9 Awful WWE Wrestlers Vince McMahon Tried To Push To Be a Megastar But Failed Immediately 

He looked like he was chiseled out of plastic, and he wasn't a tenth of the wrestler Batista was, not that Dave is great!

@@Traducteur1 Batista is a WWE legend and a better wrestler than 99% of the rest

I actually thought it was Batista when I was a kid.

@@Traducteur1 well clearly u've never watched batista's prime in wwe along with the gotg movies. Sigh* ignorant

He was a failed version of Batista. Zero charisma, mic skills or wrestling skills. Batista was like this in 2003 but he improved.

Yeah , I noticed that too .. also without the tattoos

He looks like a Batista stunt double.

I saw total Nexus saga he got little push in Nexus group matches he dominated opponents in group matches. But I never see he playing a single matches.

yuan romero OH MY GOD YOUR RIGHT!!! Well I’m 2014 Batista did have a beard

yuan romero I thought I was the only one that noticed that

Nextraker? Wow nice. Anyways yes 100 percent true.

100% True 😂

Nextraker damn

McIntyre is BORING though...

@@SD-gz7my personally I think McIntyre is not boring

Hey u r right Khali's legs were alright then.

I cant find anything about him not being able to walk now

@@Virtualfantasy1999 he can still walk, it's just his legs are failing him. I saw him on tik tok a couple weeks ago.

He only had one title reign in wwe

Anyone has a recent pic of hm?

Seriously...🤣🤣

Same i didn't understand why the commentators didn't recognize him as Batista

When I saw Mason Ryan, I thought he was a blend of Batista with hair and Steve Blackman.

As we all did

same wtf

I think he was over. It might of been backstage bullshit

Facts people liked him

Very true, he would have gotten the torch from the undertaker and gave to Bray wyatt after.

He did get over, just as Kevin Thorn, lol.

This character had all the ingredients to be great. His gimmick was spot-on. His vignettes were the epitome of proper build. He could pull off the delusional zealot extremely well. You can hear Bruce Prichard now, can't you? And THEN the bell rang...😠. Why he was yanked, though, is far more nebulous, I think. Yeah, he ran into trouble w/his shenanigans, but Vince had the freedom in those days to keep people like Fertig active. My take? What ELSE? The company probably got flack in regards of the character's demented zealotry & quietly got deep-sixed. More the pity that, like I said, Mordecai, had so much potential. A solid character & a program w/'Taker could've printed money. We'll never know for sure, but I'm convinced.

he fit in perfect how he was, he shouldn't be on this list

Lol what? Khali WAS pretty bad.

I think Khali's biggest problem was... he couldn't move that well. He was like Frankenstein in the ring, which would have made him HUGE like, 10 years before he debuted. Trouble was, he showed up in a time where the fans wanted more athletic stars

@@guywhoscutethoughbuiltgood2850 The point was the Khali was never some bust like the other guys on the list. For 2 1/2 years since he debuted Khali was consistently booked as a big threat and even had a world title run which none of these guys ever had.

You don't understand what is this video about. He didn't say that Great Khali is bad, he said that Vince tried him to push as Megastar. Like John Cena Undertaker Triple H Batista Rey and bla bla bla but unsuccsed.

He had a great career

finally someone who makes sense pal... Kane was GREAT his first few years...but he became a mockery like Ziggler and Strowman and Samoa Joe who can never win any world titles with like 60 title shots pal

He says Zeus but Zeus has 1 legendary movie and only 1 tag team loss..he was smarter then KANE...he left after...and it took a Brick to get a win over Zeus... nobody can claim that... 1 loss because they cheated... Even Hogan got beat fair pal...

@@bobray9678 Ziggler is a great wrestler who Vince craps on for some reason

@@wwekane2468 Decent career, his early was very good. Introduce as Taker half brother, establish right away as a main event er, or pretty close to it.

He's like a Reverse/Bizzaro Undertaker, & a Reverse Kane would have been an Ice-themed Monster played by Fake Kane himself Luke Gallows.

@@conradojavier7547 Sub Zero

Yea but they managed to fuck it up

I was intrigued by Mordecai. Don’t understand how they just wrote him straight up off the show.

The bluebird.

The concept was simple yet brilliant

The character of mordecai sounds awesome. Would be awesome to see something like that now in the hands of someone with skills.

Him and Shawn Michaels is a rivalry/program i wished happened in its entirety

Bret was definitely one of the best.

This is what tends to happen, true professionals like Bret and Taker end up working with guys who are getting a push and shouldn't which usually nets bad results. Like Goldberg and Bret.

I liked Khali as well. I think he would have been better in a tag team scenario as the big man clean up guy to hide his limited ability. Think Luchasaurus + Jungle Boy dynami, but with a larger lacking Luchasaurus.

Wwe killed kali with the kiss cam

The Great Khali is not a bad character. While he never should have been World Heavyweight Champion (and he never would have if Edge hadn't been injured), he still makes for some good stories. I keep returning to Khali in my wrestling fanfics because I think he plays both face and heel quite well. I even think his lack of wrestling talent actually helps him, in that it makes him funny and sympathetic. There were so many interesting angles that could have been done with Khali that I think it's a shame WWE spent years wasting him as a third-rate comic relief character.

Too bad he only had 3 moves and could only move 2 inches a minute

It's punjabi not hindu btw

literal wizard of oz type name lmao

@@jasonjean5333 sounds like a name of a valet Kevin Nash would be accompanied by during his Oz days in WCW

Looks like Salad name

Taiyah Jackson no...it was when he was suppose beat up th CM Punk as initiation into Nexus.

It's a bit like when people chanted "Goldberg" at Ryback.

lol i so remember that 😂😂😂

JabarikJay he briefly was. dude looked like a prison material though.

After Zeus n Hulk Hogan made that movie 2gether

hulk and tiny lister were in the movie "no holds barred" together.

Michael Autrey yupp....fun fact....tiny Lister....the name doesn't fit Deebo.....dude is huge.

Dont forget he was in WCW too as Z gangsta lol

Jesus is the same today and forever (Hebrews 13:8)

Or Ahmed Johnson !!

@@anshumannbatra8907 nah Ahmed was alright he wasn’t awful but he wasn’t what wwe needed as a world champion.

@@josephsmith3075 He was more of mid-card than main eventer material

@@kazallroberts ok but he beat Christian to become ECW champion so that kinda sounds main event. He was still more of a main eventer than Mason Ryan on this list.

So you think hell is cool?

He was a colossus and also moved like one. It seemed like one could not normally wrestle him what made his appearance always exciting for me. "How is this wrestler even going to fight this?", that kinda feeling.

How old are you now?

Me 2 g

​@@DTskater16you

I agree

I agree and he was a nice person out the ring aswell

He was used way better in a tag team where they could limit him because he was actually over in men on a mission.

Totally agree with you.

I was sold on that Big daddy V character. He looked a legit badass.

How random for Cole to be a special ref. Lol

Lol Mankind, Cactus Jack, or Dude Love

​@@curronwilliamsIt was Mankind. He only started doing the others in WWE once there were a few too many kayfabe breaks, Taker fully Squashed him, and Kane came along to take the Taker Feud and Paul Bearer torch. Thats when Foley got to do the others and Mankind turned into a Deadpool like Character.

The ticker about that is, he was a great gimmick, but he wasn't as good of a wrestler for the spot they had him in.

Mordecai is great. Great gimmick and for a big man - good in the ring. He just got into trouble.

@Bruce Da Moose I think he meant to write "killed himself." D and S are right next to each other on the keyboard. O'Haire committed suicide.

I thought he was great in ecw.

Chris Suarez 😂😂😂

Lol

Seriously a Regular Show joke?

@@smoothst9303 yes

@@smoothst9303 Well, you hear Mordecai, you think of a blue jay. At least in my case.

Sean o’ haire

They forgot about Lex Luger in 1994 who was deemed to be the next Hulk Hogan but it failed and they pretty much used Bret to make him look good as well. After Lex Luger's contract was up in 1995 he ended up signing with WCW but Bret's WWF career was soon to come to an end with him having to put Shawn Michaels over right before taking time off in 1996 and signing with WCW himself come the end of 1997. Bret could have been a better star in WCW but they used him wrong!

Andrew Admire Brett had talent. He made a match with biggest no talent and yet he made them look good.

He lived in Shawn Michael, undertaker, hulk Hogan, and randy savage era what do you expect

I would've kept him in a prolonged program with Hart until he got him footing

Bret is always a legend... The Best There is, The Best There Was & The Best There Ever Will Be...

That guy didn't remind me of Hogan. He looked like a Mr. Universe champion 🏆 that after a a year or so would leave and become a movie star. Well... . If he had lasted. 😏

Like Dolph ziggler and mr perfect

goat

Hart could have wrestled a bean bag chair and you’d be like “dang, that chair ain’t half bad!”

David Dayeen that$ right brother the BE$T there WA$ the BE$T there i$ N the BE$T there EVER will BE❗️

Richard Galvan lmao why do you type like that 🤣🤣🤣

And later founded his own company

He did one more match in the WWE, but he was in TNA prior, and also after his WWE run.

Well they had CM Punk and ruined his push, but he still beat Cena in merch and was always a top 3 draw from 11-13. Says a lot about a guy that's isn't muscular and sweaty like most of McMahon's top guys. You could say Ambrose was there but WWE ain't use him to his full potential.

He wasn't always so bad. But yeah I'm not sure how he was so popular

Because he puffed his cheeks?

Wow. It's 2020, and there are STILL wannabe smarks who have no idea that Hogan was a well schooled wrestler who did impressive mat work in Japan. He limited his moveset in the US at Vince's instruction.

Funky Like A Monkey I dislike Hogan immensely coz of his politicking but I agree with you. His work in Japan was actually great

Lion 420 a lot of wrestlers had terrible finishers in the 80’s. A finisher was literally just a DDT. Hogan is an icon

i remember seeing his hype promos and thinking please fight taker

Could have been a great addition to the Wyatt Family

Mordecai could have been portrayed as evil, and fight the Undertaker for "Most Evil"

@@johnnymegabyte Actually, he was supposed to face taker at wrestlemania 21. That was before his altercation in real life. Thorn talked in an interview about how taker was supposed to be face and mordecai heel, making the interesting point that the good guy was dressing all black and the evil one all white. that was so much wasted potential.

@King Markbarry dude to short he needs be 6'10

And big daddy v

@@voidmaster075 except BDV went no where. Then he was drafted and never came back.

Making wwe pg was his biggest mistake

Reading this comment in 2021 is kind of rough... lol

@DWF Wrestling what they need is better lefting

loooooool

@@reggiefields6551 excellent

I think Vince had the idea to push mason ryan as the next Batista 😂, to be fair the two do look alike but still

I remember discussion that it would eventually be Mordecai who'd end Takers streak.

Yeah, Fertig isn't that bad in the ring. Problem is he has a natural ability to create characters, but doesn't quite have the storytelling ability in the ring. A character like Mordecai, you have to guide the audience, pause to build up suspense, pay off the pause with a big move. HBK and Taker are masters at pacing things like that. Fertig is good, just not at THAT level.

That and claiming Roman got any skill...yeah, no. Even that McGee-guy seems better, but dunno about him and Nathan Jones, tho the short segment of the latter looked like Roman Reigns trying to shoulder bock somebody. Tho I guess Wrestlelamia also thinks Hogan has any wrestling skill, when he's only slightly better than Roman...but Hulky had a load of charisma at least, and that was all that mattered back then in the USA. Safe for Zeus and Giant Gonzalez, the rest tho are all leaps and bounds above Roman(well, Khali only a bit, and worse than Corbin, but the big man had charisma) and also better than Corbin, tho Corbin at least periodically improves himself. Tho Luther Reigns and Corbin might be a bit close. Roman tho? That guy doesn't even know how to due a proper Headlock...

the great khali is still loved till this day I'm sure he was never hated

I remember Khali only for one thing. He had something with Shawn Michaels and took him out. Then he appeared on stage as some kind of hero that was never defeated.

​@@Kaldin0203 Reigns is average in ring and i generally have no interest in his matches but man, it has been a very long time since i read such a ridiculously exaggerated claim : the dude isn't great by any means but he's certainly a lot better than that (even Vince's love for muscular men has its limits). Also, i wonder if you even watched McGee match : the dude had some agility but outside of his matches with Bret Hart and Arn Anderson, his matches were way more horrible than the worst matches of Reigns (his one match in AJPW was so bad that they never bothered giving him a second one). And yes, Hogan did have some skills (he proved it more than once in Japan), he just never bothered showing it in the US. I perfectly understand why people doesn't like neither of Reigns or Hogan (especially the later) but come on.

@@Harakengard regins isn't a draw.

And roid intake.

Duh...

Butterbean?

Marcel Edel I would've imagine if The Great Khali's former tag team partner from the Indies wrestling, Giant Silva, debuted with Khali at the same time back then.

Gonzalez maybe however Khali had a decent run and one could say he was a star at times...

Has anyone ever accused Hulk Hogan of being a wrestler?

Even Mordecai vs. Kane would have been good

They need to just let him be himself. He’s a chill dude in all his interviews outside of the wwe.

George Harry John cena told big show that he fucked his mom , he didn’t introduce the pg era, to say any wrestler introduced the pg era is just stupid 😂

This didn’t age well😂

That's why John Cena is a Star ! He is WORSE Than the Ultimate Warrior (I didn't think that was possible)

Ultimate warrior was physically very strong though, it did get him through with his show of impressive strength. But yeah his in ring moves were very limited.

​@@yashvintackoory2893but he was good with those moves

Warrior didn’t have charisma so much as he was balls out high on cocaine.

She is a realy good family in real life but ring...Bitch situation

I bet WWF cut her tv time because she was botching a lot and was involved in a lot of botches she got pushed to early and wwfs probably letting her get more experience on the house circuit before giving her another chance and push so we'll go back to seeing flair getting all the push

And the worst part is the idea for the backstage segment where Heidenreich raped Cole came from Vince dreaming about it.

Maybe he got his ass whooped in that bar fight? There's like an unwritten code amongst the wrestlers: If you're getting in a real fight, don't fucking lose.

Kevin Thorn in ECW!

What did the Usos do?

@@boozec The Usos have had arrests stemming from DUI and, I believe, assault.

The USOs are related to a wrestling family hence the slack

3 Times. He was Immortant Joe's brother in Mad Max Fury Road too

Lmao u funny asf

And, there's even time to save the ship! But Vince is like, "nah... I've been here a long time. Can't leave."

Actually Khali can speak english

@mmm yeah by the end of his career. It annoys me how little the fans brought into his monster gimmick though, I feel like that definitely stunted the last few years of maximum success.

Dots that matter?

The Great Wee Wee 😆😂🤣

Vince was smart enough to see that Austin was the most over wrestler on his roster. Had Vince not pushed him to the top when he did, WWF probably would have died.

The fact you use the term "fake" shows how clueless you actually are.

True

You know you don't need to be so blunt.

Its actually due to a bar fight and a law suit being filed. Vince is a cheap prick.. If you aint drawing big crowds at the time, Mordecai being fresh, wasnt their yet, Vince wont back you. But I remember him debuting and was instantly hooked for his stint with taker.. Then he disappeared and I was all like "WTF?" This video has now enlightened me.

If anything Vince cares little about the religious community. Reminder that before that he had Reverend D-Von, Taker crucifying opponents in the Ministry of Darkness, and after that he made his own religion and booked himself in a match against God, because Shawn Michaels had become a born again christian..

That time wwe ws not so popular... Now wwe is popular because of the great lhali

dude....wwe was popular in india...even b4 khali's debut

May b.. bt in rural area no body knew the name of wwe... Now everyone know

Unfortunately it needs the people in attendance to pop for a wrestler to get them over. They can have a billion fans at home watching on television but if the ones at ringside are booing, it looks bad on the whole show.

India doesn't draw enough money for that kind of nonsense.....He pushed Khali becuase of his size....pure, and simple.