5. CIMA (2009)
Some longtime fans may remember CIMA from the dying days of WCW, where he made up the numbers in multi-man cruiserweight matches or jobbed to the real stars like, erm, Ernest 'The Cat' Miller. A student of Ultimo Dragon, CIMA clearly had potential. That potential was realised in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. CIMA was the ace of the company, a perennial champion and top star. However, in February 2009 things were not so good between company and star. CIMA, who was in California for a local indie show, stopped by WWE for a tryout. He lost a dark match with Jamie Noble, which did not go down well with Dragon Gate staff. News at the time said that:
President Okamura spoke about the CIMA situation today. He said he was completely unaware about his WWE match, finding out when he was told by reporters. He basically said he was leaving any return timetable to CIMA himself and that he should only come back to DG when he felt he was ready.
Nothing ever came of it and CIMA ended up going back to Dragon Gate, where he still wrestles today.