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Any of the Natural Born Thrillers. Not a disappointment in their skill, as they were all capable at the least (Reno), excellent at the top (O'Haire, Sanders, possibly Jindrak). Disappointment in the way they were handled. They came in with a ton of hype as the "next generation" of WCW stars, but WCW died before any of them could have become anything, and the WWF wasn't about to let any of them become stars "up north."
At the very least, O'Haire should have had a couple runs with the IC/US title with his Devil's Advocate gimmick. Jindrak had all the tools other than the ability to talk, so pairing him with one of the early-2000s WWF/E managers like Heyman or Long could have pushed him to a strong upper-midcard run. Mike Sanders never made it out of developmental.
The closest thing to an NBT success story was Chuck Palumbo, but that was entirely the result of his angle with Billy Gunn and Rico. Once he was back on his own, he did the generic bad-ass biker thing for about a week, then was released.
This isn't a matter of them not living up to my own personal hype so much as it is that the hype they were given was never given a chance to pan out.
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