10 WWE Prospects Who Caused Their Own Downfall
These WWE prospects failed because of their own actions
6. Mordecai
Kevin Fertig toiled in developmental for a few years as Seven, and was, at various points, set to be brought up as part of a monstrous tag team with feeder farm partner Tyson Tomko. Plans change, though, and Fertig instead was given a complete gimmick overhaul.
The new character was Mordecai, an all-white, religious zealot who was coming to rid the SmackDown brand of sin.
The Pale Rider came in with a lot of hype, getting the vignette treatment and a couple of wins on back-to-back pay-per-views, before he suddenly did a job to Rey Mysterio and was sent back to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
According to Fertig, he was being primed for programmes with The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero when he got into a bar fight and those plans were hastily cancelled.
With a potential lawsuit lingering over his head as a result of the fight, Fertig was released. Though he was brought back a couple of years later as vampiric ECW New Breeder Kevin Thorn, he was never earmarked for any main event feuds or matches and had to instead lament what could have been.
