15 Wrestlers Who Stole A Living From WCW

Each one of these guys was a waste of WCW’s money…

There was a time when WCW was the ideal yin to WWF€™s yang: while WWF was focusing on cartoonish characters with limited grappling skill and outlandish storylines, WCW was focused on traditional wrestling. For quite some time, WCW was an awesome show, which had all the elements necessary to not only compete with WWF, but actually overtake them in the ratings. They had a deep roster of skilled wrestlers (which the €˜rassling€™ fans enjoyed), a surge in foreign talent (due in part to a working agreement with New Japan Pro Wrestling), and the shows were centered on simple yet deep storytelling. It seemed that nothing could go wrong with WCW. Unfortunately, they could€and they did. There were many people in WCW who simply didn€™t belong on the roster or on WCW programming. These were people who, by comparison to their peers, were less skilled and thus undeserving of the positions they held, or were those people that failed to bring in any viewers to WCW, despite a lot of hype. Out of all the sub par wrestlers in WCW, fifteen stand out more than others as the most underwhelming and disappointing. These individuals either lacked the skills necessary to put on a good match, or dimply didn€™t belong in a wrestling ring in the first place. In either case, they were paid by WCW, and many people felt that WCW was basically burning money by paying these individuals. Just how bad were they? Let€™s find out€
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