Vladimir Kozlov had potential to become monster heel World Champ . Hope same case will never happen with Gunther

Jack swagger and Jinder mahal are best example of pushing someone way before they're ready

I definitely thought Mabel was a poor choice to win the King Of The Ring. May he rest in peace though.

The thing with Khali is that he suffered a major knee issue when he was signed into the wwe. If you see his videos from the Japanese wrestling circuit , he was agile af for his build.

Although he can be stubborn at times, Vince McMahon should learn that just because someone is muscular, a giant, has name value, or related to you in the case of Shane, doesn't mean that they're automatically ready to be pushed to the top.

Gunther is who WWE wanted Kozlov to be

Mabel almost paralysed Nash in that sit down spot. Vince was going to fire him until Nash convinced him not to.

I remember when they overpushed ryback from 2012-2013 and put him in the world title picture which was not bad but not expected from fans because he just got repackaged .

I hate to think the legacy of Ryback will be lost to being viewed out of context and out of time to clips. Ryback was over. Kids loved him. He was on Doritos bags. He was simply de-pushed and jobbed out in a seldom seen unceremonious manner.

Kevin Nash told Vince to not fire Mabel for that hard slam on his back.

Until the day I die I will contend that Jinder did better than he had any right to given his experience. Towards the end he was turning into a pretty solid heel champion, but they didn't give him anymore time when they realized he wasn't drawing in the demographic they wanted.

Apollo Crews How many people can say they've been on the main rosters twice & still ended up back on NXT?

Poor Undertaker having to work with Giant Gonzolas

I'll say this about Vladimir Kozlov. He wasn't that impressive but for some reason I liked him, and I'm not usually a fan of wrestlers who are only there because of their size and not because they can actually wrestle. However, his match with Festus was really cool to me, because Festus was also one of those types of guys I actually liked. I thought they put on a decent match or two. But yeah, he definitely belongs on this list.

3:57 How'd I know Ryback was gonna be featured here, haha.

IDK what happened to Khali. But there are matches of him in other promotions where he was doing moves off the top rope and everything. He was GOOD. He might have suffered either a bad injury. Or his bones did what Andre the Giant's did. As for Mabel. He was a joy to watch in his final run as Big Daddy V. I used to love to see his spinning heel kick. He had great matches on Smackdown and ECW.

unfortunately for Great Khali prior to signing for WWE suffered terrible injuries limiting his move set before then he could do high flying stuff which was rare back then

Jack Swagger was pretty good but he should have started in mid card instead of jumping right to the world title. He could have done so much more.

I think that Gunther is basically Kozlov if he was successful.

Ezekiel Jackson had a great theme song

Luther Reigns is underrated monster

Omos is over 7ft, that's all Vince needed to see. It's the only thing Omos has, being that he is without a doubt, the most untalented giant in all of wrestling. He can't wrestle or sell worth a damn. Yet he still is featured on the show every week when we have an infinite number of better performers that could use that spotlight.

Watching Shane McMahon do his thing in WWE is always entertaining. Its like hes been winding up for years and he lets all that energy out in two matches. His match with Kurt Angle was epic in my opinion. I thought they both were gonna die at that match. That was the only match i ever seen where every move was terrifying and real. How they walked out of that building I have not a clue.

Ezekiel Jackson was the original Ezekiel in WWE

The Miz was definitely not ready when he won the WWE championship for the first time in 2010-2011

Ahmed Johnson vs Ezekiel Jackson would've been a great dream match

If there is a second part, it is worth mentioning Tyson Tomko

That power slam reversal of Old School by Kozlov is one of the best I’ve seen

For Big Show, I like to think of his WCW run as The Giant. He could definitely go then, and was surprisingly agile for such a big guy that could do moves off the top rope no less. Of course even then his booking spun him around the heel/face revolving door even then which didn't change when he landed in WWE... I didn't hate Jinder Mahal as WWE champion as much as most, but I agree that they pushed him too far too soon. Maybe if they spent awhile building him up as a credible threat...

Vladimir Kozlov was always one of my favorites back in the day in WWE you always have potential to this day WWE just didn’t use him the way they should have. It was also interesting seeing Ronda Rousey in this lineup as well because no one including myself liked her in the main event picture.

ryback was so over with the fans it made sense for him to get a push

Diesel vs Mabel is one of the Worst main events ever and should have never happen if Kevin Nash is the agile one in the match that's a huge problem he definitely wasn't the guy to carry him and him almost breaking Nash's back was proof his push was a bad idea to begin with

The Ruthless Aggression Era had *Luther Reigns* The Modern Era has *Roman Reigns*

Rondas second run should have been helping Shayna Shayna should have became the smackdown women champion and Ronda and Shayna could’ve become the tag champs

Vladmir Kozlov should've had a manager to do his talking for him and represent him.

Another one was Mordecai. He was supposed to go up against Taker and ended up being a flop

Ok but Khali was actually pretty decent before he got to WWE. There were, however, a few problems when he was in development. If I recall he did have some injuries before his call up, plus there was the incident where someone was killed. It's almost sad because he could have been so much more than he was. And Jinder Mahal is actually really good, but not TOP STAR good. He's always been mid card, or at least IC title good. He would also need a mouthpiece of sorts if they ever pushed him hard again.

I thought 2014-2018 Roman would be on here

To WWE's credit though, Jinder Mahal winning the title was something I never would have expected

Steiner 03, swagger 10, Khali 06-08,

I will never understand why WWE gave Ezekiel Jackson the ECW champion when it was the last episode like what was the point of that?

Here's my list 10. Heidenreich 9. "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey 8. Brodus Clay (2012) 7. Solo Sikoa 6. Eva Marie 5. Michael Cole 4. John Cena (Early 2010s) 3. Shane McMahon (2019) 2. Mabel 1. Roman Reigns (2015-2018) Dishonorable Mentions 1. Big Show (2014-2015) 2. Bastion Booger 3. Brock Lesnar (Late 2010s) 4. The Great Khali 5. Charlotte Flair

Shane Mcmahon always lived with his father's name lol

WWE doesn't learn. You think after Khali they would learn "big giant dudes make for boring matches." Instead they are doing it all over again with Omos.

Jinder wasn't THAT bad.... he's actually improved 1000% and is pretty good now

I always found it wild how some of these guys got pushes but not John Morrison or Shelton Benjamin. Jinder Mahal really?

I liked kozlov, and felt he could have been a good heel, and an imposing figure, but just never clicked, sad 😢

I don’t understand how Luther Reigns can make the list over Jack Swagger. And Ronda is too big of a name not to push so that one makes no sense. I would add Kevin Owens and Nakamura. Both have horrible physiques and Nakamura failed to deliver in every feud they put him in.

Ah, the days of The Omni-Shane and the mid card of evil😂.

I never liked Jack Swagger back then. He was a dork. Looking back now, The Great Khali could've been booked better. I'm surprised they never had him win the WWE Championship, he could've been the 1st Indian WWE Champion instead of Jinder, The Intercontinental Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, & the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal match. They could've had him in more Pinjabi Prison Matches against guys like Kane, Umaga, Bobby Lashley, Mark Henry, & Big Show. It's too bad he didn't get to wrestle The Undertaker inside it. I'd have love to have seen Taker beat him at his own match For Mabel, in my mind, King Mabel, King Kong Bundy, & Ted Dibiase facing The Undertaker at Wrestlemania, & Taker Burying them, & Taker getting payback for Mabel injuring him. For Vladimir, They could've had him start off by winning the Intercontinental championship 1st. I was glad that Taker got revenge on Smackdown. For Ronda Rousey, maybe she could form a faction with Shayna Baszler & Sonia Deville & have someone manage & speak on their behalf for them. I was hoping that Drew McIntyre would've faced Jinder in a Punjabi Prison match at summerslam 2021 with Drew winning.

Fair play to the big show for been one of the few people to develop and become a great in thw wrestling world.

No disrespect to Jack Swagger but there was absolutely no reason for him to win MITB whatsoever especially when Drew McIntyre (even then in 2010) was ALREADY far more over with the fans in just a few months of his debut than Swagger was in his first year in. I was even shocked Randy Orton of all people put Swagger over at the next ppv.

RIP former wwe wrestler

No point justifying , but a look into Khali's work in NJPW would prove how agile he once was. But by the time he was signed to the WWE, he lost his power in the knees due to gigantism and has never recovered since.

I'm glad Big Show has a happy conclusion lol I can understand why they put the title on him, the first 'big' defector from WCW who was amazingly agile for a giant, it was a major signing they needed to exploit. But Big Show seemed to switch from heel to face and back again whenever he started to build momentum. He was getting good pops as a face in mid-99, they could have kept him as a kind of hero putting bad guys in their place, or turn him into a true monster heel. Instead we ended up with a tweener champion and his match at the PPV was clearly treated as not that important. Vince was probably a bigger face than Big Show right then. lol

4:45 It sucks cuz I really think Ryback had a ton of potential. The problem was he was booked too similarly to Goldberg. Hell you could argue Brock Lesnar was booked the same way...but Brock would toy with his opponent like John Cena at Summerslam - just throw him around and prolong the inevitable. Granted, Lesnar also has the UFC background to his character as well.

Keep these top 10's circulating mah boiii

I like Ezekiel Jackson.

Hard to believe Mabel, as Big Daddy V, was feuding with The Undertaker on WWE TV *13 years* after injuring him in their 1995 feud...

I think most of these guys could have had monster runs if booked right and WWE brass would actually listen to the fans.

No Giant Gonzalez? He's easily top 3 on this list. He was cool to watch, but very Khali-esque as far as ability. Great video, as usual 👍

If Mahal dropped the title to Nakamura at HIAC then it would've been the perfect ending for his reign, instead they had him lose it on a random episode of Smackdown.

Disagree about Big Show, maybe too early for the first push but not beyond his merit. Everyone else on this list is spot on.

I’ve always been a fan of Swagger, not sure why, but he definitely was pushed before he was ready. He had pretty good technical wrestling abilities, he just needed to make it exciting. I thought pairing him with Colter was a really good idea though. He had potential, just didn’t work out.

Jake Hager still isn't ready because he's just a comedy act in AEW.

Another i also say that Charlotte flair was Push to much as well

Ripley is seemingly what Rousey was intended to be.

Jason Jordan...they pushed him to the moon & he fell like a Lead Balloon.

Vinces failure to stay away has pushed everyone to Insanity 😂

Mabel's costume looks like some cheap Halloween store knock off stuff.

Unpopular opinion, I loved early Khali.

That’s actually crazy

Jinder Mahal looked good with the gold around his waist, and he certainly had presence. An awesome heel IMO

Hard to believe they left Nash's reaction to nearly having his back crushed on the audio of every version of SummerSlam '95, from VHS to WWE Network...

Jinder Mahal being WWE Champion is what happens when you skip a year in Universe mode

Remember, Dr Death would've been on this list had he won the Brawl for all in '98. RIP Dr Death.

Loved the Swagger swerve…well done 😂

Roman Reigns and Charlotte Flair too

I had the 1995 King of the Ring on VHS as a kid so I saw it well over 100 times and loved it. It made me like Mabel being on top lml 🤦🏾‍♂️

Ryback ruined himself by being too unsafe worker

I actually liked Mabel's push. I was 10 at that time and as a child watching I leaned towards more to the character work than the in ring action.

Ronda rousey second run in WWE is just sad to see

Where is the background song from?

Excellent video bring back ryback . And R.V.D

9 out 10 were big and/or big or muscle bound talent that Vince loved that pushed such great talent down the ladder

Big E 2022

Kofi was by far the worst choice for "champion" ever.

RIP Mabel

And that was some great..... WRESTLING CONTENT 🙂

Jack Swagger.. The Great Khali, Lex Luger, Big Show , Jinder

I remember when big show won the belt the first time, i even said back then i didnt think he was ready for that role..have a great weekend lamia..👌👍

I remember missing like a month of shows and when I came back Jack Swagger was the champion. My kid brain couldn’t handle it and I literally didn’t watch a match for the next 15 years.

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯😃😍👍🤩

Some others not on the list include…Snitsky, Mike Knox, Heidenrich, The Basham Brothers, Duce and Domino, Curtis Axel, Rikishi(heel).

Vince still thinks it's the 80s. And thinks oily, muscle men are the only types of guys who are capable of being stars.

The Fungal Chief😂 Roman Reigns should be at the top of this list 🙏

Kofi Kingston was ready when Orton caused his downfall. Shelton was ready when he faced Evolution but they dropped the ball. With Shelton they could have worked him into a Fued with Brock. That would have been epic and great story telling. But both had no mic skills at the Time. Sad.

You could have done this entire video on Shane. Like 2003, when they jobbed out RVD to build up the psychotic unmasked monster Kane for a four month feud with Shane...🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

This list is quite BS in my mind. I liked Swagger, Luther Reigns, Big Show, Shane, Ryback, Kozlov.. The only ones I agree with are Ezekiel Jackson, Viscera and Khali. The rest were stars that were either not pushed right or their pushes were jaded

Showing Jack Swagger in the whole intro and not even mentioning him in the the rest of the video is just hilarious to me🤣🤣