2. The Ultimate Warrior
Once regarded as the future face of the company, the story of the Ultimate Warrior is pretty fascinating.
Ultimate Warrior was supposed to be the next generation’s Hulk Hogan, and his rise to fame involved beating Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania, which was considered to be a “passing of the torch” match, and the Ultimate Warrior was well and truly the face of the WWF.
That was until he threatened Vince McMahon that he wouldn’t show up at SummerSlam if he wasn’t paid the same amount as Hogan.
Although Vince agreed, he proceeded to fire Warrior during the SummerSlam main event! Warrior’s career nose dived into the ground, and he never truly recovered.
Warrior became a joke in the wrestling industry, and is one of the most unfortunate stories to this day in the business.