10 Wrestlers Who Returned From Injury And Then Got Injured

5. Ahmed Johnson

Much like with Mr. Kennedy earlier in this list, Ahmed Johnson also had all the potential in the world but, for a multitude of reasons, it didn’t work out.

The former football player was one of the company’s pet projects during the New Generation era, given a sizeable push straight out of the gate. 

He won the Intercontinental Championship at the 1996 King of the Ring, becoming the first African-American performer to do so, and headlined the following In Your House event alongside Shawn Michaels and Sycho Sid. And then, everything went a bit wrong.

Johnson was diagnosed with kidney issues shortly after becoming number one contender to the WWE Championship, which derailed that angle. 

He returned later in 1996, joined The Nation of Domination the following year, and was set to re-assume his position as an upper-midcarder before a flurry of injuries put rest to those plans once again. 

By 1998, he was gone from the promotion, his momentum entirely snuffed out. He then had a brief, infamous stint in WCW as Big T as Johnson has hardly been involved in pro wrestling since.