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Superstars who should've been bigger: photos
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Why wasn’t the immensely talented Bam Bam Bigelow one of the top villains of the ’90s?
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Few Superstars were as highly respected by their peers as the great Brad Armstrong.1 Q w$ W6 D: D K3 p- D
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Chris Candido was highly talented, but never made it as a main event star." D& a6 ? L) a3 u
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Shawn Michaels touted Hakushi as the “greatest Japanese wrestler," so why didn’t he ever live up to the hype?
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9 L# q* V5 R! |4 W( FWith the coveted NWA World Championship in his sights, Magnum TA suffered a career-ending injury in 1986.
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" g3 d" |0 J/ B1 \7 `" z9 c& pDebuting in September 2000, Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire seemed poised to become the future of sports-entertainment.+ |4 l6 F+ W H
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Instead of dominating WCW, gifted heavyweight Mike Awesome was billed as "That '70s Guy"
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Instead of wielding CM Punk–like influence, Raven was often seen pushing a shopping cart in WWE’s Hardcore division.
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Perry Saturn had all the tools to be a major player, but he never quite connected on a national scale.
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The Sinister Minister is the greatest manager to never hit it big.$ H8 z' [0 D" a5 X
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Terry Taylor was far more talented than his Red Rooster persona let on.
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# b$ {: G% P6 {) v) c0 tTom Prichard was an underrated wrestler if there ever was one.( M) E' z; ^6 q( X3 a2 ]& m
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