10 WWE Wrestlers Who Suddenly Vanished
8. Ken Shamrock
With so many talents migrating North or South during the Monday Night Wars, WWE and WCW ordinarily had no problem burying performers as a way to write them out in the most damaging fashion for their competitor - if somebody was switching sides, there was a good chance they'd be made to start on the backfoot.
It was perhaps what made Ken Shamrock's WWE exit in 1999 so jarring.
'The World's Most Dangerous Man' was far more than fringe player during the company's chaotic re-emergence late in the decade, but his silent departure spoke volumes about how ruthless the churn was at the time. The fact he wasn't going to North American opposition meant he simply didn't warrant any kind of attention on the way out.
Shamrock was a bonafide star on his own terms, but didn't get any kind of send-off after being forced out of a pay-per-view clash with Chris Jericho in September 1999. 'Y2J's sidekick Curtis Hughes was credited for the injury that cost Ken the spot on the Unforgiven supercard, but Shamrock's failure to reappear ever again laughably went without mention.