#1 Deuce/Sim Snuka/Sam Snuka
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Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka is credit by WWE’s own historians as being the most instrumental figure in the popularity of high-flying wrestling in WWE. Though his Superfly Splash would be considered too basic by today’s standards, it was a huge deal back in the 1980s. There was hope that he’d pass on some of his talent and skills off to his son when he debuted with WWE in 2007.
Sadly, this never happened. Snuka was lambasted by his colleagues – especially Brian Kendrick and Paul London in a particularly funny shoot interview – for being unskilled in the ring and unwilling to sell/bump for his opponents. It also didn’t help that his initial gimmick – that of a throwback to the ‘greasers’ of the 1950s and 1960s – was wildly out of place on SmackDown in 2007.
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Worse, Snuka’s biggest claim to fame/infamy these days is the nearly-catastrophic botch he was involved in at WrestleMania XXV. Snuka was the cameraman that Shawn Michaels threw into Undertaker as The Deadman hit his suicide dive. Snuka failed to catch ‘Taker properly, which led to the landing looking far worse than it really was, with some people speculating that the Undertaker might’ve either crippled or killed himself following that failed catch.
Thankfully, Undertaker was alright, but the same could not be said of Snuka’s career, as he was released from WWE a few months afterwards.
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