Today we present you Top 10 WWE Stars Who Were Bullied Out Of The Company
10. Daniel Puder
The Tough Enough competition has provided
some of WWE’s next top stars,
including Maven,
Ryback
and The Miz,
but few winners have done well.
One winner who amounted to very little is 2004’s Daniel Puder,
who defeated the future WWE A-lister in the finals,
but ticked off a lot of Superstars along the way.
On the November fourth episode of SmackDown,
Kurt Angle challenged contestant Chris Nawrocki to an amateur-style match,
and after defeating Nawrocki, breaking his ribs in the process,
the Olympain was challenged by Puder.
Putting his MMA experience to use, Puder caught Angle in a keylock, a hold that would’ve broken the former WWE Champion’s arm,
if referee Jimmy Korderas hadn’t fast-counted Puder’s shoulders to the mat.
Trying to make a name for himself quickly made Puder
one of the most hated men in WWE,
and despite winning the competition, was not booked well.
Appearing in the 2005 Royal Rumble,
Puder was subjected to very stiff chops from Chris Benoit,
Eddie Guerrero
and Hardcore Holly before his elimination.
Spending his one-year contract in OVW,
Puder rejected a lowball offer to move to Deep South Wrestling,
and ended his WWE career.
9. Ivelisse Vélez
Now a star of Lucha Underground,
Ivelisse Vélez is another Tough Enough
star to not make it in WWE.
However, this wasn’t her fault,
and she certainly can’t be blamed for having a bad attitude.
Instead, Vélez only spent a year in developmental before being released,
though revealed the controversy behind her release in a 2015 interview.
In said interview, Vélez claimed that
WWE trainer Bill DeMott was the reason for her release,
after she spoke up against the former WWE star’s bullying ways.
DeMott, who resigned from WWE in March 2015,
reportedly used sexist,
racist
and homophobic slurs
as part of his so-called training, and
The former Hugh Morrus
also allegedly promoted a culture of sexual harassment,
and was physically abusive to the rookies.
Whilst these allegations were nothing new,
and had even led to DeMott getting fired from the WWE in 2007,
before being rehired in 2011,
Vélez wasn’t the only Superstar to speak up against DeMott,
who to this day continues to deny any wrongdoing.
Whilst this was a huge victory for Vélez
as well as countless other Superstars,
we do have to wonder
just how her career in WWE could’ve been
if WWE had taken action sooner.
8.Vader
Standing at 6 foot 11 and weighing nearly 500lbs,
it’s hard to imagine that
anyone could push around Big Van Vader.
One of the most respected stars from his time in Japan,
Vader hoped to be a big star in WWE,
though things quickly went south.
Entering his first feud with then WWE Champion Shawn Michaels
the pair were set to face off
for the title at Summerslam 1996.
Michaels, who was at his most petty,
was no fan of Vader,
and berated the super-heavyweight backstage,
telling Vader he could get him fired at any time,
and would, if he was too stiff in the ring.
Brought to tears by HBK, Vader’s time got worse,
as it became clear he was not going to become the company’s next monster heel.
Instead, Vader was forced to refer to himself as a
“fat piece of you-know-what”
on RAW by the writers,
and even Vince McMahon joined in,
complaining about his employee’s odour
during a live AOL chat.
Leaving the WWF in 1998,
Vader thankfully found himself back in Japan,
where he once again proved his greatness.
6.Sable
The original Diva, it’s hard to express
just how over Sable was with fans
during the Attitude Era.
One of the biggest stars of the time,
Sable’s 1999 Playboy magazine went on to become
one of the best-selling issues ever,
at a time where wrestling was at it’s most popular in the mainstream.
Not long after her issue was published,
Sable abruptly left the WWE,
and filed a lawsuit against WWE
for over $100 million.
Alleging that she was subjected to sexual harassment
and unsafe working conditions,
the future Mrs. Lesnar claimed
that she was demanded to appear topless on TV,
and that male Superstars would spy on the women,
either by ‘accidentally’ walking into the female locker-room,
or by cutting holes in the walls.
These claims seemed a lot more believable after Sean Waltman
admitted to putting faeces in Sable’s bag,
though she and WWE would settle
for an undisclosed amount out of court.
Returning to WWE years later,
Sable would once again pose for Playboy with the company,
and hopefully had a better experience with the company
the second time around.
5.Rene Dupree
In 2003, Rene Dupree made history,
as the youngest man to ever win a championship at WWE, aged just 19 years old,
a record that he would hold for 15 years
before being beaten by 10-year-old Nicholas.
But despite winning the World Tag Team Championships
with La Resistance as a teenager,
this was not the start of a long, fruitful WWE career.
Whilst the young man’s battle with addiction did harm his career,
it was ultimately bullying,
led by notorious bully JBL
that caused him to exit the WWE.
Berated by the Texan with homophobic slurs,
Dupree would also have his wrestling gear destroyed,
and the French flag he used
shoved in the toilet.
Hardcore Holly also victimized Dupree,
after a confusion with a car rental led to a
traffic ticket meant for Dupree ended up in Holly’s name.
Settling this in the ring, Holly battered the young Superstar
at a house show in Syracuse,
which included several unprotected chairshots to Dupree’s head.
With friends in the right places, Holly received no punishment for his actions,
as the Undertaker defended it,
and Dupree left the company in 2007,
miserable, and after reportedly suffering dozens of concussions.
4.Amy Weber
Amy Weber’s time with WWE
may have been unremarkable,
but her departure from the company was anything but.
Coming in fourth place in the 2004 Diva Search,
Weber was later signed
and joined SmackDown,
where she could’ve had a good career in the right environment.
The problem is that she wasn’t in the right environment
after being assigned to the Cabinet of JBL.
A known Bully,
Bradshaw made her life miserable, with a tour overseas being the final straw.
During this tour, a group of wrestlers,
including JBL began circulating flyers for a strip cub Weber had reportedly appeared at,
in what was nothing more than vicious hazing.
Though JBL allegedly apologised for this clear unprofessional conduct,
things got worse for Weber,
as she suffered an injury overseas,
making many in the locker-room feel she was weak,
despite them all having their own injuries in the past.
Flying from Japan to Alaska,
Weber was in so much pain
that she laid across empty seats,
which was fine as there were plenty spare.
Whilst relaxing and trying to nurse her injury though,
a group of un-named wrestlers poured an un-identifiable liquid on her,
prompting Weber to leave the company for good.
3.Jim Ross
There have sadly been plenty of bullying in WWE behind the scenes
but few stars have been bullied as much on-screen as Jim Ross.
A true legend of the industry, it’s amazing that Good Ol’ JR remained
so loyal to the company after being treated so poorly by the Chairman himself.
Among the long list of mis-treatments of the Oklahoma-native,
McMahon mocked Ross’ Bell’s Palsy attack on TV,
, and inducted JR into the Kiss My Ass club in his hometown of Oklahoma City.
Even when Ross wasn’t present on RAW, this didn’t stop the Chairman,
who embarrassed the iconic commentator with the infamous Dr. Hiney sketch, not long after JR underwent surgery for colon cancer.
In 2012, JR’s career with WWE came to an end, after he was blamed for the behaviour of Ric Flair,
who appeared drunk during a WWE 2K13 panel Ross was moderating.
Whilst his career was spun as a retirement by the company,
and JR has made the odd return for big shows, fans can’t help but wonder just how loyal the
man can be to a company that mocked him, his health and his life for years.
2.The Hart Foundation
Whilst this wasn’t necessarily bullying by the WWE,
the treatment of the Hart Foundation in 1997 showed just how little the company valued their employees.
In the fallout of the Montreal Screwjob, everyone was worried.
Bret Hart had been screwed over by Vince McMahon after years of dedicated service
something that clearly ticked off the remaining foundation.
Feeling powerless and expendable because of this, Owen Hart
the British Bulldog and Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart all requested their releases
no-doubt hoping to jump to WCW to reunite with the Hitman.
Things didn’t quite pan out as planned,
as whilst Bulldog was allowed to leave, Neidhart only got to leave after being embarrassed by DX on RAW,
the same DX that had been the victors in the Montreal Screwjob.
This left Owen, the youngest of the group on his own, and despite requesting his release, had it denied every time.
Now on his own, the Blackhart tried to make the best of the situation, though fans couldn’t help but be reminded
of the 1997 Survivor Series whenever he appeared on TV, before his tragic, untimely death at Over the Edge 1999.
1.Mauro Ranallo
Whilst past infractions of JBL’s bullying on the list happened a long time ago,
the former WWE Champion proved how little he had changed in 2017.
Shortly before WrestleMania 33, Bradshaw’s commentary partner Mauro Ranallo
left his post behind the commentary desk, citing symptons of his lifelong battle with Bipolar disorder.
Not long after though, news emerged of harassment from JBL that contributed to Ranallo’s relapse,
with Mauro’s friend Bas Rutten practically confirming the allegations on Twitter.
The final straw came when JBL chastised Ranallo for acknowledging
his Best TV Announcer award from the Wrestling Observer, an award that any one will tell you, Ranallo deserved.
Fortunately, the WWE Universe refused to let JBL get away with bullying someone out of the company again,
with loud ‘Fire Bradshaw’ chants echoing arenas during SmackDown Live tapings.
The story thankfully has a happy ending, as Ranallo has since returned,
though now in NXT, where he appears to be much happier.
And as for Bradshaw, whilst he was taken away from the commentary desk,
the company spun this as JBL leaving to focus on charity work,
helping to maintain the Texan’s image whilst sweeping countless examples of bullying under the rug.
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