12 WWE Superstars Who Made It Big And Then Just Disappeared
11. R-Truth
In 2011, three years into his return to WWE, R-Truth had become little more than a bit player, a perfect midcard guy on the roster. But one bottle of water changed all that, when Truth grabbed a drink between opponents in a gauntlet match. That led to him turning heel but not just any garden-variety heel. Truth became an unhinged, deranged wrestler who attacked and beat John Morrison and Rey Mysterio, and earned a WWE Championship title shot against John Cena. He also grew increasingly paranoid about conspiracies and had an obsession with an unseen Little Jimmy, who was more metaphorical at the time. R-Truth then formed a highly underrated tag team with The Miz, Awesome Truth. For three months, they ran roughshod over Raw, getting themselves fired, beating Triple H and CM Punk in a tag match and finally losing to John Cena and The Rock at Survivor Series. Truth would then be suspended for a wellness policy violation for 30 days. Hed reemerge as a face to win the Tag Team Championships with Kofi Kingston in April 2012, but by September, they lost the straps and Truth once again became a midcard guy who occasionally would get an Intercontinental or U.S. Championship title shot, but that is about as far as hes gone. Now hes getting beat up along with Xavier Woods by Rusev. Quite a fall for a guy who was once so feared that he
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
