20 Worst WWE Wrestlers Since 2000
11. Kenzo Suzuki
WWE don't exactly have a shining track record when it comes to booking Japanese wrestlers. While Tajiri and Kaientai became fun midcarders, the legendary Ultimo Dragon was left to rot on C-shows, Yoshi Tatsu was entirely unconvincing, and Shinsuke Nakamura has had his once captivating aura greatly exposed on the main roster. They weren't absolute failures, but none was used particularly effectively.
Kenzo Suzuki shits near the top of the list of Japanese flops. He's mostly remembered for his spell as an ironic pro-USA heel and that tag team with René Duprée, but he was plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spotlight entirely too early. WWE snapped him up following a failed excursion for Riki Choshu's World Japan promotion, and threw him on television after an all-too-brief developmental run, with Kenzo and his wife, Hiroko, failing to get over.
Pulling him out of OVW was problematic, but so was signing Suzuki in the first place. He was far too early into his pro wrestling education to be competing at such a level, and his performances weren't just subpar: they were god-awful.