5 wrestlers that are clearly bitter about the WWE

It's no secret that Vince McMahon is not afraid to step on toes to get where he wantsIn the best of times Vince McMahon has a reputation that precedes him as a control freak, and many wrestlers over the years have been rubbed off the wrong way by the WWE supremo. Steadfast in his vision and adamant about his choices, he has both been responsible for some genius booking as well as desperately questionable calls in the past. As such, it inspires little wonder that a fair number of his employees over the years have fallen out with him and left the company on acrimonious terms.For some of them, time has proved to be the balm that heals their indignation and hurt but a few still carry around the pain of being wronged or mistreated by the company. This article purviews 5 such wrestlers that are clearly still bitter about their stint at the WWE.

#1 Scott Steiner

Like many of his other established contemporaries from WCW, Scott Steiner’s run in the WWE was hardly satisfactory

When WCW beat the WWE in TV ratings for 82 weeks in a row, little did the viewing audience realise that the WCW was ultimately sealing its own death wish. When the company imploded and the WWE achieved monopoly, as we now know, almost every WCW star that had jumped ship was buried and the WCW was labeled as a mis-managed cesspool of drugs and egos. While such allegations may actually be grounded in truth, the WWE’s penchant for signing up WCW stars with heavy contracts and burying them on TV ruffled a fair few feathers nonetheless.

Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner was one such Superstar who experienced first hand the politics in the WWE. Never one to mince words either in the ring or out of it, Steiner recalls his stint in the company with distaste and even went as far as calling out Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair for their incessant backstage politicking and conniving. As ever, Steiner’s words are better taken with a pinch of salt given his reputation of being rather brusque, but clearly, he is a wrestler that still feels hard-done-by the WWE’s treatment of him and of other wrestlers from the WCW in general.

#2 Mr.Anderson

Despite possessing charisma and microphone skills, Mr. Anderson’s push was curtailed in the WWE

Mr. Anderson, or Mr. Kennedy as he was known when he plied his trade for the WWE, was yet another Superstar that was billed for greatness but found himself grassed by the politics that is rampant in the WWE hierarchy. Accused of working stiff by top stars in the company like John Cena, his botched suplex on Randy Orton was apparently the final nail in the coffin as Vince McMahon decided that he had to go.

The dislike was more than mutual although, with the Superstar publically knocking the WWE on numerous occasions, including interviews in which he stated that he rarely received direct and honest appraisal of his performances from the top brass of the company. Either way, as evinced by his controversial release from the company in May of 2009, the WWE clearly deemed Ken Anderson too much of a liability to bear and the two parties have since not crossed paths again.

#3 Chyna

Re-building burnt bridges – Mick Foley and Chyna

The first ever woman that held the Intercontinental Title in the WWE deserves at least a little recognition and acknowledgement of her indelible contribution to the industry one would think, but her campaign for being included in the WWE Hall of Fame has thus far been met with a cold silence from the company.

Despite taking the pains to turn her life around, as evinced by the Reconstruction of Chyna, it could be quite possible that the WWE are hesitant to entangle with her fearing that the process may raise more questions than answers for heir-apparent Stephanie McMahon and Triple H.

From Chyna’s perspective, the shoot interview in which she accused Triple H of physically abusing her and cheating on her or the battery of wild tweets against Vince McMahon did absolutely nothing to convince the WWE of the sovereignty of her intentions or to consider her campaign to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Either way, there seems to be a fair amount of bitterness to absolve between the two parties before any hope of resolution can materialize.

#4 CM Punk

Vince McMahon has worked again with Superstars that walked out on the company; What will become of CM Punk?

Ex-WWE megastar CM Punk’s much anticipated UFC debut is in a state of perpetual postponement and the latest reports emanating from the top brass of the company seem to suggest that we may yet have to await the dawn of 2016 to see him in action.

Regardless, what has turned out to be WWE’s permanent loss could prove to be yet another golden goose for the UFC; all that remains to be seen is if CM Punk’s charisma would translate from the squared circle and into the Octagon.

What is of a more certain nature however is Punk’s well known unwillingness to work with the pro-wrestling giant ever again; although it remains to be seen where the Straight Edge star’s compass would point should his UFC journey stray from course

#5 Alberto Del Rio

Unlike his gimmick, Del Rio’s departure from the WWE was anything but flashy

Perhaps the most acrimonious and tumultuous high-profile departure that we have been privy to in recent times was the bust-up between Alberto Del Rio and the WWE. Having been racially insulted by an unrepentant employee of the WWE, Del Rio’s retort of a physical nature was deemed to be over the top by the company management. Despite being an understandable reaction on moral grounds, upon the threat of legal action from the “victim” Cody Barbierri, the WWE had to convert Del Rio’s suspension into a termination of contract.

The wrestler who was already contemplating leaving the company at the end of his contract due to the trying schedule, then legally contested the 90 day no-compete clause that the WWE enforced on employees who were cut and won the case, thus allowing him to turn out for AAA as El Patron. To this day, his departure from the company has not been resolved to a moral consensus amidst disturbing suggestions that an undertone of racism is prevalent in the company as well.