9. Billy Kidman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgnRCSf_ngQ
When he wasn't unintentionally
injuring guys like Chavo Guerrero with his shooting star press, Billy Kidman was a very solid cruiserweight performer. Once he flew the coupe, or in his case flock, Kidman was able to break out of that Raven-affiiliated stigma that affected various other members like Riggs and Lodi. Then again, Riggs and Lodi weren't solid performers. Despite his success in the cruiserweight division, Kidman wasn't able to translate it beyond that. Case in point when he was suddenly catapulted into a feud with
Hulk Hogan. It might've been his somewhat bland personality and lack of character. Either way, he proved all the Vince Russo doubters right. When your biggest distinguishable characteristic outside of the ring is being Torrie Wilson's boyfriend, then it's time to go back to the drawing board and come up with a better gimmick. Hell, if Juventud Guerrera was able to do it in order to set himself apart from the other luchadores, how hard could it have been for Kidman? At least he spoke fluent English. Once in WWE, Kidman participated in the Invasion angle with the rest of the WCW midcard whose AOL contract WWE was able to buy out. He was once again a top contender for the Cruiserweight Title and, despite a couple of tile wins, was still known in the WWE as Torrie Wilson's boyfriend. Oh well, at least he scored a
clean pinfall victory over John Cena. But he never regained the amount of success he had in WCW, it could've been because the WWE wanted their wrestlers to have something more to rely on other than solid in-ring skills.