10 Superstars who were blacklisted by WWE

Nailz

Nailz got into an altercation with Vince McMahon

In 1992, Wacholz debuted in the WWF as Nailz, an ex-convict who, in a series of promos, alleged he was abused by former prison guard Big Boss Man during his incarceration. He also claimed to be innocent of his (unspecified) crimes. Following Big Boss Man's squash of Dave Roulette on the May 30 episode, Nailz (dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit) attacked Boss Man, handcuffing him to the top rope and repeatedly hitting and choking him with his own nightstick.

Nailz easily defeated numerous jobbers en route to defeating Boss Man's ally Virgil at Summerslam. He continued to feud with Boss Man, who had recovered from Nailz's beating. The feud came to its climax when Big Boss Man defeated Nailz in a nightstick match at Survivor Series.

Before Nailz finished the feud with Boss Man, he began another feud, this time with The Undertaker. The two had a stare down on the October 24 episode of Superstars, a photo of which was used as the cover of the January 1993 issue of WWF Magazine.

However, Wacholz was released from his WWF contract in December 1992, after he allegedly attacked Vince McMahon in his office over a financial dispute. Bret Hart recalled in his autobiography that Wacholz "cornered Vince in his office and screamed at him for fifteen minutes". Hart claims he was just down the hall from the office when he heard a loud crash, which was Wacholz "knocking Vince over in his chair, choking him violently".

The incident led to a series of lawsuits between Wacholz and the WWF. Wacholz alleged McMahon had given him steroids on a number of occasions; McMahon denied the claim. Wacholz then filed a wrongful termination lawsuit. The WWF filed a counterclaim against Wacholz, but both suits were later dropped.

In 1994, Wacholz testified against McMahon during his trial on charges of supplying steroids to WWF wrestlers. He claimed McMahon had told him to take steroids. According to the 2003 book WrestleCrap, his testimony included the comment "I hate Vince McMahon's guts."

Jeff Jarrett

Jarrett had extorted money to wrestle at No Mercy.

Jeff Jarrett was the Founder and Former President of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. He left the company right after Vince Russo resigned from the company in 1999 only to join the WCW. Jarrett contract expired on October 1999, which was just a day before his Intercontinental Title defense against Chyna at No Mercy. Though Jarrett lost, Chyna later alleged that Jarrett and Russo had colluded in order to delay Jarrett’s title defense until after Jarrett’s contract had expired.

It is also alleged that Jarrett extorted around $300,000 from WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to wrestle at No Mercy and defend the title without a contract. After WCW was purchased by WWF, the company failed to acquire his contract being uninterested in him, leaving Jarrett without a job.

Jarrett was seen on the last Nitro while McMahon watched the show. He was fired on-air by the WWE Chairman mocking his trademark taunt of distinctly spelling out his name by saying that he would now be known as "Capital G Double-O Double-N Double-E".

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