3. Ahmed Johnson
![via WWE via WWE](http://therichest.imgix.net/2016/10/3ahmed-1.jpg?auto=format&q=40&lossless=1&w=780&h=723&fit=crop)
The career of Ahmed Johnson is highly controversial for a number of reasons, most famously for the fact that he was WWE’s first African American Intercontinental Champion, and yet he claimed to have met anincredible amount of racism during his time in the company regardless of achieving that accolade.
The counterpoint to this argument is the other reason Johnson gets brought up these days, which was his reputation as one of the least safe wrestlers in history. Johnson was particularly injury-prone himself, making him an all-around dangerous person to be in the ring with.
Faarooq got the worst of Ahmed’s abuse, having his ribs broken and lung punctured by Johnson at WrestleMania 13. Owen Hart was also reported to frequently complain about minor injuries at Ahmed’s hand, including at least one concussion from a stiff scissor kick. Johnson went from a hot prospect to a pariah in only a few short years, as his co-workers in WWE were starting to refuse to work with him en masse. This was one of several factors that sent Johnson to WCW so soon after a seemingly meteoric rise to fame.
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