5 Wrestlers who did not look good until joining WWE

#1 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

Stone Cold

To think that there was ever a possibility that ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin might not become a star is difficult to say the least. If there was a man who could be pointed at for helping WWE to win the Monday Night Wars against WCW it is him. Young and fresh, Steve Austin was the perfect Antihero in WWE, at a time that WCW was pushing their aging ‘big named’ stars. He was WWE’s answer and savior, and his feud with Mr McMahon is what defined that period of wrestling during the Attitude Era.

There was a time when it looked like Austin might not be anything more than a normal star. In WCW he was severely and reprehensibly under-utilized. Bischoff let Austin go, because he thought Austin did not have enough talent. Austin then went to ECW where he showed his ability on promos, but it was only when he came to WWE and had a feud with the Hart Foundation that it was realized how misused Stone Cold had been. He went on to become one of the most iconic wrestlers of all time, while Bischoff’s company faded into the background.