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10 Wrestlers Who Transformed Their Careers By Leaving WWE - Matt Hardy! Christian! Gail Kim! R-Truth?!

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🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because you proved Vinnie Mac wrong. Andy Murray presents 10 Wrestlers Who Transformed Their Careers By Leaving WWE...


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0:00.0

Hello there, my very good friends, Andy Murray here for what culture wrestling, and while

0:12.9

WWE might be the biggest promotion in the game, they aren't necessarily the best when

0:17.2

it comes to handling a talent's career, as we're about to find out today.

0:21.8

Here are 10 wrestlers who transformed their careers by leaving WWE.

0:27.6

Number 10, Pac.

0:29.6

A great NXT run led to a good main roster debut, which then kind of fizzled out in the long

0:35.3

term for Neville, before his incredible spell as the King of the Cruiserweights revived

0:40.2

his fortunes completely.

0:42.0

Sadly, this lasted less than a year, and it went down on WWE's most neglected brand.

0:48.0

The Jordy tried to quit the company unhappy with his direction, and WWE, well, they decided

0:53.6

to do the very WWE thing of freezing his contract, effectively putting his career on ice

0:59.4

for almost a full calendar year.

1:02.5

Finally let go by WWE in 2018, Pac returned to his old home in Japan, Dragon Gate, embarking

1:09.4

on an incredible open-the-dream-gate title run that not only revived his career, but

1:14.3

that entire company, as well, and now in AEW we have the bastard, a vicious, nasty little

1:22.7

honey badger finally performing at his natural level as one of the best wrestlers in the

1:28.6

world.

1:29.6

Number 9, Christopher Daniels.

1:32.6

Briefly signed to a WWE developmental deal at the turn of the century, the fallen angel

1:37.0

never broke through the ranks of heat and jacked working primarily, well, as a jobber,

1:43.1

before eventually leaving, appearing for WCW, leaving there, and finding his footing in

1:48.7

TNA and ring of honor.

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