It may be hard to believe now, but there was a time in the mid 90’s where Ahmed Johnson was the most over babyface in the WWF with the exception of Shawn Michaels.  Johnson was big and powerful and with his quiet yet fierce demeanor, fans bought into his street guy made good image.  Numerous injuries combined with an ill-advised heel turn, than subsequent face turn caused fans to lose interest in the muscular African-American.  By the end of his run, Johnson was accused of being sloppy in the ring and causing legitimate injuries to the other workers.  Had Ahmed Johnson not been injury prone, it is possible that he would have gone down as one of the most popular black wrestlers of all time.

Flash Funk may not have set the world on fire, but as 2 Cold Scorpio, he was a high flying innovator who danced his way to stardom.  He would win the Tag Team belts in WCW, but it was in ECW that he was allowed to shine in singles matches and exhibit other aspects of his personality.  The WWE totally dropped the ball on him, packaging him as Flash Funk, but despite his “flashy” attire, his personality was not allowed to shine (though Charles Wright perfected that role as the Godfather a year later).  Had the WWE (and isn’t this a theme here) not have dropped the ball with Scorpio, the sky could have been the limit for what he could have achieved there.

Brian Christopher carved a decent career for himself in Memphis and became a fixture in the Light Heavyweight Division in the WWF.  That same division allowed Scott Taylor to finally get some airtime on television.  They would be paired up to form “Too Much” and they found themselves a slightly larger spot on WWF broadcasts.  Shockingly, it was when they morphed into Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty respectively, the rechristened team of “Too Cool” would deliver some of the biggest pops of the night.

Possibly the toughest female wrestler of any generation, Akira Hokuto was also damn good.  She made sporadic appearances in the United States, but her matches are still sought after on YouTube and her legend continues to grow.  Japanese female wrestling may not have the luster it once had, but to those who followed it, Hokuto is considered its queen.