10 WWE Ruthless Aggression Era stars no one remembers

Once and future WWE wrestler Colin Delaney
Once and future WWE wrestler Colin Delaney

#5 John Heidenreich

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An ex NFL player, Heidenreich was hand picked by Vince McMahon to be a future world champion. Unfortunately, he never made the transition to wrestling very well.

Heidenreich came across as a bad actor reading scripted lines off a cue card rather than the relentless engine of destruction they intended. As fans continued to be uninterested in him, WWE tried an offensive male rape angle with Michael Cole, making him a Road Warrior along with Animal, and finally turning him into a joke character who asked everyone to be his friend.

None of it worked, and most people don't even recall his run today, and if they do it's not for good reasons.

Edited by Ben Roberts
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