10 Superstars who were blacklisted by WWE

Ultimate Warrior

Ultimate Warrior had his share of troubles with the WWE

The only wrestler in this list who was blacklisted but was later revoked. The Warrior’s issues with the WWE are legendary. Between 1996 and 1998, both Warrior and WWF were engaged in a series of lawsuits and legal action regarding the ownership of the characters Warrior and Ultimate Warrior, under both contract and copyright law which the court ruled it in favour of Warrior.

On September 27, 2005, the WWE released a DVD titled “The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior” which soured their relations further. The DVD featured clips of his most notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past or present (most of which was unflattering) and was a complete character assassination of The Ultimate Warrior.

Although the Warrior’s relation with the WWE was strained at times, more recently the WWE has recognised him as one of the legends of the company thus inducting him into the WWE Hall Of Fame last year on the night before Wrestlemania XXX. To commemorate the event, on April 1, 2014 WWE released Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection, a 3-DVD, 540-minute compilation of matches and stories that portrayed the Warrior far more positively.

Warrior made his final appearance on April 7th on Raw, the day before his death. Warrior collapsed while walking to his car and was declared dead.

Juventud Guerrera

The Juice had a huge ego problem

The Juice is pretty much banned from working in any US based promotion. He was known to have a reputation for being late to shows, being disruptive, unreliable and carrying an unbearable backstage presence since his arrival into the company in late 2005.

The Juice was also known to be egoistic and delusional, referring to himself always in third person and thought himself to be at the same level with the likes of Steve Austin and The Undertaker. He also believed The Rock’s gimmick to be truly his, so much so he referred to himself as “The Rock Of Mexico”.

On January 2006, WWE announced that Juventud has been released from the company. His final match aired that evening on SmackDown, a Cruiserweight Title rematch against Kid Kash, which Guerrera lost. When he was being told that he was going to lose, he attempted to take a number of key moves out of the match so that Kash wouldn’t kick out of them.

He also gave Kidd a few stiff shots despite the WWE telling its cruiserweights to tone down on dangerous aerial moves and the 450-degree splash, the later being banned by the WWE for an earlier match with Paul London where he botched the move, resulting in London suffering several fractured bones in his face.

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