5 WCW rejects who became megastars in WWE

#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin

Austin

When fans talk about the 'Mount Rushmore' of pro-wrestling, Stone Cold's name is bound to be somewhere on top.

Before practically saving the WWE from going bankrupt, Austin spent around four years in WCW.

Initially, he became a part of Paul E. Dangerously's Dangerous Alliance. Later, Austin formed a tag team with Brian Pillman, named The Hollywood Blonds.

In 1995, Eric Bischoff fired Austin, citing reasons that he didn't see him as a marketable star and that he was difficult to work with.

Austin failed to move past the mid-card in WCW. Apparently, Hulk Hogan refused to wrestle him once in WCW because he wasn't a big enough star. Stone Cold was later signed by WWE, where he became incredibly successful and is now considered one of the greatest Superstars of all time.

WCW made a lot of glaring errors that contributed to their own downfall. Amongst all of those, however, letting Stone Cold move to the WWE is something that would still give Ted Turner nightmares.