Silly Little Guys Who Didn't Belong In WWE ?

4. Tatanka (2016)

Ronnie Garvin
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Tatanka's 1992-1996 run, while not the stuff of legend, left a mark amongst a generation of fans thanks to the lack of content overexposure at the time. WWE was the Number One wrestling company in the world for the entirety of his run, and for what little that represented at the time, it gave him a certain cache for life.

But it was tested beyond breaking point when he randomly appeared in the WrestleMania 32 Andre The Giant Battle Royal.

Vince McMahon will have it that the Dallas 'Show Of Shows' was the biggest crowd of all time, which means the biggest crowd of all time saw Tatanka as a silly little guy on the company's "Grandest Stage". No reason was given, nor was the contest rife with retro wrestlers, but the former undefeated star was there all the same. He couldn't even grab the headlines - WWE finally delivered a version of the long-awaited Shaq Vs Big Show face-off that stole focus from just about everything else until Baron Corbin's surprising win.

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