Well, for all I knew, you could have just been posting that to get a reaction after the "lost smile" posts. So, I'm glad you explained your actual reasons behind saying it.
No doubt Vince was the mastermind behind it, but "he was doing what he was told" is a bit of a stretch, I think. I doubt Vince had to twist his arm.
I didn't say "lives", I said "careers." Big difference. It's not a "huge" list, per se, but anyway:
Shane Douglas (and a big ECW career hardly compares to that of one in the WWE)
Bam Bam Bigelow was promised a ME push after jobbing to LT, and never got it due to Clique conflict
Refused to job the title to Vader on two occasions, ruining any last chances to rebuild him after he was run out of WCW by Hogan & company
Refused a program with Owen Hart after Montreal, Owen was promptly buried by HHH and never left the midcard afterwards
Not to mention that everyone he's worked with not named HHH or Kurt Angle since his return has mysteriously descended into midcard hell after the feuds end.