FAILED TWICE | Flopped in 2 Promotions!

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

What are you talking about? Marc Mero was so over in WCW. He was a 3x WCW Television champion. The problem with him being in WWF was Vince didn't know how to book him. Plus, bringing in his wife, Sable. Definitely didn't help because she got more over than him. Basically because during that time. WWF was heading in a different direction. But Marc definitely had potential

[@KxngPDaHustla]

He was actually a staple in the mid card during his WWF run so he didn't flop. If by flop this means he was never a main eventer then the same can be said about more than half the wrestlers that were ever in the company.

[@SachaBaronCorbin65]

This clown never does his research. He also said Sherri Martel never had a baby face run in WWF

[@hydrooxy84]

I swear I was about to type something g similar

[@kinnbenet]

Yeah, I remember him busting out that Shooting Star Press finisher. Too bad he lost after debuting such a devastating maneuver 😢

[@ColeMak-j8t]

Johnny B Badd was one of my favorite wrestlers in WCW

[@markleon2270]

As a kid, I thought little Richard and Johnny b badd was the same person. Just a rock n roll legend who moonlights as a pro wrestler sometimes

[@GHOST91141]

😂😂

[@RetepAdam]

Calling Marc Mero a flop in WCW is both Wild and Badd. Calling Rusev a flop in WWE is also ridiculous. He very easily exceeded initial expectations.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

It's outrageous to call Marc a flop. In fact it's so outrageous, it's contagious.

[@MartyKwilosz]

he did Mania with Cena I agree

[@kumbabgt5067]

When you get yourself over without Vince you get punished for it. Samething happened to Matt Cardona and many others.

[@victorstewartjr.106]

TODAY IS RUSEV DAY, TOMORROW IS RUSEV DAY, EVERYDAY IS RUSEV DAY!!!!!!!!

[@chedowner616]

Rusev wasn't a flop in wwe po

[@BoereViking]

Bruh... Using Marc Mero as a thumbnail got you a dislike, he was so over in WCW he got the WWF's first guarenteed contract! ❤️🇿🇦

[@kevinlee9929]

He was over in WWF too. Him playing the jealous husband helped Sable's rose in popularity

[@universe-ie2mk]

He didnt have to do that. It hurt his career but it made sable more of a star for that time. ​@kevinlee9929

[@Eternally_Sardonic]

Yeah. I haven't even watched this yet. That title and Mero in the thumbnail threw me for a loop.

[@manchuriancandybar864]

Parker Bordreux went from looking like Brock Lesnar to looking like a Bullet Club member with his bald head.

[@jhubbard4342]

Heidenreich 2.0 lol

[@kinnbenet]

​@@jhubbard4342more like Ludwig Borga lmao

[@nixda9326]

why are some People thinking that Rusev flopped in WWE? thats not true at all. he was US-Champion for a pretty long time. yes his ending was not good but that doesnt make him a flop. thats simply not true.

[@johnyang1731]

He beat Cena Clean. How is that a flop

[@nixda9326]

@@johnyang1731 yeah, i dont understand it. guess for Andy is everyone who wasnt a World Champion automatically a flop. even tho thats BS

[@JustinSharpe-t8p]

@@nixda9326 he did flop he was a jobber if you watch his first year run 2014 into early 2015 he was booked strong after mania loss to cena he never reached those heights

[@nixda9326]

@@JustinSharpe-t8p he was still champion. so no he was not a flop. and he was really over with Rusev Day until Vinnie stopped his Push for no Reason.

[@justinmayer-dj5dc]

Wwe and aew fail Miro

[@shawnmichaels568]

I think we can all agree that Keith Lee's NXT run was spectacular & even had decent first half run on the RAW roster but the name change alongside with the booking decisions were the ultimate factor for his downhill.

[@MykalJohnsonENT]

That and his health...Keith is a monster...such a shame

[@XylessBrawl]

Keith would've been a monster in AEW if he didn't get wrecked by long COVID. They were booking him as a top dog.

[@stevebrown985]

Sadly if you go back and look at it knowing now that Vince knew he was on his way out, he started booking anyone from HHH's NXT like dog shit. One of the members is hit row even said he told then not to sign anywhere and he would bring them back.. Vince was being super petty

[@johnyang1731]

And that reaction with him and Lesnar

[@eljermo]

If he took care of himself better he would've lasted longer. He wouldn't lose weight which is why he 'fell ill'.

[@FonkedUpProductions]

Don't disrespect Johnny B. Badd like this ever again

[@aarong8764]

Was thinking the same thing

[@ericbyrd431]

Johnny b badd was way over in WCW that's why wwf gave him a huge deal

[@michaelrandle7296]

Mero didn't flop in WCW. He was one of the top midcarders and stayed on TV. His character didn't lend to him being a world champion, but he was used pretty well...

[@queuebert]

Keith Lee hits the hardest, I saw him debut on AEW, and I was just blown away by some of the things he could do at his size. Dunno if he'll ever reach the success he initially experienced, but I do hope he makes a recovery and can have another run.

[@imJB23]

Not with that gray hair 🤮

[@melasnexperience]

I wouldn't consider Keith Lee "flopping" in AEW - he was pretty popular when he was well, and people are eager for his return. You can't really blame health issues for someone "flopping" like they're as controllable as other factors like booking or behavior.

[@eljermo]

His health issues are because of his weight. You absolutely can blame him for that.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Tony Nese is still in AEW. It's not like he's unemployed currently. He had a decent tenure in WWE. He's making more money than any of us. That's a winner in my book.

[@charlescampisijr.8065]

Parker Boudreaux looks like a Temu version of Brock Lesnar.

[@JustinSharpe-t8p]

@@charlescampisijr.8065 Batista bigger than Brock

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Wish, great value version

[@JustinSharpe-t8p]

Johnny b badd was over eve you are wrong about that and the guy had victories over stone cold brian pillman and arn Anderson and he was a tv champion on tv in the mid card consistent

[@FalseNi9e]

Big facts

[@ImGonnasayit]

The man literally was one of the first dudes to get a fully guaranteed contract from the fed too. Vince wouldn’t give that to a dude who flopped in another promotion.

[@kevinlee9929]

Even Marc Mero was over in the WWF. His rivalry with Sable was 1 of the most popular stories during the start of the AE

[@paulcarpenter7844]

I hate when they say people were not successful they not everybody's going to be a main event or you know we need mid cards and lower cards we need people that just show up

[@jsmith3946]

Jim Duggan also had a win over stone cold and so did the Honky tonk man Stone wasn't as big in wcw as he was in WWF so that's not saying much

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

Half of these guys were booked poorly

[@nickmontoya3001]

How about rare stars who failed in 3 companies

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

WCW Johnny The Bull, WWE Johnny Stamboli and TNA Rellik

[@jeremywilliams5141]

I have to disagree about Marc Mero flopping in WCW. He was over with the fans and had multiple reigns as Television Champion. Also, as an honorable mention, I would add Awesome Kong in WWE and AEW.

[@jsmith3946]

With awesome Kong she had a miscarriage when working in WWE that had her stop wrestling for a while so that's why she failed in WWE

[@JayJackson1981]

So, just fuck Awesome Kong in TNA when it was doing it's best?

[@haroutunsarkisyan8050]

Colt cabana is like a 12 year old in an adults body, he's unwatchable

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I never got the hype with him 🤷‍♀️

[@paulcowlishaw]

He really sucks

[@fordid42]

Same here. And now that CM Punk has been away from AEW for quite a while... where's a Colt Cabana push, since the EVPs' issue with Punk was that they felt Colt was getting buried by Punk backstage? Make it make any sense to me.

[@kingstonellington817]

He wasn't a flop in WCW. He was about as over as one could be with a Little Richard gimmick. One of the more unique and noticeable characters in WCW

[@YJSho_Nuff_]

Questioning your wrestling knowledge with mentioning Marc Mero as a failure

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

The veneer that he simply Googles shit and reads it without context is starting to falter big time. He's been slipping a lot lately and this one just confirms it.

[@cellgames808]

He got power bombed by sable. So yeah he failed

[@brianvanetten6687]

Touche

[@twk8520]

Marc was popular in WCW dusty gave him the character. The reason it didn't work out in WWE was Vince buried him and pushed his wife at the time sable.

[@sebastianramirez9090]

If i remember correctly Rusev/Miro and Lana/CJ Perry divorced, so maybe now they will not be able to do stupid love triangles that involve him anymore.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Vince kept trying to break them up, he got his wish.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Low Ki did alright in TNA and was world champ in ROH

[@dariandavis7228]

The last thing I remember about Mike Knox is HBK Superkicked him and ask who was that

[@luisfuentes6873]

Bro marc and rusev were not flops at all. Someone that should've been on this list is buddy Murphy

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Video suggestion: WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Division (90s/2000s): Where Are They Now?

[@Hexx_Iztenze]

Miro was over. Until Vince killed the character. AEW wise, it's down to booking. Mero as Johnny B Bad in WCW was also very over, with multiple TV title runs. That's hardly a fail. Low ki as mentioned in the video, was a 5 time X Division champion, which at the time is THE title most TNA fans watched for. I don't see how a 3 time WWE US champion, a 3 time WCW TV champion, and a 5 time TNA X Division champion can all be considered fails.

[@NIGHTFALLDROP]

While I can agree somewhat with a lot of your choices. IMO, the fault lays with the organizations and their tendencies to be excessively "top heavy." All to often both federations become so bogged down in pushing their top 5-6 performers, that they pay little to no attention at all to their undercard guys. Especially those guys who are considered "cruiser/light heavyweights." It is also my opinion that this is one of the main reasons WCW fell so fast once the NWO angle took over. And many performers at that time complained about this openly.

[@DB-1984]

Marc mero was awesome which ever gimmick he had . Putting sable with him is what killed his career .

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

By no means was Marc over as a main eventer in the WWE but he was far from a flop

[@JustMikeTV]

I think thetes a difference between "flop" and "not living up to their potential"...Rusev didn't flop in WWE. Miro flopped in AEW. I wouldn't say Johnny B Badde flopped in WCW, neither did Wildman Marc Mero. However, Marvelous Marc Mero gimmick wss a flop. Keith Lee flopped on the main roster and AEW. Not on this list but I'd say Jerry Lynn and EC3 flopped in WWE. Not their fault just didnt get an opportunity. You can say the original Sin Cara flopped but that was his fault.

[@robertclark6192]

Arguably Lance Archer. Didn't too much as Vance Archer in WWE 2009-2010 and hasn't received a proper push in AEW and has yet to hold a title.

[@CeeMigoLoCo]

I don't think Rusev or Miro was a flop. I love him as Miro and he still has potential with that character if AEW knew what to do with him. Also, Marc Mero shouldn't of turned heel against Sable. That completely ruined his run in WWE. Poor guy

[@Man-child540]

Low Ki was 🔥 in TNA and ROH!

[@JasonNapier-v3x]

Parker looks like Lesnar's and Otis's love child 😂

[@paulcowlishaw]

Parker Bordeaux sucks.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Marc Mero should be in the WWE HOF.

[@darrylnevels6141]

Good one, because we had some big ones.

[@brynellsidney3983]

Johnny B Badd had a good run in WCW; don't know what y'all smokin!

[@robertclark6192]

Terry Taylor flopped in both WWF & WCW, but I guess that's too long ago for consideration.

[@bhumibolrushing7830]

miro had such a great gimmick with the redeemer character

[@ajphillips3152]

Johnny B Badd was over as hell in WCW

[@wesleysteeleiv]

Badd was over in WCW. WTF

[@rickjames2.0]

Marc Mero was over in WCW. He had a couple title runs. Even had a few memorable matches and if it wasn't for Johnny B Badd Vince never would've wanted him. He thought that's who he was getting but Turner said hell no!

[@fordid42]

Now that CM Punk has been away from AEW for quite a while... where's a Colt Cabana push, since the EVPs' issue with Punk was that they felt Colt was getting buried by Punk backstage? Make it make any sense to me.

[@demetriussmith5167]

rusev was not a flop bruh. the love triangle stories was trash not gonna lie. but rusev was a beast

[@walterhager8626]

Everyone forgets Solo ripping off Low Ki look wear suit and black gloves like outta the Hostel movies that Lo Ki ripped it off of. And they never had anything planned for Bam Bam Colt Cabana in WWE because it is hard to picture him in something besides maybe a tag team. But even though i hate ICP I respect them and love when they use him as Officer Colt Cabana which maybe he should of tried that gimmick there as a heel but then he'd be compared to 1 of my favorite underrated wrestlers especially in NWA Big Boss Man who also started as a heel with Jim Cornette. Always loved Austin asking if he was gonna wrestle Sable after she power bombed Marc😂

[@bonusbaby801]

Where did this dude get his definition of "Failure?" Rusev "FAILED"?? Marc Mero "FAILED"?? Low Ki "FAILED" in TNA?? Also, get your info in the correct order...Mike Knox was in Aces & Eights BEFORE The Menagerie.

[@deadmanlyndon]

Rusev didn't flop in the WWE, Vince saw how over he and english were and crushed it. Rusev day ended up being a really big thing at the time. they actually held him down. also, i don't think marc mero was a flop, in wcw he was over as hell and all by himself

[@briwanderz]

i wouldn't call Marc Mero / Johnny B Badd a flop in wcw, he seemed to be doing pretty good, maybe not world champ, but he was over, and had some success... same with Rusev, he didn't flop in wwe, "Rusev day" was hugely popular.. vince just didn't know what to do with him. which is really a common enough answer, that "why didn't it work out..." in a lot of cases really only needs the answer of one word, vince. (sometimes that applies to vince russo too tho)

[@secularbelt]

Who is responsible for the spelling on the time breaks? Atrocious

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

Please do a video pleading Insane Clown Posse Hall of Fame case

[@BertoV]

Wild man was my favorite! Then he got injured & came back with a boxing shtick & yeah it just didn’t go.

[@shanehughes4902]

Mark Mero was OVER in WCW. Vince recruited due to how OVER he was! He was very upset he couldn’t use his WCW name and lost all his heat from Johnny B Bad

[@marsaillecanty765]

Vince McMahon thought he was getting the Johnny B Baad gimmick WCW owned that gimmick so it wasn't available so that's why he didn't get so over in WWF because he couldn't be what he was in WCW but I will say he was super over in WCW I'll even say they featured him on every pay-per-view they had and gave him multiple title win by any means no flop

[@kingjames-d4u]

You need to look up the word flopped. It doesn’t mean what you think it does

[@mjdf122]

Failures with Andy

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Gabriel sadly bombed in 4 companies (WWE, GFW/TNA, LU & AEW) Him, London and Sydal should have been big stars, same with Kidman.

[@kingstonellington817]

I never saw much in Kidman, to be honest. Even when Russo pushed in WCW.

[@victorstewartjr.106]

I liked Kidman. There was something that caught my attention.....but man did he botch that SSP often.

[@kingstonellington817]

@@victorstewartjr.106 Kidman could've been a good underdog babyface, but he didn't have a very strong promo and most of the guys his size eclipsed him in the ring. Once we got out of the '90s and his grunge band look was no longer a thing, he was like a generic create-a-wrestler. Although he lingered in WWE a few years after WCW went down, he never really made his mark.

[@stingrey1571]

Marc mero was super over in wcw. He was never going to be a world champ. He consistently stole the show in the early 90s.

[@mikequinones3069]

The grass is not greener on the other side, the grass is greener where you water it.

[@standardofexcellence]

Only in heaven is the grass truly greener, it is emerald

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

If you stand in the greener grass, you may find that you are standing in $hit

[@coldfront918]

You forgot to mention a lot of other stars like Tyson Tomko (wwe & tna), M-m--m-matt morgan (ddddwwe & tttttna)😅. Brian Adams as Crush in wwe and BA in wcw And i dont agree with Marc Mero inclusion

[@Johnny-gr2hu]

I can tell by your video you are a mark for the business. You have no idea how the business works and if someone is really over or not. Marc was way over in WCW he was from a flop. The only reason he didn’t do well in WWE was that they thought he could bring the Johnny B Badd character and WCW wouldn’t let him.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

Johnny B. Badd was over. Marc Mero was not.

[@MadProphet666]

Mero was over in the beginning big time in WWE. Than they squandered it all

[@LibraJohnny]

If you expect Tony Nese to become AEW champion, of course it's a failure. He's fine as a heel who job for other talents while showing he can do something in the ring.

[@nbaldwin45]

Tony Nese was clearly brought in to put other people over. The guy has a tremendous amount to offer - experienced worker with one of the best physiques in the company but Tony clearly sees nothing in him.

[@johnyang1731]

He is what Vince thought he had in Scott Putski.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Im sorry that thumbnail caught me off guard lol but yeah they couple wrestler whi failed twice especially mairo

[@MCastleberry1980]

I see you these guys and raise you the. Harris Twins, who sucked in THREE companies.

[@MrBgood84]

Johnny B Badd was over AF in WCW. You talking out your ass on this one 😂 Btw WWE failed Rusev. I went to a smackdown during the Rusev day run and he by far got the biggest pop of the night

[@acecandor2767]

By saying that B. Badd was a flop, you are simply rage baiting old school wrestling fans. 😂

[@awakenedbyyhuhassembly6015]

Parker just had 0 personality

[@grizzakaduke2331]

I didn't see the lure about him. He was sloppy and dull

[@1NatioNetwork]

Who thinks Johnny B Badd failed??? He was awesome and way over!

[@pickettpride6980]

Johnny B Badd didn’t flop in WCW

[@CaosProphet]

Marc Mero in WCW as Johnny B Badd was extremely over with multiple title runs. You can hardly call that a flop. He was in the early 90s the midcard draw like Razor Ramon was for WWF.

[@mr.o564]

Low Ki didn't flop in TNA

[@walterhager8626]

Always loved Johhny B Badd especially as a heel leaving lip stickers on his opponents. Then he had a horrible boxing match againt Johhny Polo or Raven whatever he was going by then. Jack Swagger aka Jake Hager definitely needs to be on here. I hate we share the same name since my middle name is Jacob😂. Plus the crazy tweets hes been putting out lately 🤦‍♂️

[@haroldford1195]

Mark Mero was very good in wcw not good wwf

[@tyreepowell8367]

How Are You Doing Today Wrestle With Andy

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

How’s it going man, going good, how are you? Have a good weekend ☝🏼

[@papitorincon3983]

If you had "a championship run", that's not flopping 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ sorry

[@michaelrandle7296]

Cabana wasn't used much even before CM Punk came...

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Dude, it's weird how rapidly your quality has slipped so quick. Mero was over as fuck in WCW to a point it's why he GOT his job in WWE. He WOULD have been big in WWE had it not been for his knee injury, the fact he couldn't be Johnny B. Badd and then by the time Vince was ready to push him once he came back from his injury, Marc selflessly put over his wife which led to Austin going "nope." If Marc had have told Sable "Sorry, you're not powerbombing me," he was in line to feud with Stone Cold. That's not failure.

[@d-anger-noodle]

If Mero could've taken the WCW gimmick to WWF, it would've been GOLD. That's what Vince wanted him for initially, but WCW had copyrights to it.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Yeah but the wild man Marc marrow wasn't a bad gimmick in the beginning

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

@@paulcarpenter7844 The only thing that made that not get as big as it could was Marc's knee injury. He couldn't be the high flyer anymore which is why he started using the TKO.

[@ericjones6651]

​@@skyatollah2skyharder276I always considered Mero as a mid card version of Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage, high flying, ring general, charisma and good mic skills, he definitely should be in the hof

[@gregorois9038]

I love your content but this is a terrible list. If Rusev, Keith Lee, and Mero are considered flops than so is anyone who hasnt won a world title.

[@tribalchief91567]

Keith lee has to blame himself for this one. Vince told him to lose some weight and bro didnt listen. There is another guy who listened that and now he is the world heavyweight champion and currently on his way to main event a wrestlemania. Work hard and you will earn the results of your hardwork Keith lee didnt even try with that So yeah His downfall is his own doing (Dont blame on the bearcat gimmick There are worse gimmicks than that and those wrestlers make that work For eg.Undertaker gimmick,stardust gimmick etc Keith didnt even try with that one)

[@johnyang1731]

To be fair he also told KO to lose weight.

[@ksmith1298]

Marc mero was cool

[@KxngPDaHustla]

Marvellous Mark Mero didn't flop. Actually he was a successful mid carder! In both promotions. He held titles and was even a participant in Wrestle Mania. SO wtf are you even talkin about? You shouldn't talk wrestling if u don't know your crap.

[@The_RealBigOunce]

Marc merro spoke at a school event we had when I was like 14

[@titomiranda4476]

Rusev and Marc Mero ???

[@danielcraig4974]

Johnny B. Badd was over in WCW

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Yes I'm another person here to say that Johnny B Badd was very much a hit in WCW and that was why WWF wanted to poach him. I think you have problems with men in makeup, especially men in makeup whom women are attracted to. That is why you write the character off as just a silly gimmick.

[@titomiranda4476]

Some of these WWE were ruined by Vince and his stupid character changes.

[@codyk4866]

You sound like Todd Pettengill

[@heath1948]

To be fair to miro A lot of that. Was bad booking from AE.W

[@DanielGarcia-us7tf]

Johnny B. Badd was not a flop in WCW. He did not resign with them just like Triple H.

[@manchuriancandybar864]

Bear cat? Reminds me of Fire Cat.

[@mfjudge9212]

Johnny b badd wasn't a flop

[@NostalgiaKing90]

Justin Gabriel could've been a star if given the chance. Same for Keith Lee on the main roster.

[@johnyang1731]

I think if he teamed with Adam Rose as a team from South Africa they could have done well. Heck a gimmick of telling African Americans that they were real Americans would have been great. Even bring in Akeem on a Raw Reunion.

[@NostalgiaKing90]

@@johnyang1731 I really like your idea. That could've worked well.

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

Mike awesome is an obvious one

[@Walshy94]

Harsh to have Rusev in here as it was all Vince's fault to why he didn't succeed so much in WWE, despite him and Aiden English being ridiculously over with the fans. The man was hell bent on burying Rusev Day

[@larryjackson6640]

Do you not know what the difference between failed and bad booking by creative is?

[@Rob-rx3jw]

Yeah, Johnny B. Badd was way over in in WCW. He wasn't terrible in WWF either. Brawl for ALL was I think what killed his career,

[@elmaster27428]

Poor Colt was just used by the Young Bucks to get rid of Punk who was already more popular than them.

[@johnyang1731]

He was the best part of the Dark Order