10 Bizarre Ways Wrestlers Have Been Written Off TV

8. Destination OVW

The Spirit Squad stable was WWE’s way of calling up five prospects from feeder farm Ohio Valley Wrestling at the same time. 

The quintet of green-clad greenhorns were thrust into the spotlight as the annoying male cheerleaders who initially did dance routines and then somehow found themselves in major storylines and in possession Raw’s World Tag Team titles. 

In mixing with the McMahons, D-Generation X and other top stars, the group’s members must have felt they were made men. Hell, they even got a pay-per-view main event out of their association with Vince, Shane, Hunter and Shawn, even if they were trounced and then humiliated in the five-on-two handicap match at Vengeance. 

Unfortunately for them, that wasn’t the end of their humbling at the hands of The Game and Heartbreak Kid. After losing a five-on-three handicap match to DX and Ric Flair on the November 27, 2006, episode of Raw, Mikey, Johnny, Kenny, Nicky and Mitch were bundled into a crate labelled ‘Destination: OVW, Louisville, Kentucky’, letting fans know that they were literally being shipped back to developmental.