8 Amazing Wrestlers That Flopped In WWE's Attitude Era

Given how great the original ECW was, it was understandable that WWE took many of the outlaw promotion's best talent throughout the 'Attitude Era'. One of the first to make that jump was 2 Cold Scorpio. Scorpio was a high-flying innovator whose in-ring acrobatics were way ahead of their time. He's greatly overlooked when it comes to how influential he was, and his run as Flash Funk in WWE is a major reason why that's the case. 

In ECW, 2 Cold was one of the first true greats of the company. His presentation was cool (cold even), and Paul Heyman knew how to present him in an edgy and credible way that fit perfectly alongside rap music and black culture in the early 90s. This worked like a charm, and Scorpio was rewarded with four reigns holding the TV Championship, where he put on clinics with the likes of Dean Malenko and 'The Franchise' Shane Douglas.

WWE was transitioning out of the 'New Generation' by 1996, but not fast enough for Scorpio. Rebranded as Flash Funk, he felt like a novelty act at the start of the fledgling 'Attitude' boom.

Colourful and flamboyant, Flash was an inferior version of Scorpio. Rocking a dated Huggy Bear-style pimp look, backing dancers that were the 90s equivalent of the Funkadactyls, and having Vince McMahon on commentary yelling about "getting jiggy", this was about as far away from the 'Gin N' Juice' feel that Scorpio had popularised in Philadelphia as possible.