Those who saw him perform in the ring will never say they saw a talented in ring performer, but when Dennis Rodman competed for WCW he did so at a time when he was among the most known Basketball players in the world.  His association with the New World Order angle brought more mainstream attention to wrestling and helped to spike the buy rate of a major Pay Per View.

Lawrence Taylor may have been the undeserving recipient of the main event match at Wrestlemania XI, but he did not embarrass himself once he got into the ring.  He did all the necessary work leading up to the match (including a very realistic beginning to the angle at the Royal Rumble) and managed to be led to a decent match by Bam Bam Bigelow.

Yes we know that this man should NEVER have had the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the booking at that promotion’s timeframe could be considered among the worst in wrestling history.  Still, David Arquette’s cross promotion did bring attention to WCW and his on screen persona was better than half of the roster at the time.  Arquette likely knows he had no business being the Champion but considering that he at least respected the industry and that the WCW World Title had a small fraction of worth left, it could have been much worse.  Actually, wasn’t it when Vince Russo was the champ?

When the WWE began the program that saw Floyd Mayweather take on the Big Show at Wrestlemania, wrestling fans worldwide let out a collective groan.  How could this match be any good, people wondered and who did Paul Wight anger in his return to the WWE to be forced to work with a boxer who was 300 pounds less than him?  Shockingly, the match turned about to be very entertaining and though it was far from a wrestling clinic, it was damn entertaining and the Big Show looked good in the expected loss.  Mayweather took a lot of shots in the match and proved he really wanted to make the event look good.  He probably didn’t earn the major payday he reportedly received, but he was “Money” on that night.