Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

IMPACT Wrestling has seen plenty of wrestlers come and go since its inception back in 2002. Giants of the wrestling industry including Rob Van Dam, Sting, and Kurt Angle lent their talents to the company and went on to have memorable stints in the IMPACT Zone.

... but the same cannot be said for everyone.

Here are 21 wrestlers who had incredibly brief stints with IMPACT Wrestling. So brief, in fact, that you probably forgot they were ever there.

RIKISHI (2007)

WWE Hall of Famer Solofa F. Fatu Jr. performed for TNA under the name Junior Fatu for less than a month back in 2007.

We all remember Rikishi's alliance with Too Cool in WWE, but in TNA, he teamed up with LAX (no, not that one) to take on Team 3D and Kurt Angle at Bound For Glory 07. Sadly, Fatu didn't do any dancing, and his brief run ended when he failed to come to terms on a contract with TNA management.

Rikishi would return to WWE for a one-off in-ring performance in a 2014 episode of Raw, where he reunited with Too Cool to defeat 3MB in a six-man tag team match. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015 by his sons, Jimmy and Jey, aka The Usos.

TATANKA (2009)

Tatanka wrestled one match for TNA on an episode of IMPACT at the end of 2009 and defeated Jay Lethal, who was doing the Black Machismo Invitational schtick at the time.

He never performed for TNA/IMPACT Wrestling again.

He would eventually sign a Legends contract with WWE in 2015 and compete in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32, but we haven't seen much of him since.

Tatanka remains undefeated in TNA to this day.

THE BASHAM BROTHERS (2007)

Doug and Danny Basham came up in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was WWE's developmental territory at the time.

They debuted on the main roster in 2003 and went on to become tag team champions.

The Bashams parted ways with WWE in 2007, but made several appearances for TNA later that year. Doug wrestled as “Basham” and Danny as “Damaja” for some reason.

Their final appearance for the company was at Victory Road, where they were defeated by Voodoo Kin Mafia. They left the Impact Zone without making much of an impact.

CHRIS CANDIDO (2005)

Chris Candido wasn't a big dude, but he he sure knew how to work a match. He had a run in the World Wrestling Federation as Skip, one-half of the tag team The Bodydonnas, who would capture the WWF tag team tiles in 1996.

Candido left the company later that year and went on to have a great run in ECW which ended in 1999. He briefly appeared in WCW, but was in wrestling limbo for a few years after that.

"No Gimmicks Needed" made his TNA debut in January 2005 when he was still just 33-years-old. Sadly, his run was cut short when he sustained a nasty leg injury during a steel cage match in which he was tagging with Lance Hoyt (aka, Lance Archer) against Apolo and Sonny Siaki at the Lockdown pay-per-view in April of that year. He tragically passed away from pneumonia a few days later.

LINCE DORADO (2012, 2013)

Lince Dorado was a stalwart of the indie scene for years before he started tearing up WWE’s Cruiserweight division. But his resume also includes a few TNA matches. The luchador’s first match for the promotion was a dark match against Kazarian all the way back in 2012 when he was 24-years-old.

Dorado also participated in a seven-man Xscape match in 2013.

The luchador would go on to compete in WWE's inaugural Cruiserweight Classic in 2016, and would eventually be signed by the company. He can now be seen occasionally doing flips and stuff on 205 Live.

TOMMASO CIAMPA (2015)

Former NXT Champion Tomasso Ciampa debuted for the black and yellow brand during the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in 2015 … the exact same year he debuted in the Impact Zone! While competing in the Dusty Classic, Ciampa wasn’t officially signed to a WWE deal, which is how he ended up performing for Impact and NXT on the exact same night … well, that and the fact that both matches had been pre-taped some time prior to their airdates.

Ciampa would eventually ink a deal with WWE, where he'd have an incredible feud with his former tag team partner Johnny Gargano and an awesome run as NXT Champion. He also recovered from a potentially career-threatening neck injury in like, two days or something. Dude's a beast.

EL GENERICO (2011)

The mysterious luchador known as El Generico has been living off-the-grid since 2013. But before he retired to Mexico to look after orphans, he had a memorable career on the US indie wrestling scene. What you probably don’t remember is his (very brief) stint with TNA in 2011, when the masked man had a few tryout matches with the company.

Generico would continue to wrestle on the indies for a couple of years before announcing that he was quitting the business in order to take care of orphans in Mexico. Other than a few tweets here and there, nobody's heard from him since. If you're out there, Generico, and if you're reading this, we just wanna say: Olé!

JON MOXLEY (2008)

In 2008, the Lunatic Fringe wrestled Dr Lamar Braxton Porter in TNA. The future AEW World Champion would win the un-televised dark match, but he’d never set foot in the Impact Zone again. Which, in hindsight, was probably for the best considering what he would go on to do.

Moxley signed developmental deal with WWE in April 2011, joined forced with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in 2012 and captured the WWE Championship in 2016 when he cashed in the Money in the Bank briefcase he'd won that same night.

He later ditched WWE for greener pastures in Jacksonville.

THE YOUNG BUCKS (2009 - 2011, 2013)

Okay, you probably didn’t forget about this one, but it’s worth mentioning when you consider the fact that Matt and Nick are now Executive Vice Presidents of a wrestling promotion they co-founded.

The Bucks made their TNA debut in December 2009, and their signing was later announced on Twitter by then-TNA president Dixie Carter. They were then repackaged as Generation Me, and it was all downhill from there.

The Bucks parted ways with TNA in 2011, although they did return for a pair of special appearances in 2013. The Bucks would go on to become indie darlings and capture titles in Ring Honor and New Japan before deciding to start their own promotion with their pal Cody. Said promotion recently entered into a partnership with IMPACT, so we'll probably see Nick and Matt back in the Zone sometime soon.

“MACHO MAN” RANDY SAVAGE (2004)

Randy Savage debuted in TNA towards the end of 2004 and was instantly inserted into a main event program with Jeff Jarrett. Sadly, the “Macho Man” would only wrestle one match for the company when he teamed up with AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy to take Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in a six-man tag.

Savage quit TNA in 2005 due to health concerns, and never wrestled again. A legendary career deserves a legendary send-off, but Macho Man's wrestling career ended with a whimper instead of an "OH YEAH!"

TRENT? (2013)

In July of 2013, fresh off his brief and unremarkable WWE/NXT stint, Trent Barreta debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the Destination X episode of IMPACT.

Wrestling under his real name Greg Marasciulo, Trent was able to defeat Rockstar Spud (aka, Drake MAverick) and Rubix in a first round three-way match to reach the finals of the tournament. He also appeared for TNA in 2014 under the name Ace Vedder. Maybe he just really likes Ace Ventura and Pearl Jam?

Trent would go on to kill it on the indie scene and have a decent run in New Japan. Trent? is currently signed to AEW, but he's till only 33-years-old so there's plenty of time for him to give it another go at IMPACT -- a prospect which looks increasingly likely given recent events.

VAL VENIS (2010)

Attitude Era legend and nobody's favorite fake pornstar Val Venis first appeared in the Impact Zone under his real name, Sean Morley, on an episode of Impact in 2010 – sadly, his debut was overshadowed by none other than Hulk Hogan, who was also making his first appearance for the company that same night.

Venis would go on to defeat Christopher Daniels in a pay-per-view match, which obviously pissed a lot of people off. Val left TNA a few months after his debut. Val still occasionally performs on the indie circuit, but he mostly sells weed.

CRASH HOLLY (2003)

Hardcore Holly’s little cousin was a 22-time Hardcore Champion in WWE, but he also briefly appeared as a character called “Mad Mikey” on TNA TV in 2003 -- shortly after his release from WWE. He lost a bunch of matches, and eventually parted ways with the company in October of that year. He would sadly commit suicide a month later.

CHYNA (2011)

WWE Hall-of-Famer Chyna was signed by TNA in 2011, 10 years after she was released by WWE. It’s fair to say that she was a shell of her former self, but that didn’t stop the powers that be from inserting her into a storyline with Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle.

She would leave the company soon after, and never wrestled again. She tragically passed away in 2016 at the age of 46.

Chyna was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of D-Generation X at the induction ceremony prior to WrestleMania 35 in New York/New Jersey.

KEN SHAMROCK (2002)

He's now in the Impact Hall of Fame, which makes his inclusion on this list somewhat redundant. But we still maintain that his initial Impact run was largely forgettable. “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” won the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA’s first ever pay-per-view event in 2002. He’d lose the title to R-Truth a few months later before leaving the company that same year. Despite being recognized as TNA's first ever World Champion,

Shamrock quit the business after his short stint with TNA, although he would eventually return to the ring in 2018 for Battle Championship Wrestling in Melbourne, Australia. He also wrestled his fellow-former UFC fighter "Filthy" Tom Lawlor at an indie show a few years ago.

And then he went back to IMPACT.

SETH ROLLINS (2006)

It was damn near impossible to find an image of Rollins from the one match he had in TNA back in 2006 so you'll have to make do with this one. A 21-year-old Rollins partnered with Jeff Luxon in a defeat to The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) and then left the Impact Zone without burning it down.

That was probably a good thing though, as he'd end up debuting for Ring Of Honor the following year. He'd spend three years at ROH before joining WWE developmental in 2010. Stints with FCW and NXT would eventually lead to a successful main roster run that seems like it's far from over. That being said, if WWE does decide to get rid of him, Impact will take him back in a heartbeat.

SHINSUKE NAKAMURA (2008)

2018 Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura's road to the WWE was a long one that included an unforgettable stint as one of New Japan Pro Wrestling's biggest stars ... as well a one-off appearance on a random episode of Xplosion.

In what was presumably meant to be some kind of monumental cross-promotional match, "The King of Strong Style" beat Elix Skipper on TNA's b-show back in January 2008 while he was IWGP Heavyweight Champion. He never wrestled for TNA again, but he would be back in Orlando 8 years later when he signed for WWE.

Interestingly, Elix Skipper also parted ways with TNA in 2008, although unlike Shinsuke, he was never seen or heard from again.

CM PUNK (2003 - 2004)

Punk debuted for NWA: TNA towards the end of 2003 and was immediately paired with Julio Dinero. The pair were a part of Raven's Flock knockoff "The Gathering" and would go on to feud with another ECW legend, The Sandman.

Punk's TNA career never really went anywhere, and the company kicked him to the curb when he refused to stop working for ROH in the aftermath of the Rob Feinstein fiasco.

In 2005, he joined WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling and debuted on the revived ECW brand the following year. A couple of Money In The Bank briefcases and a "pipe bomb" awaited him after that.

KASSIUS OHNO (2003 - 2004)

Prior to assuming his most recent role as a stalwart of WWE's various developmental systems, Kassius Ohno/Chris Hero was one of professional wrestling's true journeymen. Much like Johnny Cash, he's been everywhere, man ... including TNA!

Ohno -- who made a name for himself on the indie scene by working with popular indie promotions like Chikara and CZW in the early 2000s -- appeared sporadically for the TNA from 2003 to 2004.

He wrestled at a few Xplosion tapings, but never made it to pay-per-view. Although he still got a TNA trading card for some reason (thanks to The Wrestling Insomniac for the picture).

KILLIAN DAIN (2016)

Before he faded into obscurity on WWE's numerous rosters, "The Beast From Belfast" ... did pretty much the exact same thing at Impact! Which sucks, because he's great.

The Northern Irish monster -- who used to be known as Big Damo -- had been wrecking his way through the UK's indie scene for more than a decade when got a call from Impact in January 2016. He unsuccessfully challenged for the TNA King of the Mountain Championship on two occasions during the promotion's Maximum Impact tour of the UK.

When Impact left the UK, they didn't take Damo with them. But the cloud had a silver lining, because he ended up signing for WWE a few months later.

Here's hoping WWE does some cool shit with him soon.

TEST (2007 - 2009)

After being unceremoniously dumped by WWE in 2007 following a wellness violation, Andrew "Test" Martin debuted for TNA Wrestling using his real name on an episode of Impact in August.

The Canadian acted as an enforcer for Sting and Abyss -- two guys who definitely did not need an enforcer. He'd go on to help the pair beat a heel stable consisting of A.J. Styles and Christian Cage in a tag team ladder match.

At Hard Justice 2007, Martin participated in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match, teaming with Sting and Abyss to defeat Christian's Coalition (Christian, Tomko, and AJ Styles). It was his first and last match for TNA.

Test was never a particular smooth worker to begin with, but he was a shell of his former self during his brief TNA run. He would eventually retire from the industry in 2009, and tragically died that same year after accidentally overdosing on oxycodone.