Silly Little Guys Who Didn't Belong In WWE ?
9. Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski was a supremely successful NFL star, with achievements and awards including four Super Bowls, four first-team All-Pros, five Pro Bowls, and a host of other awards and acknowledgements that all sound very good but don't mean an awful lot if you don't know your football.
If you know your wrestling - and you're here, so good start - Gronk's contributions to the industry before 2020 started and ended with being Mojo Rawley's friend and helping him win the Andre The Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania 33. Not exactly glittering, but any athletic background can be enough if you've got charisma, and he appeared to have plenty of that.
Until, bizarrely, he didn't. An entire WWE "special attraction" run spent working under pandemic conditions didn't help, but when you're brought in for your mainstream appeal as much as your wrestling skill, that shouldn't really matter. Gronk's wooden displays as the WrestleMania 36 host and 24/7 Champion were roundly critiqued as well.
Only an incredibly silly debut sticks out from an all-around torrid time.