10 WWE Wrestlers Who Were Nothing Without Their Managers

9. Dino Bravo

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Dino Bravo's tragic end was well documented in the Dark Side Of The Ring special, but the documentary was kinder to his WWE legacy than actual footage of it ever could be.

Montreal megastar Bravo had that localised appeal, but his limitations working for the biggest wrestling organisation in the world were painfully apparent even with the multiple seconds he was paired with during his run.

Joining The Dream Team with Johnny Valiant after WrestleMania III, he was then given the rather toothless Frenchy Martin and finally Jimmy Hart. In none of those cases was he the star of his own show.

The New Dream Team were as prosperous as every other unit with that prefix, Martin chased cheap anti-USA heat as Bravo grinned in the background and 'The Mouth Of The South' routinely fed Bravo to Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior to try and wear them down for Earthquake during his big runs against them.

In the final case, he was at least purpose-serving in the role, but even a kind rewatch of his best work in the company reveals a spot that probably could have been filled by one of several other super-muscled supervillains.

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