10 Moments Wrestlers NEVER Recovered From

Career-halting nightmares from WWE, AEW and more. These wrestlers NEVER recovered.
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[@jeremywilliams5141]

Dishonorable mentions: 1. The Nexus losing to Team WWE (or should I say John Cena) at Summerslam 2010. 2. Marc Mero getting power bombed by Sable.

[@zanethind]

Yeah number 2 was really pointless since the Women's division didn't even get a mega shift until a decade later basically. Making Sable looking strong was utterly pointless

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@zanethind Yeah. Especially considering how green Sable was in the ring.

[@deelove7518]

It was Mero idea. He sabotaged his own career to put his wife over and how did she repay him? Smh

[@zanethind]

@@jeremywilliams5141 yeah. Number 1 was also pretty bad but the men's division was already built strong a long time ago but for munber 2 I have no idea how they thought getting Sable more over would help since she sued and left the company anyways and she never ever returned either

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@zanethind Don't forget that Sable did return to WWE in 2003 and feuded with Stephanie McMahon and Torrie Wilson.

[@quizman5]

Titus O Neil's "World Slide", I legit can't remember anything he's done wrestling wise since this epic fail

[@joshdelagarza231]

The thing with Titus he’s never done anything noteworthy period.

[@highbury_hazard]

He grabbed Vince's arm, which was also a can't-recover moment. Poor guy.

[@ruind404]

Millions of dollars!

[@marksherrick]

he may not have done anything since.

[@420bengalfan]

I can’t really think of anything before other than whatever happened with vince

[@wyattangle]

#9. Rick Bogner is Razor Ramon, I mean nobody could have survived this. (Glenn Jacobs survives corresponding Diesel gimmick, becomes 20-year veteran in the federation, lol)

[@DG_Raizen]

Glenn was (is) big and had a mask for a few years. I doubt there were any Gimmicks at the time that could have saved Rick.

[@wyattangle]

I said it more in jest, but in all fairness, you could have put a mask on Bogner, shaved his head, given him a new gimmick...I'm just chuckling at the implication that NO ONE could have survived a bad impersonation gimmick? Other people have in the past. Excuses are for the weak and the incompetent...

[@dasiareed2708]

I mean not many people knew he was Razor Ramon considering that he came back but had an injury

[@elogic7368]

Yeah but Kane was a 6.10 monster, he was easier to rebuilt, especially with vince having a big man fetish

[@420bengalfan]

As macho man said the cream rises to the top

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Man... if what I'm hearing is real... Poor Bearcat

[@NeoZurg]

this is the real event he never recovered from. That Bearcat thing is small time shit

[@sameoldsameold9239]

I know folks still like to dunk on this tweet but let's be real, this was pre-Trips taking over booking. Vince was out of control at the time with bizarre decisions.

[@Darksyne]

Kieth Lee sucked anyway. Way too overrated and got exposed for it once he came up to the main roster.

[@hdjdjdbdbosnfbfvdvd9543]

​@@Darksynewtf are you talking about you shit stained couch warrior😂

[@Alreezy]

Now the only things he's basking in are irrelevance and cheeseburgers.

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

The Bearcat thing was ABSOLUTELY one of Vince’s “tests”

[@redred1952]

And Keith Lee failed. Say what you want about Vince, but half of the AEW roster was better off under him then they are now. E.g. Moxley

[@MHBULLSFAN]

How many "test" does Tony Khan have for Lee? LMAO

[@FootballMaster172]

​@@redred1952 How tf did he failed? The bearcat name sucked and his return was botched with 5 matches in three months (also being squashed by Lashley in Keith's return match) by Vince and then Keith got released... Vince wasted Keith and AEW didn't do him any benefits

[@DarkCloud3000]

@@FootballMaster172 When it all comes down to it? He's boring. He has the charisma of a carpet.

[@FootballMaster172]

@@DarkCloud3000 you're delusional to think that he is boring and you're clearly not familiar with his NXT work, he was ruined by Vince on the main roster and in AEW he has an injury and also TK doesn't know how to book the big guys properly

[@memig9984]

You could also add Bray to this list. When he was screwed by Goldberg or when Alexia Bliss turned on him at Mania. That ruined him. Smh. Hes so missed and i always wonder what if

[@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732]

the Fiend actually had a good run before they completely ruined it. They should never have put the belt on the fiend for one. The other one is they had the fiend booked as a heel, but was actually quite lovable.

[@420bengalfan]

@@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732the low budget horror movie crap was his idea anything post Wyatt family he had a lot of input on his character

[@FootballMaster172]

The Fiend character was shit from the beginning to the end....

[@dhenderson1810]

Firstly, who should have beaten the Fiend then? You people wanted the Fiend to never lose. Secondly, Bray himself chose to lose to Goldberg, because Bill was a childhood hero of Bray's. Bray also didn't want to drop the belt to Roman Reigns (the original plan) as it would have copped more backlash.

[@theeskimodude2]

Poor Keith Lee ~ how they botched his call up

[@memig9984]

And unfortunatly hes still struggling.Dame shame

[@aj_2W0]

Keith Lee ain't it. There's a reason he didn't get his "deserved" push in AEW either.

[@travelingman5146]

He was always a festering turd!

[@christophermarang.3569]

How exactly did they ruin his call up?

[@chamae01]

Urban legend

[@christodd5925]

I used to love Lance Storm, he was a legend!!

[@unholyperiodza5442]

You forgot Zack Ryder's WWE burial in 2012

[@tompatchak8706]

The Cena burial?

[@ryansteele2111]

@@tompatchak8706 haha which Cena burial?

[@tompatchak8706]

@@ryansteele2111 haaaaa! Wasn’t Cena involved in the Zack Ryder thing? Like he stole it dudes girlfriend

[@ryansteele2111]

@@tompatchak8706 sounds familiar. Mickie James I believe

[@highbury_hazard]

@@ryansteele2111 No, Mickie was Kenny Dykstra (of the Spirit Squad)'s girlfriend.

[@multiyapples]

Lance Storm is amazing. He isn’t boring.

[@tompatchak8706]

I got to see sandstorm a whole bunch when I went to ECW shows and that guy is the wrestlers wrestler. He and Dean, Malenko, and all those other technical wrestlers were amazing to watch.

[@Tsun_Derek]

I can believe Rikishi did it for Derek, I am honored 😊

[@omeancollins]

No my fwiend, he did it fo da wok !

[@garchie1984]

Terry Taylor aka Red Rooster 😂😂

[@kellyswank]

Karrion Kross getting torched on the mic by Adam Cole in NXT is always my #1. It seems all of the stock people had in Kross was immediately deflated.

[@juelz4516]

Don’t forget the gimp mask squash loss to Jeff hardy on his raw debut.

[@kellyswank]

@@juelz4516 lets also not forget the fact that HE WAS THE NXT CHAMPION AS WELL

[@dhenderson1810]

So Kross should have buried Cole on the mike instead?

[@jeyDsixx18]

To show that most only remember the shockmaster for that debut botch, they released a figure and he’s upside down in the packaging 😂

[@cliffordjackson3]

Man to this day I’m still can’t believe how wwe managed to fumble keith lee on the main roster bearcat keith lee still gives me nightmares.

[@chamae01]

Bearcat was cooler than grey old man,slow moving,50lbs fatter aew Keith lee.

[@TheJacksontoy]

Oh good lord, the name change wasn’t even bad. Keith failed because he sucks.

[@FootballMaster172]

​@@TheJacksontoy lol, the name sucked and also Vince booked him like crap

[@stuartmcginn3465]

Marc Mero getting Sable-bombed did his career no favours.

[@greenbluntern1168]

Didn’t see the video yet, but I’m expecting EC3 being here at some point. Let’s see.

[@thomaswilloughby2951]

How can you not mention Terry "The next Ric Flair" Taylor's turn as the Red Rooster? Years later, with him at commentary someone (Jericho, I think?) grabbing someone by teh hair outside teh ring, taking a moment to point at Taylor and snap, "Shut it, Rooster!" ... Taylor just dips his head in shame. You can *see* the emotional damage to this day.

[@punkprinx]

Did you make a sharkboy reference at the beginning

[@RejectedSpiritX]

They screwed Keith Lee over BIG TIME. His showing in the Royal Rumble against Brock Lesnar, and in Survivor Series against Roman Reigns were his biggest highlights. He earned his flowers, only to get shit on by McMahon

[@outofmind_gaming]

2:00 love the poster in the background

[@kjo2130]

I've never seen a wrestler so over get buried so bad like Keith Lee. Unreal

[@aleiterful]

Ftr got buried pretty bad lol

[@realmr-hyde]

I know when I saw Bret Hart on the thumbnail I new it would be Simon narrating. Haha

[@bigjoeofthe707]

“Bearcat Lee”. What the hell was McMahon thinking? His resin for paying tribute to Bearcat Wright a black wrestler from the old territory days may sound nice but I guarantee not a lot knew who Bearcat Lee was. I looked him up and saw he wrestled mostly on the southern territories. Wasn’t much a top star. Mainly a mid-card guy. He’s not even on the level of Bobo Brazil, Ernie Ladd, or JYD

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

You can't blame WWE for Keith when AEW never even got him to his NXT potential.

[@xsvrrx]

the real burial for Kieth lee was Charlette Flaire Stilling his catch phrases.

[@RealityOfItIs]

Spell check please, 🙄!

[@hdjdjdbdbosnfbfvdvd9543]

Grown men cant even grammar, fantastic.

[@dlmoney11]

Mr Kennedy losing his brief case to edge. Vince becoming ecw champ (killed all of ecw)

[@tinabrown3303]

Yes he needs to come back

[@stephenphillips6245]

Vince gave Bret Hart a 20yr /20 million, legacy, contract only to take it a away....Vince also promised 1 million to Stu Hart to purchase Stampede Wrestling and never paid him...was supposed to be 4 payment of 250k...Hart family never told Bret cause they never wanted him to lose his job with WWE.

[@ddjsoyenby]

keith lee deserved so much better.

[@Laevant]

Not saying Lance Storm is boring or anything but I actually fell asleep during one of his matches when I was a kid. Sorry Lance!

[@jayceegenocide4402]

BearCat Eh? I dig that. Strong & Agile

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Bearcat was the mascot of my Nebraska high school. Which makes zero sense, since there is no such animal

[@toonsis]

brawl for all was cool

[@dannygoodwin3746]

You can’t really say the fake Razor gimmick was a killer remember that guy who played fake Diesel I think his career went pretty well.

[@subarashiiashi3894]

Shark Boy was great though.

[@Adam_First]

I remember Lance Storm he was good as hell Vader too

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Bearcat Lee.... how dare they try to ruin my big brother

[@zanethind]

What they did to Keith Lee on the main roster once the crowd came back just goes to show Vince really did lose his mind and once again proved everyone's point of Vince being a terrible booker at least in the modern day wrestling era

[@RuanAntunes7]

I was genuinely confused by the whole Bearcat Lee thing. What was the point? And most importantly Why?(that’s your cue simon)…… Keith Lee is way too talented to be stuck with such a horrible gimmick.

[@dhenderson1810]

I doubt Vince rejecting Bret's contract would have hurt Bret's ego too much, as Bret's ego was still massive anyway.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Rick Bognar helped train Jinder Mahal

[@michaelaylett3150]

Is shit, trains shit

[@abdieljove2011]

Bearcat is still better than anything he’s done since lol

[@laundrygoddess4]

He just isn't as captivating as everyone thinks he is

[@prakashchandraker4600]

NXT really highlighted his strengths. Sometimes you shouldn't listen to everything a wrestler wants. AEW tried to present him as a big deal but did nothing to prove it. I know a major part of his tenure was cut due to his illness, but for the rest he wasn't given enough

[@sofyanalsayed5997]

Vince ruined so many life’s you don’t even know where to begin

[@dhenderson1810]

He also entertained so many people, or you wouldn't be wrestling.

[@waxmandr]

What happened to Ogogo?

[@mikegambino3362]

Keith Lee like many others never recovered from signing with AEW.

[@dhenderson1810]

Why is Cena blamed for burying Nexus but SCSA isn't blamed for burying Lance Storm?

[@kevinstull8552]

Rikishi did it for The Paycheck, not for The Rock 😂.

[@brandonsorensen7216]

Wait this is two weeks old and you dont know how Keith Lee is doing today??????

[@shaunsantos3140]

Lance storm was an amazing wrestler loved watching him growing up 💯💯💯💯💯

[@quantado9411]

bearcat goated

[@mighttyjay6056]

Abraham Washington lol

[@nosickl]

To me Lance Storm was doomed the moment Rocky buried him during their match - the crowd was cheering as the people's champ bullied the hell out of the Canadian.

[@Steevilkineevil]

Should call the video Vince/Bischoff/Russo/HBK - Bad people in charge.

[@andychannel8100]

What even is a bearcat?

[@j-sac]

Enzo never shook back💔

[@MattWarb]

Lance Storm said the Sweet chin music is just a superkick. He’s just wrong.

[@spiralbones]

what makes it different? other than a self righteous drug addict sex pest doing it?

[@SpinningSidekick]

Terry Taylor/Red Rooster

[@briwanderz]

Maybe it wasn't supposed to ve bearcat but Beard cat.. yeah that makes much more sense. 🙃 The crazier part is that was bot even the first time they used the name bearcat... Also don't forget this is the same company that thought a man in a turkey outfit would not just get over, but be a company mascot.

[@ryansteele2111]

SIMON!

[@tomseville2345]

Hypocritical of Shawn to harp on about how "snug" Vader worked, when he stomped on his fucking head (causing it to bounce like a basketball) when he was (apparently) out of position for the elbow during their SummerSlam '96 match...

[@almightycinder]

According to Nash, Michaels also deliberately tried to sabotage their match at Wrestlemania 11. Michaels tired out Nash right away, and messed up how he landed from the jacknife powerbomb to make Nash look bad. Both on purpose.

[@zanethind]

Hearing Anthony Ogogo's name made me remember that I literally forgot about the guy because he was super irrelevant and is he even still part of AEW??? I'm pretty sure he got released didn't he???

[@turbodick94]

The thumbnail hit like a slug

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Pretty much

[@dhenderson1810]

Explain to me what is actually wrong with the "Bearcat" gimmick. It is just a nickname.

[@xxSKAGhosTxx]

I think they wanted bearcat to be the next junkyard dog.

[@clintdeangelis5082]

S As far as The Shockmaster tripping, here's something I can't believe I never thought about. How could they not think he would have fallen? I mean, we know Stormtroopers are piss poor shots from day one, they probably can't see right out of those damn helmets😅😅😅

[@dhenderson1810]

Yeah, "Bearcat" is why Keith Lee failed. Nothing to do with his weight.

[@regularstan6212]

Boring Storm is hilarious!

[@ghostamity5116]

Vince had to have had it out for Keith

[@ASCUMBAGWh0re]

Idc about keithlee! He is limited even joe cronin show said so

[@mastercalippo]

okay we start with the bad takes from #10 lol

[@PTrep2727]

Within 2 years? That is an odd statement. 🤷🤷

[@stanleylee3329]

He’s big as a bear agile as a cat- *BEARCAT LEE!* God what an awful repackaging of a guy that was so special.

[@dhenderson1810]

How does that hurt him? Maybe Lee didn't get over because he is overrated. I have read that Lee didn't work hard enough in WWE.

[@SNOwyte]

Is never going to financially recover frm this

[@dannyaraya8017]

stone cold steve salmon

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Uncle Fred

[@unlimitedrabbit]

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka 🥥

[@Dr_1212]

Bearcat Lee 😆🤦‍♂️🤬 Keith deserved better

[@SmarkAngel]

Fake Razor Ramon and Diesel were NEVER PORTRAYED AS THE REAL THING. This is a major pet peeve of mine. How do wrestling channels keep getting this wrong? Literally in their debut segment the announcers make it clear it's not really them and its just JR bringing in two randoms. They never pretended for a second that these were the original wrestlers.

[@only1smally]

Emmalina

[@dhenderson1810]

True stars can't be buried.

[@christopherdelaughter1239]

Funkasaurus debut

[@marioozzie]

The guy has always sucked, in every way...

[@harveymcelroy9332]

Lance Storm was a technical wizard

[@dhenderson1810]

"Dr Death" was overweight and too old by the time he came to WWE anyway.

[@asifali-pd6wl]

Karrion Kross main roster callup is another screw up

[@nicklc182]

I couldn't make it through a quarter of the video with that narrator.

[@killingragethrowback]

"So Shortsighted" described Vince Russo's entire career. And then Vince Mcmahon tried it and things went to hell when no one could tell him no.

[@teamtim87]

4 Da Rock

[@craigcarlock8910]

How do you screw up Keith Lee? Seriously wwe how do you screw up Keith Lee?

[@mjstory1976]

Ask Tony Khan

[@Duma2011]

He ain't doing anything over on AEW.

[@craigcarlock8910]

Facts his booking sucks@@Duma2011

[@chikish]

You cannot convince me that the 'Bearcat' gimmick wasn't given to Keith Lee without the intention of burying him. Because there is absolutely NO WAY that it was thought of with the intention of making money. It's like the 'Red Rooster' all over again.

[@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732]

Near the end of Vince's run he couldn't do anything properly. He left with so few developed stars on the roster. Other things he wrecked just out of spite - Happy Rusev Day!

[@almightycinder]

Same as Shorty G.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732 Yeah, Vince did such a terrible job making Steve Austin, Mark Callaway, Paul Levesque and Dwayne Johnson household names.

[@GoldBawls]

…is this narrator auditioning for a panto? Back half of the cow, maybe?

[@basedcrackerboi69]

HBK's day is coming soon lol

[@tompatchak8706]

I thought the bearcat thing was a nod to some legendary black wrestler that Keith Lee was a fan of, correct me if I’m wrong please

[@juelz4516]

This is true.

[@tompatchak8706]

@@juelz4516 so why did it not take? I kinda dig it.

[@FootballMaster172]

​@@tompatchak8706 no, it's not.... Even Keith said that Bearcat gimmick wasn't his idea

[@tompatchak8706]

@@FootballMaster172 so In the video it say yes

[@FootballMaster172]

@@tompatchak8706 Where did Simon say that it was Keith's idea for the Bearcat gimmick?

[@jsmith3946]

People like stone cold have creative control in there contract and can say no and Ultimate warrior had a successful wrestling school for a while so you can run one if you suck

[@dhenderson1810]

So it is okay when "Stone Cold" refuses to do jobs or buries people then? Steve is just as selfish as anyone in wrestling.

[@shimonsieskel8487]

Lance Storm is a great wrestler. Too bad the WWF screwed him.

[@Foe_KREALOFFICAL]

*WWEE

[@dhenderson1810]

Too bad he wasn't six foot tall and charismatic.

[@juansanchez209]

I loved seeing Vader getting politically humbled in WWE. The guy was a huge bully for most of his career and would take VERY unnecessary liberties with jobbers just to make himself look good, and he knew that the jobbers couldn't say anything because of Vader's position Well, the tables were turned in WWE because now it was Vader who knew he couldn't say anything. If respected veterans like Bret Hart say that wrestling Vader "was like wrestling with a cement truck filled with barf", then maybe there's something to the idea that Vader was not fun to wrestle

[@TaKeBaK420]

Keef Pee

[@glennstarkey1076]

If what I'm hearing is true... Poor Bearcat.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

We've heard enough of the Shockmaster 🙄