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Alberto Del Rio (WWE)

Alberto Del Rio spent years on the Mexican circuit as Dos Caras, Jr, getting attention and work with enterprises of other countries. He signed a contract with US based WWE in 2009. His Ted DiBiase meets John "Bradshaw" Layfield meets Eddie Guerrero gimmick was a huge hit with fans, becoming one of the most popular heels on the WWE roster, winning the Royal Rumble six months into his debut, and scoring a championship match at WrestleMania 27 against Edge in what would be the latter's final match. While his loss there quickly dried up his momentum, he was able to rebound at that year's Money in the Bank, winning the contract for the WWE Championship and ultimately cashing it in on CM Punk at that year's edition of SummerSlam.

That win, however, both marked the peak of his success and set off his fall from it, as people saw the cash-in an attempt to bury Punk and cut off all the momentum he had from the "Summer of Punk" angle. Del Rio's booking as a champion would be very weak, losing the title to John Cena in his first defense and winning it right back from him shortly afterwards.

After losing the WWE Championship to Punk at Survivor Series to start his legendary 434-day reign, Del Rio quickly faded into the background, taking a few months off to heal before returning to feud with Sheamus for the World Heavyweight title. The feud, which was quickly decried by fans as boring and seemingly endless, failed to do anything for either man's career.

Del Rio turned face not long after his feud was finished and won the WHC from The Big Show, but it bombed so badly that he went back to being a heel shortly afterwards.

Del Rio would be barely an afterthought for the next year, ultimately being released after getting into a fight with a backstage worker. Del Rio was able to redeem himself the year afterwards thanks to his work in The World Wrestling League, Lucha Underground and AAA as "El Patron", and eventually returned to WWE in 2015, winning the United States championship from John Cena and getting a massive pop from the crowd. But not even a day after his return, all the work he did to repair his battered image was completely undone, as the fans quickly reverted to showing nothing but apathy towards him.

His involvement with the League of Nations only made things worse, but the final straw in his career was his relationship with Paige, as the two ultimately started to get continuously into trouble with the WWE Wellness Policy, and less than a year later Del Rio was once again released from his contract.

He went over to Impact Wrestling immediately afterwards, where he was hotshoted to the GFW title, even though people could not care much less about it, and his title reign became yet another symbol of TNA's slow, painful death.

The final nail in the coffin came from the downward spiral his personal life went through, as he became increasingly bitter and resentful towards the way WWE treated him, and his relationship with Paige reached a point where the two ended their engagement amidst allegations of Domestic Abuse on Del Rio's part.

Today, Alberto Del Rio is seen by fans as an example of an overhyped heel who failed to make any lasting impact, reeked of mediocrity, and at the end of the day proved to be an utterly embarrassing person outside kayfabe, so much so that few people will admit to having ever liked him.