7 ECW Stars That Failed In WWE

2. Johnny Swinger (Johnny Parisi) (2005)

WWE.comWWE.comJohnny Swinger managed stints in WCW, ECW, TNA and WWE without breaking out of the pack. Besides stints in World Championship Wrestling's Power Plant and occasional job spots on WCW television, Swinger's highest profile role was alongside Simon Diamond in the dying days of Extreme Championship Wrestling. His deal with WWE in 2005 including developmental training at Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling along with numerous appearances on Sunday Night Heat - mostly unsuccessful. Swinger was repackaged as "Johnny Parisi", a take-off of his uncle's name - Tony Parisi. Tony Parisi wrestled for the WWWF in the 1960s and 1970s and managed to to win the WWWF World Tag Team Title with Louis Cerdan (aka Gino Brito) and the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (with Johnny Valentine & Spiros Arion). Johnny Parisi was only 30 years old when he started with WWE. It seems he toiled away some of his best years barely being noticed.
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