Only True WWE Fans Can Name These Forgotten Stars. Can You?

More so than any other television series, the wacky world of wrestling has seen more character changes, new characters, and new people come and go and come and go and come back again. In a business that never ends with a history and lineage dating back to the fifties for this Modern Era at least, of course there's going to be all kinds of stars and memorable moments. Even the most ardent die-hard fans can't possible remember them all. Wrestling historians can't possible know it all, especially when you factor in the days of the territory system.

No matter the Era or the time, the WWE has been leading the charge for the entire industry more or less; from being a Northeast territory all throughout its expansion into a global entity. There are hordes of memorable characters, even the terrible ones. For every Hulk Hogan, there's a Bastion Booger. For every Brock Lesnar, there's a Ludvig Borga. Sometimes the worst are remembered for being so bad, they're good (a certain somersaulting turkey comes to mind), others, even great ones sometimes are forgotten about it.

No matter the reasons, some of the superstars on this list have been lost to time. How many do you remember, take our quiz and find out - Only True WWE Fans Can Name These Forgotten Stars.

Question 1

Which Superstar Is This?

He was an ECW original and the ultimate underdog, constantly getting picked on by his older brothers, and bigger wrestlers (so just about everyone) made it a habit of hurtling him over the top rope and into the crowd. The cult like ECW faithful would not only catch the lil’ guy, they'd crowd surf him around the entire arena. He would make his WWE debut amidst the chaos of TLC matches with his brothers and eventually have a relationship with Molly Holly.

Question 2

Which Superstar Is This?

Crazed fan gimmicks have been around for a long time. Barry Darsow as the Blacktop Bully and Mickie James are two examples for this type of storyline. When this Diva debuted, she was Sable’s biggest fan. Their feud actually helped turn the white-hot babyface bombshell into a heel. She would also eventually come to be Kane’s girlfriend and pal around the Big Red Machine and X-Pac, helping to infuse some face personality into the previously nasty vile monster heel. Out of the ring with an injury, she would return as the Black Ninja.

Question 3

Which Superstar Is This?

It must be hard being one of the best wrestlers in the world and not getting acknowledged for it. So it goes with this superstar who always was in the shadow of his uncle, who was simply that much better than the best. But still, the two made for a great tag team, and he himself was a former Cruiserweight champion, ECW champ, and a member of Edge’s stable, La Familia. While some might have found it offensive, he would drop his Mexican heritage and try to make a go of things as Kerwin White, a milky-white golfing character.

Question 4

Which Superstar Is This?

In a lot of ways, she was the epitome of what the WWE Diva branding was created for - a beautiful woman who was willing to put the work into the ring to learn the craft of telling a compelling story in the ring and putting on a decent match. She was hired coming out of the 2004 Divas Search and would rise to the top, even becoming a onetime Women’s Champion. Not bad for a former model and GoDaddy girl.

Question 5

Which Superstar Is This?

How this wrestler never became more in the WWE might be one of the bigger head scratchers in wrestling politics. He was crossfit before crossfit was a thing, as he was doing parkour workouts to develop one of the most enviable physiques in all of wrestling. His move set was as if HBK and RVD had a kid. During his run, he won the ECW title, and captured the tag titles with the Miz and Joey Mercury. Post-WWE, he would head to So-Cal and Mexico and become one of the stars of Lucha Libre.

Question 6

Which Superstar Is This?

This character was the Attitude Era personified. The gravelly voice and playful, yet no-nonsense attitude when it came to being in the ring. The gimmick of a former adult film star, complete with vignettes featuring Jenna Jameson, the most popular adult performer at that time. Yessir, Sean Morely took what he learned in Mexico and Japan and parlayed all of it into a successful WWE career. As the company went more PG, he dropped all of the risqué material and joined the Right To Censor.

Question 7

Which Superstar Is This?

As part of MNM, she instantly became one of the biggest pieces of eye candy the WWE had during the Ruthless Aggression Era. Her ring entrance still could melt men’s hearts as she'd straddle the apron and slide in split-legged. Her patented scream would make ears bleed and garner heel heat. But she wasn't just a pretty face, the fit and nimble lady could also go in the ring, and proved it by becoming both a three time Women's champ and twice a Divas champion.

Question 8

Which Superstar Is This?

While it was much-maligned, especially when compared to the original ECW, there is only one superstar that can claim they were the last ECW champion and its this guy. While most superstars are giants among ordinary men, this guy was ginormous compared to most wrestlers. He started as a heavy for The Brian Kendrick, and then the former Intercontinental champion, he was briefly a member of the Corre before going off on his own. He had the look, and the power game - just not the elusive “it.”

Question 9

Which Superstar Is This?

In a case of debuted about a decade before the Women’s Revolution started came this Canadian dynamo. If you believe the rumor and innuendo, then you know that Vince had to be convinced that there is a large section of people (some of which might even be in his audience) that find Asian women attractive. In the ring though, she was ahead of her time, and it showed on her first night when she won the Women’s title. She's actually the one and only female member of the TNA Hall Of Fame and one of the only people in the history of WWE that Impact knew how to use better than Vince did.

Question 10

Which Superstar Is This?

“I've got some bad news for you.” For every time this superstar was given the opportunity to show his worth, he would either get de-pushed or an injury would sideline him. He won the first season of NXT TV show and became the leader of both the Nexus and the Corre. He won the intercontinental title and the King Of The Ring. Some fans might think that he lacked the proverbial “it,” others might feel that he was never given a real shot besides a few encounters with John Cena and Randy Orton.

Question 11

Which Superstar Is This?

Long before CM Punk became a globally known household name, and certainly long before he got cold feet about being WWE superstar, packed up and left; he was still very over and he was taking his real life straight edge views and going ultra-militaristic with them on-screen. As in cult leader David Koresh level. He would call out to the crowds and ask who would give over their lives to Straight Edge, which this superstar did by getting head shaved. After getting released, she spent a few years reflecting and is now back as a trainer for NXT.

Question 12

Which Superstar Is This?

The build-up for this superstar played right into his gimmick of a big name bankable sports star. The bidding war landed him on Smackdown where he quickly feuded with Kane and actually worked an Inferno match. He feuded with Matt Hardy over the US Title, claiming he was better than Matt at everything. When he tried to put his money where his mouth was, he was knocked out by Evander Holyfield. His career has spanned across the WWE and New Japan, where he became their first Intercontinental champion.

Question 13

Which Superstar Is This?

More so than anyone in this quiz, you might feel a little sorry for this former Women’s Champion and a pioneer of so much that we see now, along with Lita and Trish. But thanks to backstage politics (supposedly), not only is she an unsung heroine of Women’s wrestling, but she's also been seemingly blackballed from the company. She would head to to TNA Impact as Tara and help train Miss Tessmacher and form the team TNT. Hopefully, one day her supposed fling with John Cena won't supposedly affect her status, since she should be a sure fire Hall Of Famer.

Question 14

Which Superstar Is This?

Every now and again a young good looking baby face will step up and onto the big show to prove his mettle and try to get over. This superstar did just that with an impressive set of moves for anyone, including one of the most beautiful Shooting Stars in the business. He teamed up with the similarly sized and skilled Kofi Kingston. Sadly as talented as this kid was, his biggest claim to fame might have been helping Randy Orton to invent the RKO “Outta Nowhere,” when Orton cherry picked him out of a Shooting Star.

Question 15

Which Superstar Is This?

While it has been a fledgling promotion since its inception, TNA or Impact or whatever they're calling themselves these days has also been The Little Engine That Could as far as promotions go. Every now and again, there is a performer that actually blossomed down there and would make you wonder how or they couldn't get over in the WWE. This Texas beauty is one of the few that made a bigger name for himself at TNA, where the former Extreme Expose dance member learned how to work and had good runs with both Tara and Bully Ray as queen of the Aces and Eights faction.

Question 16

Which Superstar Is This?

He might be back now, but with the push they tried to give the guy, you'd think he'd be received a little better by the fans. Today's fans though aren't always into the muscle-bound anomalies the way fans used to be. So even with the skills of this wrestler / MMA star, it's hard to get behind him. The guy even made his return recently and is already lost in the shuffle with other giants like Brain Strowman running around. Because of what he did outside of WWE, it's easy to forget that he once was Donald Trump’s choice against Vince McMahon’s Umaga in the Battle of the Billionaires.

Question 17

Which Superstar Is This?

In the land of extreme, she was the queen. The First Lady of ECW had managed the likes of the Pitbulls, Raven, Justin Credible, and the memorable pairing with The Franchise Shane Douglas. As part of Paul Heyman’s presentation of ECW, she was an integral part and made a slew of fans during her run, thanks to her heel attitude and of course the lack of clothes that was par for the course at the time. Without a lot of time spent in the WWE, she’ll probably always be forgotten until there is a either a massive ECW Hall Of Fame induction or she goes in with a possible Douglas induction.

Question 18

Which Superstar Is This?

The Brood, even twenty years later, still remains one of the most memorable factions of the Attitude Era, and why not - the Unholy trio had one of the coolest entrances and theme music to create the Lost Boys Vampire vibe. Edge and Christian went on to super stardom, as did future members, the Hardy Boys. But the actual “shoot Vampire” who created the whole gimmick and actually lives his life as a gothic vampire has seemingly been lost to time.

Question 19

Which Superstar Is This?

As one of the few divas from either ECW or WCW that crossed over to the WWE, she was able to get over by being a gold digging vixen who was shacking up with Tori Wilson’s dad, Al. In ECW, she was most known for managing the Impact Players as well as Simon and Swinger. Unfortunately for this former white-hot Diva, she didn't have a lot of memorable matches to put her on par with the skills of the women of today. She'll also probably fall by the wayside as as recognition goes - she sued the company for wrongful termination in 2005.

Question 20

Which Superstar Is This?

As a member of the Nation of Domination, he started his career as bump-fodder for guys coming after Farooq. When Savio and Crush left the Nation, he stepped up and became a key player with the head-swivel and chest protector gimmick. Not to mention one of the best frog splashes in the business. He was also even a dual-champion, the European and Intercontinental, several years before Kurt Angle did it. He would continue to be a stalwart of the midcard and head on to TNA to be an agent for their company.

Question 21

Which Superstar Is This?

Alicia Webb might have been the answer to WCW’s Stacy Kiebler, having debuted a few months after Stacy did. She too, had a svelte figure and legs that weren’t giving up anytime soon. Debuting as one of Val Venis’ co-stars before it was revealed she was Ken Shamrock’s little sister, which made her a target of the Undertaker and the Ministry of Darkness. Interestingly enough, she might even be one of the few ladies who worked for all three major promotions of the past 25 years, after WWE she headed to WCW and she also had a brief stint in TNA.

Question 22

Which Superstar Is This?

The Attitude Era, for those fans that don't remember or didn't know was so cool, because of all the creativity that was allowed matched with near unbridled envelope pushing lead to characters like this cult leader type of character. One of the few workers who barely worked a match but used the gift of gab to get over, he would head up the Truth Commission and the Oddities, before heading for ECW and becoming Cyrus, a supposed spokesman of “the Network.”

Question 23

Which Superstar Is This?

As an inaugural Tough Enough champion, there were high hopes for this Diva, probably more so as a proof of concept than hopeful of what she could do in the ring. While she wasn't that bad in the ring, there was no Performance Center to truly hone her skills. She debuted shortly on Smackdown and started palling around with Jamie Noble as a weirdo white trash couple - which included trying to convince Hef’ to put her in his magazine and being blinded by the mysterious black mist.

Question 24

Which Superstar Is This?

He was an early favorite of the judges during the first season of Tough Enough, especially Jacqueline, who was enamored with pretty boy face and great physique. But Jackie was also a tough as nails trainer who knows full well what it takes to succeed in the ring. But innocent flirtations aside, he went on to win the competition. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to translate his popularity to main stage and aside from getting annihilated by the Undertaker after he shockingly eliminated the Deadman at the Royal Rumble.

Question 25

Which Superstar Is This?

Tough Enough was a very primordial version of NXT and the performance center. The idea of the show was to take several men and women, some who wanted to be wrestlers, some where were just there for the paycheck - and test their mettle to see who was..tough enough. This former Diva went through all of the competition of season two and in a shocker of a finale was chosen alongside another female to be the victors. She might have won, but she was still super green when she was put with Chris Nowinksi to take on Bradshaw and Trish Stratus in what is widely regarded as the worst match in WWE history.

Question 26

Which Superstar Is This?

This divas should be heralded for what she has done both in and out of the ring. Winning the 2007 Diva Search contest must have been easy for her - she's got golden skinned for crying out loud! But afterwards, she worked very hard in the ring to become a three-time Divas champion and have a memorable heel turn on Zack Ryder. Outside of the ring, thanks with her husband, Rener Gracie, she helps to empower women by being the first ever women’s teacher at the Gracie Women Empowered Self-Defense School.

Question 27

Which Superstar Is This?P

As a third generation star, the son of Tiger Jeet Singh, this kid grew up around the wrestling business and certainly it helped get his foot in the door. As always with anyone who steps into a ring, it would be his skills that smash the door wipe open. Even though he was given a fairly surefire “Million Dollar Man”-style gimmick of the heir to a fortune, he and his manservant Babu would force members of the audience to humble themselves for money

Question 28

Which Superstar Is This?

Sometimes it's a little head scratching when there is a very beautiful face on TV with a very good gimmick but unfortunately doesn't go anywhere. When at the time Indy Diva Kara Slice was signed by the WWE, hopes were high that changes were coming to the WWE Women’s Division. Alas, things wouldn't change for another decade or so. Instead she was paired with Deuce Shade and Dice Domino for a greaser-sock hip gimmick, not that anyone was complaining about seeing Kara in a poodle skirt roller skating to the ring.

Question 29

Which Superstar Is This?

During the time Jim Cornette was booking Smokey Mountain and working here and there for the WWE, he was pushing these two guys. They'd eventually make there WWE debut as the Flying Nuns, managed by none other that Brother Love, Bruce Prichard. The bit was solely supposed to be a part of Shotgun Saturday Night, so the pairing quickly moved over to Monday Night Raw with the gimmick that brought them to the dance in the first place - the Headbangers.

Question 30

Which Superstar Is This?

After winning the second ever Divas Search in 2005, we'd soon learn that while this Diva had another pretty face, she was not your conventional Diva - she was more of a punk rock, biker girl than the usual bubblegum pop tart divas. She started strong by feuding with Vince’s Devils, alongside Trish Stratus, so it was pretty clear the company had high hopes for her. She would get the coveted (at the time) Playboy shoot spot, as well as work a few WrestleMania matches, most notably with Melina before leaving the company to care for her child.

Question 31

Which Superstar Is This?

Who says you need to two legs to wrestle? Having had his leg amputated when he was a boy, this kid refused to quit on his dreams and learned how to wrestle. After working in TNA for a few months, he debuted on Smackdown and alongside Stephanie McMahon, he was forced to wrestle the Big Show in the first ever “real” handicap match to earn his contract. His memorable but short run was mainly in part to his ability despite his differences, something he has excelled at in the indies, working with Jack Irons as the Handicapped Heroes.

Question 32

Which Superstar Is This?

We all remember Sunny in her better days, she's even in the Hall Of Fame for her accomplishments and we all remember Sable during her glory days. But where's the love given to Marlena? She was Goldust’s “director,” and later on it was revealed that they were real life husband and wife. She'd drop the Marlena gimmick shortly after the white-hot angle between she, ‘Dust and Brian Pillman, and went by her real name for the rest of her career, which consisted of leading a faction called PMS, and eventually a backstage interviewer.

Question 33

Which Superstar Is This?

In some ways, Nick Dinsmore had the ultimate fan gimmick. Long before Braun Strowman grabbed a kid out of the crowd and won the tag belts with him, Dinsmore’s character was a mega fan who knew everyone and pulled off plenty of their moves, even the Rock Bottom and the People’s Elbow. As Eric Bischoff’s on-screen nephew, he was “special,” and while back then it was an acceptable way to get over, by today's standards that aspect would certainly get left out of character development and only his fandom would stay.

Question 34

Which Superstar Is This?

The second Vampire on our quiz today had fangs and legs that lasted for days. Shelly Martinez, who was once part of a reality show to find a new Elvira, worked a tarot card reading Vampire gimmick where she would second Kevin Thorne to the ring in the early days of the ECW relaunch. While the gimmick did have potential and Martinez and her tarot cards were featured as a sort of opening narration to every week’s episode, supposed backstage beef with Batista spelled her early release.

Question 35

Which Superstar Is This?

Psst. Don't let Brock Lesnar see this - he could get really mad, but this guy could be considered a prototype of Brock’s. A failed prototype, but still a prototype. Brock’s the Beast, he was the Wildman. Brock left WWE to go UFC, he left amateur boxing to go to WCW. Brock could do a Shooting Star press, his SSP was the Wild Thing. Brock’s big move is the F-5, his was the similar looking TKO. Not to mention they were both married to Sable.

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