From Muhammad Hassan to Chris Masters, the 2020s is our official timeline of "2000s era nostalgia & reflection". It's astounding how many Ruthless Aggression dropouts & failures we got during the MySpace years. These were the young hires of the mid-late 2000s who basically never won any singles main WWE world titles (ECW don't count) or reached anywhere NEAR their full potential until they were inevitably future endeavor'd. Did you expect ANY of these bums carry the company back when they were had some promise & hope? Personally, I thought Carlito's win over Cena in '04 for the US title felt like a teaser for a future EPIC "John Cena vs Carlito Carribean Cool" feud that would last for years. I'm talking about both dudes main eventing Manias & headlining the card like Rock & Austin or Hogan & Savage used to (I was kind of a Carlito mark, can't front). Of course, Puerto Rican Apple got injured, caught heat, relegated in forgettable tag teams, ultimately released (or he left, whichever cope works) only to return in-ring last year and get a bigger pop than any point of his former WWE tenure. I also thought Elijah Burke had some legit potential. He had an awesome theme song, cool moveset, muscular bodytype, not the tallest but wasn't short in height, and decent mic skills/charisma to pull it off. We saw a glimpse of his main event flash when he faced AJ in TNA, but it wasn't enough. As far as Kennedy, the dude was Mr. McMahon's pet project until he pissed off too many people. Dude won MITB, could've been World or WWE champ, got hit with a few injuries, and was eventually TNA'd. I used to get hype during his promos even if they got repetitive, similar to how LA Knight's charisma shines through today.