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* Before Teddy Hart, there was The Dirt Bike Kid. A "money mark"[[note]]pro wrestling term for someone who bought their way into the business rather than 'paying their dues'[[/note]] with solid high flying talent but a massive ego, he inexplicably befriended Wrestling/{{Sabu}}. This lead to some Wrestling/{{ECW}} appearances, which lead to an invitation to a tournament in Michinoku Pro. The theme of the tournament was that it was for masked cruiserweights. The intended winner was Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke, and Dirt Bike Kid was to be his first round opponent. However, Dirt Bike Kid - who had less than a dozen matches under his belt at the time - decided that M-Pro was being disrespectful to him by asking him to wear a mask and having him lose in the first round. He refused to wear his mask, and then tried to [[NoSell no-sell]] Sasuke's spin kick finisher. Sasuke responded by beating the hell out of him for real, finishing it with a guillotine choke that made Dirt Bike Kid scream like a little girl.

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* Two more guys from the early days of ROH that fit this trope are Wrestling/LowKi and Wrestling/AustinAries, both of whom are difficult to get along with, don't like putting anyone over (and often throw a hissyfit when they do put someone over), and are basically PersonaNonGrata in the wrestling world because neither one has drawn nearly enough money at any point to justify their behavior.
* Before Teddy Hart, there was The Dirt Bike Kid. A "money mark"[[note]]pro mark"[[note]]A pro wrestling term for someone who bought their way into the business rather than 'paying their dues'[[/note]] dues', though it usually applies to promoters, not wrestlers[[/note]] with solid high flying talent but a massive ego, he inexplicably befriended Wrestling/{{Sabu}}. This lead to some Wrestling/{{ECW}} appearances, which lead to an invitation to a tournament in Michinoku Pro. The theme of the tournament was that it was for masked cruiserweights. The intended winner was Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke, and Dirt Bike Kid was to be his first round opponent. However, Dirt Bike Kid - who had less than a dozen matches under his belt at the time - decided that M-Pro was being disrespectful to him by asking him to wear a mask and having him lose in the first round. He refused to wear his mask, and then tried to [[NoSell no-sell]] Sasuke's spin kick finisher. Sasuke responded by beating the hell out of him for real, finishing it with a guillotine choke that made Dirt Bike Kid scream like a little girl.
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* Announcer Wrestling/MichaelCole, with his FaceHeelTurn in late 2010. He frequently declares himself the "Voice of the WWE", takes pride in his past as a broadcast journalist, and likes to brag about his Wrestling/WrestleMania "victory" over fellow announcer Wrestling/JerryLawler.[[note]]Though in reality, it wasn't really an "earned" victory, per se, the Anonymous Raw GM overturned Lawler's victory in favour of Cole.[[/note]], as well as his "superior" wrestling skills due to the aforementioned fact. It got better once he turned back to face.

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* Announcer Wrestling/MichaelCole, with his FaceHeelTurn in late 2010. He frequently declares himself the "Voice of the WWE", takes pride in his past as a broadcast journalist, and likes to brag about his Wrestling/WrestleMania "victory" over fellow announcer Wrestling/JerryLawler.[[note]]Though Wrestling/JerryLawler[[note]]Though in reality, it wasn't really an "earned" victory, per se, the Anonymous Raw GM overturned Lawler's victory in favour of Cole.[[/note]], as well as his "superior" wrestling skills due to the aforementioned fact. It got better once he turned back to face.

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