10 Giants Who Failed In WWE
WWE can't love every big man
3. Tyson Tomko
Appearing on television around the same time as Luther Reigns and put in a similar role, Tyson Tomko also very much looked the part, with his cut physique, devilish beard and plentiful tattoos.
Enlisted as Christian and Trish Stratus’s ‘problem solver’, Tomko basically had to stand there in a tank top and act menacing while delivering the occasional power move, something he did well.
The dynamic worked wonders, even more so when Stratus left the picture and Tomko got some much-needed ring time in tag bouts with Captain Charisma.
When Christian was switched over to SmackDown in the 2005 draft, however, Tomko was forced to go solo.
He got the requisite monster heel push, knocking out jobbers and lower card fodder with his big boot, before getting fed two weeks in a row to John Cena, which seemed to indicate that WWE didn’t have any grand plans for him.
After that, they paired him up with Gene Snitsky, but the team wrestled mostly on Heat and house shows and, not content with his lot, Tomko requested and was granted his release in April of 2006.
Following strong runs in Japan and for TNA, WWE actually hired Tomko back a couple of years later, but released him again months later before he could make an appearance on television.
