5 Superstars WWE wants you to forget

WWE is a global sports entertainment brand and the largest professional wrestling promotion in the world. Hundreds of superstars have made their mark on the big stage and left a legacy that will always be remembered.

Others didn't make much of an impact on the company and got themselves involved in disturbing situations. When a superstar gets involved in something controversial or illegal, WWE quickly distances themselves from that wrestler and their profile page gets removed from WWE.com.

One recent example is Hulk Hogan, who had his profile removed from WWE's official website and hall of fame page, due to the latter's racist remarks. If a superstar currently working in the company gets involved in anything that would make the company look bad, they won't resist releasing the superstar from their contract.

We have seen this occur multiple times in the past. WWE refrains from mentioning any of their names on television, social media, or anywhere else.

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Superstars put their lives on the line every-time they step foot in the ring for our entertainment. Although they have done some unforgivable things in their personal lives, their in-ring careers are still something to remember. Here are 5 Superstars WWE doesn't want you to remeber:

#5 Cameron

Cameron did not have a satisfying career in WWE

We all remember former WWE star Cameron. Under her real name Ariane, she joined the 2011 season of Tough Enough where she was the first competitor eliminated. She later signed with WWE and joined Naomi in forming The Funkadactyls. From July 2013 to March 2015, she was featured as one of the main cast members of the reality television show Total Divas. She was one of the worst wrestlers to ever appear in WWE.

She competed on the main roster with former WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi and in singles competition even though she sucked at wrestling and her matches were filled with frequent botches.

She once even pinned Naomi on an episode of Raw when Naomi was stomach first on the mat. Cameron has zero sense of wrestling and the fact that she made it to the main roster of the world's largest wrestling company is shocking.

After taking a hiatus from television, she was moved to NXT, which was actually not surprising. After two months of inactivity, WWE announced on the 6th of May in 2016 that Cameron had been released from her WWE contract, and the company doesn't look forward to rehiring her.

In August 2012, she was arrested for driving under the influence, and trying to bribe the arresting officer. She was punished with a two-week suspension by WWE for the incident.

#4 Eva Marie

Professional wrestler turned actress Eva Marie did not have a very entertaining career in WWE either. She had beef with her female colleagues, as seen in Total Divas, where she was accused of using WWE to boost her own image for her brand and acting career. She wasn't liked by fans either, and was occasionally booed every time she made her presence known in the arena.

She barely knew how to wrestle, and she botched certain moves in her matches and had very weak mic skills. There wasn't anything good about her in WWE, and no one ever looks back and says "I miss Eva Marie". She did not have a very promising run on the main roster, which lead her to move to NXT.

In February 2017, Eva Marie had begun pursuing interests outside of wrestling and began removing WWE references from her social media accounts. In July last year, it was announced that she would not be returning to the seventh season of WWE Total Divas. In August, Eva Marie announced that she and WWE had parted ways. She went on to become an actress, which makes the accusations of her using WWE to boost her image a bit true.

#3 Sable

Before being known as Brock Lesnar's wife, Sable was one of the first WWE Divas, and gained considerable popularity in the Attitude Era. She was the biggest villainous female superstar in WWE at that time, and the second woman to win the WWF Women's Championship.

Sable was in a dispute with WWE, which lead her to be stripped of the Women's Championship on-screen. She was also very unpopular backstage, to the extent that Sean Waltman has since admitted to playing a nasty practical joke on her last day with the WWF.

In June 1999, Sable quit the WWF and filed a $110 million lawsuit against the company, citing allegations of sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions. She claimed to have filed the lawsuit after refusing to go topless on TV.

During the lawsuit, Vince McMahon counter-sued her over control of the stage name "Sable". Sable reduced the amount she was seeking in damages, and they eventually settled out of court in August 1999. After her WWF exit, she made an on-camera appearance as an audience member on World Championship Wrestling's Nitro on June 14, 1999.

#2 CM Punk

CM Punk being on this list doesn't come as a surprise. Punk expressed his frustrations about his WWE career in his infamous "Pipebomb" promo, which took the world by storm. After becoming unhappy in WWE, Punk retired from professional wrestling in 2014, and then pursued a career in MMA, and was signed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in December of that year.

Punk was a very popular figure in professional wrestling. He was a fan favourite and many considered him their favourite WWE Superstar. He was one of the best wrestlers in WWE history. Unfortunately for Punk, he was fighting his own battles in the company.

On an episode of Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast, Punk broke his silence regarding his exit from WWE. In a detailed interview, Punk said that he was suspended for two months after walking out on the company and that after the suspension ended, nobody from WWE contacted him.

Punk also told that when he reached out to them for unpaid royalties, he was given a run-around by company executives until he was handed his termination papers and was fired by WWE on his wedding day in June 2014.

The manner of firing was the last straw for Punk, stating that he would never return to WWE and that following a legal settlement with WWE, there would be no further working relationship between them.

#1 Chris Benoit

WWE fans born in the 21st Century might not remember or know Chris Benoit. The late professional wrestler was regarded by many as the greatest wrestler of all time, including industry journalist Dave Meltzer, who considered Benoit "one of the top 10, maybe even the top 5, all-time greats", before his death in 2007 caused by suicide.

Benoit has won multiple championships around the world and even headlined WrestleMania XX, where he won the World Heavyweight Championship. He was also booked to win the ECW Championship but he wasn't present at the PPV.

Benoit committed suicide in 2007 by hanging himself on his lat pulldown machine. WWE cancelled the scheduled three-hour long live Raw show on June 25 and replaced the broadcast version with a three-hour tribute to his life and career, featuring his past matches, segments and comments from wrestlers and announcers.

However, once the details of the murder-suicide became apparent, WWE quickly and quietly began distancing itself from the wrestler by removing merchandise and no longer mentioning him. Since then, WWE has never mentioned Benoit ever again.

Edited by Anthony Akatugba Jr.