5. Sheamus (2009)
The Great White tore through the ranks of “ECW” and upon being promoted to Raw was quickly given a World Title push. Was it his Irish heritage that appealed to Vince? The fact that he was Triple H’s “training buddy”?
Hard to say if WWE had the foresight to envision him as a face and ambassador for the company (and KMart shill) after a few years as a top heel, but it happened. Hard to believe this is the same guy who brutalized Jerry Lawler to get over as a heel a little over 3 years ago.
The list seems highly wwe-centric although the only WCW push that immediately comes to mind is the one you included
I immediately thought of Goldberg and I have also thought that Ryback has been a poor imitation of Goldberg since his repackage.
I’d like to the the “pushes gone wrong” list you teased in the intro!
Forgot how they pushed Sheamus to the moon out of ECW.
I thought this was a WWE article until number 1 … I expected to see Yokozuna at the top spot since he was pushed to kill Hulkamania
anyway
The Sting/Crow Push
The DDP Push
The Booker T push
all come to mind for me
The Hardy Solo Push as well
Good post