10 Wrestlers WWE Gave Up On Too Quickly

6. Damien Sandow

Very much under the Vince McMahon regime, there was a belief among WWE fans that a talent was only allowed to get over if the company actively wanted them to. Fired after a forgettable 2006 run on SmackDown, Aron Stevens toiled on the indies, won back the attention of his former employer and reported once again to the development system. 

While there, he crafted the Damien Sandow persona, which was his ticket back to the main roster. The Intellectual Saviour of the Masses was something very different and struck a chord with the WWE audience. Working his way up the card, Sandow formed Team Rhodes Scholars with Cody Rhodes, which led to an inevitable split when he betrayed his partner in order to secure the Money in the Bank briefcase in 2013.

It was a prop that could have propelled Sandow to the very top tier, but WWE instead booked Sandow to be the first person to fail to cash it in as he senselessly lost to John Cena on Raw. Sandow would then get over with the fans again as Damien Mizdow, only for WWE to blow off his eventual feud with The Miz in no time and on the side of The Miz. 

From here, the brass ring only grew further and further out of reach as Damien plummeted to the bottom of the bill and eventually received his release in 2016.