10 WWE Wrestlers Who Suddenly Vanished
7. Planet Stasiak
Shawn Stasiak twice left WWE without the company acknowledging his exit, but at least his initial departure promised pastures new for the once-promising prospect.
'Meat' was a sub-Val Venis sex object in 1999 and the very worst of Vince Russo's excesses as a writer at the time, but after WWE let him go for recording wrestler conversations backstage (?!), he at least managed to find work with WCW as a result. The company didn't even exist when he left Stamford the second time.
Going by his real name in a failed attempt to make good on his former WWE Champion Father's legacy, Shawn Stasiak was cast as a WCW/ECW Alliance klutz in 2001 before the gimmick flew so close to the sun that it left earth entirely. "Planet Stasiak" featured him reciting out-there lines before losing instead of promos that at least made a lick of sense.
A clear figure of fun for the company more than a pushed prospect, the writing staff weren't tasked with exploring why he'd disappeared out of the company's orbit altogether within months of the relaunch. That he'd requested his release highlighted how mutually dissatisfying the whole ordeal may have been.