Just to clarify, the previous version of this upload included some Lucha Underground spoilers. Once a few of you friendos pointed that out, we promptly took down the episode, chopped out the spoilery stuff and re-uploaded. OOPS!
Joe Hendry, Jack Jester, Wolfgang, Jay Lethal, Joseph Connors, Nixon Newell, Jimmy Havoc, Martin Kirby, Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll, BT Gunn, Travis Banks, Ricochet, Peter Dunne Heck there a loads of talent that can qualify for NXT to WWE main roster.
Jay Lethal was my pick but he was already mentioned. Backup is James Storm. Maybe they could fix the dearth of credible tag teams to face Wyatt/Orton with him and a certain someone after that someone's current feud is over....
Loved this. Personally the person I would most like to see in NXT is definitely Ricochet. I don't know if Steve and Larson read the comments but if so do y'all have any advice for a new TH-camr producing wrestling related content?
I've got to tell you..I first heard of you guys thru a friend in May. And in May, I stopped listening to/watching other podcasts and vlogs. I'm fully addicted to the STEADY FLOW of FRESH content. I get to keep up with what's going down, I get 4-5 videos a week, and I get to laugh during each one of them.. Thanks fellas.. Keep up the good work. Congrats on the expansion of your brand over the course of the last year. -Mattboy420
That story time with Adam Cole actually was one of his best promos to me. Especially when the music changes and he gets pissed. And talks about how many shot Kyle o Reilly has had.
Have you seen his work this year though? Despite his age he has really taken off and proved that size/look does not matter at all. I'd HIGHLY recommend his match with Ishii from RPW Global Wars.
you do realize the people you name are known worldwide or heavily loved in certain wrestling market. it would be an insult to try and change their name to some type of corporate bullshit
i have confidence Kenny will do the right thing and stay with njpw and his other promotions. only someone seeking money would go to the wwe where the greatest stars aren't. if you want real credibility you fight the same opponent not every week but every other month to build up to it.
Love the long form countdowns on here but could you guys add images for the TH-cam video? Not being very knowledgeable about indies it would have been nice to see pictures of the guys you mentioned. Keep up the good work friendos!
Consider it smashed. (I also saw the spit on Youngs face at Final Battle)I am making this list while I am listening so if we are the same, cool and mine are in no particular order.Young Bucks, Adam Cole, The Briscoes, Dalton Castle, Candice LeRae, Kenny Omega, reDragon, Trevor Lee, Joey Ryan, But number 1 is Marty Scurll.
Okada..would be awesome. I've been a fan of Omega since his ROH days. I called him the new Jericho then...I have no doubt he would be HUGE in the WWE. Keith Lee as well that guy is a FREAK athlete and Moose...would love to see him.
You guys need to check out some of the work by Marty Scurll! He has everything already for WWE already with his Villain character, and does incredible stuff in Progress (the best independent company in my opinion),won BOLA this year and is now the ROH TV Champion. The guy is a pure entertainer.
Just to piggyback on a comment I made on a previous video regarding presentation. I personally am not familiar with half the names that were on the list. If each entry would be accompanied by a few pictures showing the wrestler it'd make the video that much better. A fan of your work guys. Keep it up.
"He modeled himself off of Sephiroth, he's like a video game character." Well funny enough, his finisher is the One Winged Angel, which is Sephiroth's theme in FF7. He also pulled a megaman earlier this year. After beating them, Omega hit Ibushi's Last Ride sit-out Powerbomb, Styles' Styles Clash, and I believe the Boma Ye before the One Winged Angel to win against Tanahashi.
Marty Scurll should definitely make is way to NXT. Another Brit who's on the rise is current progress champion, 'The Bruiserweight' Pete Dunne. I know he took part in the recent trials when WWE was over here last, so hopefully he's on their radar.
Also, they're a bit older and need mic work but a tag team known as The NOW are really polished for indie and would do well pushing younger guys in NXT
Mundo was in the WWE as John Morrison, but he wasn't used very well. He and Cody Rhodes are two guys that could come back and be stars now, no pun intended.
I know he flopped when he was there originally but put Drew Galloway/McIntyre back in WWE now with the way he's built now he is super physically imposing looks mean, works stiff the guy would be a great monster heel, his Promo's have got better as has his in ring work and awareness I think he would be incredible if booked well in WWE plus his latest entrance music so badass
The Young Bucks give a lot of credit to Kevin Steen aka Kevin Owens and El Generico aka Sami Zayn for their success with the amount of money they are able to make on the Indy scene. They learned how to be great at selling merchandise in the Indy scene by watching both those guys before shows at their merch tables. Kevin Owens was actually one of the few that actually took at a pay cut once they moved to the WWE. Owens said he was making a fair share of more money wrestling the Indy scene then he did with his first contract in NXT. It isn't easy work to make more money on the Indy scene since those guys basically do everything on their own. They hire their own guys to design their merchandise they have to book their own shows and so on so its very demanding and takes a lot of work and years building your own stock outside the WWE. Young Bucks without a doubt are the best in terms of Merchandise I can't really say Omega is better then them at it due to the fact that really Omega didn't reach his level of Merch sales until he joined the already hugely successful Bullet Club and was basically always involved with the Young Bucks even before Styles left and he became the leader and started their own 3 men team outside the Club called The Elite
wrestlers I would love to see in nxt/wwe one day- 1.Omega .2Jay Lethal 3.Adam Cole 4.Rebellion 5.Michael Elgin 6.Kushida 7.WarMachine 8.Okada 9.Ishii 10.Kyle O'Reilly
kota ibushi left NJPW before he entered the cruiserweight classic he wanted to leave to do his won thing and went around japan and the indi curcit around the world than the CWC was announced and since he was fully independent at the time he entered, also it was said by HHH on a podcast i think the Stone Cold podcast before the CWC he said people who are under contract else where would not be eligible to enter obviously cus wwe wants to stay away fro leagal issues so that ment TNA, ROH and NJPW guys were not able to enter
All time and no Stone Cold/Taker/Rock/HHH/Shawn Micheals? xD Bit weird man. If currently then understadable. My current fav is AJ and Kenny as well. But ALL TIME, would be Austin. No contest.
for Omegas debute I would love to see it in a Royal Rumble where AJ and Nakamura are battleing other people and eliminating people left and right and once there done they take a moment and stare at each other but wait to see who number 30 is. 3...2....1 Omegas theme hits, (the current one) and everyone pops and AJ and Nakamura are in shock
Also, check out PWG's very out of date roster page on their very out of date website. Might as well consider them developmental for the developmental. :P
I know wrestling is no longer dominated by the "big-man" but I am sadly still a mark for a good one. And I really want Cody Hall to come to NXT. Dude has got swagger, the look & the size. I think he could be great on the big show.
I think taht's a BIG problem with many wrestler that go from indie wrestling to WWE... They have their own style and that's a big art of why they are so liked and famous and then they get to the WWe and their moveset it cut more thAN HALF...
I think NXT is for development of new superstars and the fine tuning of top indie stars. Definitely not a step down from main. Unless you're Sin Cara, NXT was the only place he was over.
WWE faced a lot of criticism for limits imposed to certain maneuvers and a lot of guys say "This cannot go and do that to WWE, those fuckers!"... It's not so simple, WWE's public image IS PRO WRESTLING OWN IMAGE, they need to do wellness policies, anti-concussion clauses and so on to clean their image (after the steroids and Benoit scandals)... As a wrestling fan I LOVE when uselessly dangerous maneuvers are banned... And if you're not down with that I've got two words for ya SMACKDOWN GM!!!
My choice would include Kazuchika Okada. He;s got the perfect look and in ring style wwe would look for in a guy. Only issue is the language barrier. Su Yung. She's my personal favorite and there's a lot of bias in this one, but her japanese spirit demon gimmick is unique for a female character, and she can go in the ring.
actually that the argument that Lucha Underground is losing money was debunked by one of the produced. and he said that they have a budget for each season and they don't exceed that so it's safe to say they aren't doing badly
Young Bucks wont ever sign With WWE They would lose their Brand that makes more money than they would do in WWE (Merch and other sales) if they would sign with WWE
Just to clarify, the previous version of this upload included some Lucha Underground spoilers. Once a few of you friendos pointed that out, we promptly took down the episode, chopped out the spoilery stuff and re-uploaded. OOPS!
haha lol
Steve and Larson *DAMN!*
*_Says so with Ron Simmons voice._*
could be worse, could have been legal issues
Legal issues are the real problem. Lol you could have just put some soiler warning in the title or something and there you go ;)
Steve and Larson ... Dalton Castle
Joe Hendry, Jack Jester, Wolfgang, Jay Lethal, Joseph Connors, Nixon Newell, Jimmy Havoc, Martin Kirby, Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll, BT Gunn, Travis Banks, Ricochet, Peter Dunne
Heck there a loads of talent that can qualify for NXT to WWE main roster.
Adam Tick so in summary, pretty much most of the WCPW roster.
codydh3
Of course ICW, New Japan and TNA. Yet I haven't forgot Lucha Underground with the likes of Pentagon Jr and Sexy Star.
Adam Tick wcpw invasion angle
lethal resigned with roh,ricochect having too much fun with njpw, pwg and lucha
Watching this while I'm sick, thanks for keeping me entertained
The Woooo Off between Jay Lethal & Ric Flair is one of the most hilarious thing I've seen.
Jay Lethal was my pick but he was already mentioned. Backup is James Storm. Maybe they could fix the dearth of credible tag teams to face Wyatt/Orton with him and a certain someone after that someone's current feud is over....
*_I know it has nothing to do with it. But seriously, EC3 & Mike Bennett should so be a part of NXT._*
Loved this. Personally the person I would most like to see in NXT is definitely Ricochet. I don't know if Steve and Larson read the comments but if so do y'all have any advice for a new TH-camr producing wrestling related content?
Thanks for fixing this video! I waited for the update before watching, you guys definitely made it better :D.
I've got to tell you..I first heard of you guys thru a friend in May. And in May, I stopped listening to/watching other podcasts and vlogs. I'm fully addicted to the STEADY FLOW of FRESH content. I get to keep up with what's going down, I get 4-5 videos a week, and I get to laugh during each one of them.. Thanks fellas.. Keep up the good work. Congrats on the expansion of your brand over the course of the last year.
-Mattboy420
Before watching I'm guessing number one or two is Kenny omega ( even tho he should go straight to the main roster )
not happening since he returned to wrestling
That story time with Adam Cole actually was one of his best promos to me. Especially when the music changes and he gets pissed. And talks about how many shot Kyle o Reilly has had.
CHRIS HERO SIGNED WITH WWE AGAIN FAKIN HYPE
Patrick he fat slob tho fatter then Kevin and big demo
Have you seen his work this year though? Despite his age he has really taken off and proved that size/look does not matter at all. I'd HIGHLY recommend his match with Ishii from RPW Global Wars.
OSAMA LEAFY fat Chris hero is the god damn best Chris hero
OSAMA LEAFY he's been having the best matches of his career
"Our number one is far above everyone else on this list."
Me: ... Kenny Omega?
Jay Color He said he never wants to go to WWE
TheBrainlessRobot he never said that. He said right now he has a lot to do in njpw
Canine Gaming I, for one, hope Kenny doesn't. WWE will try to assume ownership over his name and merchandise. It would hurt his brand in the long run.
you do realize the people you name are known worldwide or heavily loved in certain wrestling market. it would be an insult to try and change their name to some type of corporate bullshit
i have confidence Kenny will do the right thing and stay with njpw and his other promotions. only someone seeking money would go to the wwe where the greatest stars aren't. if you want real credibility you fight the same opponent not every week but every other month to build up to it.
Love the long form countdowns on here but could you guys add images for the TH-cam video? Not being very knowledgeable about indies it would have been nice to see pictures of the guys you mentioned. Keep up the good work friendos!
Consider it smashed. (I also saw the spit on Youngs face at Final Battle)I am making this list while I am listening so if we are the same, cool and mine are in no particular order.Young Bucks, Adam Cole, The Briscoes, Dalton Castle, Candice LeRae, Kenny Omega, reDragon, Trevor Lee, Joey Ryan, But number 1 is Marty Scurll.
Okada..would be awesome. I've been a fan of Omega since his ROH days. I called him the new Jericho then...I have no doubt he would be HUGE in the WWE. Keith Lee as well that guy is a FREAK athlete and Moose...would love to see him.
You guys need to check out some of the work by Marty Scurll! He has everything already for WWE already with his Villain character, and does incredible stuff in Progress (the best independent company in my opinion),won BOLA this year and is now the ROH TV Champion. The guy is a pure entertainer.
Just to piggyback on a comment I made on a previous video regarding presentation. I personally am not familiar with half the names that were on the list. If each entry would be accompanied by a few pictures showing the wrestler it'd make the video that much better. A fan of your work guys. Keep it up.
I want Brian Cage. He's a freak of nature.
Probably won't because of the Wellness Policy.
MegaWWEDX If they had ryback in wwe they can have brian cage
Jeremy Hayes True
CHRISTAN CAGE
MonsterGunz Fucking goon 😂😂
"He modeled himself off of Sephiroth, he's like a video game character."
Well funny enough, his finisher is the One Winged Angel, which is Sephiroth's theme in FF7. He also pulled a megaman earlier this year. After beating them, Omega hit Ibushi's Last Ride sit-out Powerbomb, Styles' Styles Clash, and I believe the Boma Ye before the One Winged Angel to win against Tanahashi.
Marty Scurll should definitely make is way to NXT. Another Brit who's on the rise is current progress champion, 'The Bruiserweight' Pete Dunne. I know he took part in the recent trials when WWE was over here last, so hopefully he's on their radar.
What the hell happened earlier? Still love your stuff!!!
Joe hendry
Jack Havoc Joe Hendry makes things better
Jeremy Hayes What you need to know about Joe Hendry:
1. He can wrestle
2. He can sing
Jack Havoc local hero
I'm almost too scared to want that because I'm afraid they'd ruin him and/or Vince won't get him.
But at the end of the day...
Joe Hendry makes things better but there's still so much to see, Joe Hendry makes things better for WWE N! X! T!
DO TOP 10 CURRENT WRESTLERS THAT WOULD FIT IN ECW (briscoes, ambrose etc)
I got a notification earlier and tried to watch but when I pulled it up it told me the video didn't exist, so in glad it's back up
Hey Steve Here, And Larson - what do you guys think of Chris Hero supposedly resigning with WWE again?
And I want My boi Mil Muertez , Cage and Fenix from Lucha Underground in the WWE with their gimmicks ofcourse.
Also, they're a bit older and need mic work but a tag team known as The NOW are really polished for indie and would do well pushing younger guys in NXT
What's interesting is Kenny Omega's finisher is named after the theme song for Sephiroth: The One-Winged Angel.
cody rhodes is part of the bullet club now!!
Brian Cage, John Mundo and a good portion of the NJPW upper card.
Mundo was in the WWE as John Morrison, but he wasn't used very well. He and Cody Rhodes are two guys that could come back and be stars now, no pun intended.
Chuck Taylor!!! I think he would he great in NXT!
Always supporting you two. Love the programming.
It's a very small thing, and maybe it's a licensing/crediting issue, but I miss the images of the wrestlers every time you do a new entry.
Will Ospreay is great in WCPW having matches against Martin Kirby and joining Pacitti Club
what is the trivia game you guys are playing in some of the podcasts? would love to find one
Perhaps a picture of each would be helpful. My wrestling know-how starts and ends with WWE
This list got me thinking about an amazing dream match at WM. Omega v Cole v Balor v Styles for the IC or WURL TITLE!!!!!!
My boy El Ingobernable Tetsuya Naito
I love lists like this but is there a possible way for when listing people that are outside wwe to show who they look like?
I think bringing in the motor city machine guns to the tag division would be worthwhile.
TheSubZer0HEro amen bro
Pentagon jr. and Phoenix are brothers!!!.... that makes so much sense
Speaking of Indy wrestlers signing to NXT, Chris Fucking Hero is back in NXT!
If Ricochet gets signed to NXT, don't be surprised if it's a package deal along with his gf Tessa Blanchard. She could be on the list all on her own.
I think Blanchard has been on NXT before. I actually think we'll probably see her join NXT before Ricochet.
I know he flopped when he was there originally but put Drew Galloway/McIntyre back in WWE now with the way he's built now he is super physically imposing looks mean, works stiff the guy would be a great monster heel, his Promo's have got better as has his in ring work and awareness I think he would be incredible if booked well in WWE plus his latest entrance music so badass
TNA's Grado to main WWE roster!!
ITS YERSEL!
we got RAW after 3 years coming so i might have to wear one of your shirts if i get front 5 rows.
The Young Bucks give a lot of credit to Kevin Steen aka Kevin Owens and El Generico aka Sami Zayn for their success with the amount of money they are able to make on the Indy scene. They learned how to be great at selling merchandise in the Indy scene by watching both those guys before shows at their merch tables. Kevin Owens was actually one of the few that actually took at a pay cut once they moved to the WWE. Owens said he was making a fair share of more money wrestling the Indy scene then he did with his first contract in NXT. It isn't easy work to make more money on the Indy scene since those guys basically do everything on their own. They hire their own guys to design their merchandise they have to book their own shows and so on so its very demanding and takes a lot of work and years building your own stock outside the WWE. Young Bucks without a doubt are the best in terms of Merchandise I can't really say Omega is better then them at it due to the fact that really Omega didn't reach his level of Merch sales until he joined the already hugely successful Bullet Club and was basically always involved with the Young Bucks even before Styles left and he became the leader and started their own 3 men team outside the Club called The Elite
wrestlers I would love to see in nxt/wwe one day- 1.Omega .2Jay Lethal 3.Adam Cole 4.Rebellion 5.Michael Elgin 6.Kushida 7.WarMachine 8.Okada 9.Ishii 10.Kyle O'Reilly
kota ibushi left NJPW before he entered the cruiserweight classic he wanted to leave to do his won thing and went around japan and the indi curcit around the world than the CWC was announced and since he was fully independent at the time he entered, also it was said by HHH on a podcast i think the Stone Cold podcast before the CWC he said people who are under contract else where would not be eligible to enter obviously cus wwe wants to stay away fro leagal issues so that ment TNA, ROH and NJPW guys were not able to enter
iiiiiii'm the maaaaan- keep it up guys great work as always. Really like your top 10 list done as a discussion.
kenny, aj and tanahashi are my fav of all time
All time and no Stone Cold/Taker/Rock/HHH/Shawn Micheals? xD Bit weird man. If currently then understadable. My current fav is AJ and Kenny as well. But ALL TIME, would be Austin. No contest.
for Omegas debute I would love to see it in a Royal Rumble where AJ and Nakamura are battleing other people and eliminating people left and right and once there done they take a moment and stare at each other but wait to see who number 30 is. 3...2....1 Omegas theme hits, (the current one) and everyone pops and AJ and Nakamura are in shock
Nice Run The Jewels t-shirt.
My opinion, LA Law was the pinnacle of courtroom drama
Pentagon Jr. is a LEGIT BADASS
Didn't realize Kenny Omega is from my hometown, much like my favorite wrestler, Y2J. Mind blown.
Thanks friendos for another video. just wish countout was shorter
Also, check out PWG's very out of date roster page on their very out of date website. Might as well consider them developmental for the developmental. :P
shibata and okada would both kill it in the wwe.
I know nothing about Lucha Underground so the spoilers wouldnt have meant shit to me but i get the reload. I just thought i was losing my mind.
Pentagon JR and the Briscoes would be fucking awesome in WWE. Pentagon breaking every sinlge arm of the roster would too sweet!
27:35 lol
I know wrestling is no longer dominated by the "big-man" but I am sadly still a mark for a good one. And I really want Cody Hall to come to NXT. Dude has got swagger, the look & the size. I think he could be great on the big show.
I think taht's a BIG problem with many wrestler that go from indie wrestling to WWE... They have their own style and that's a big art of why they are so liked and famous and then they get to the WWe and their moveset it cut more thAN HALF...
I want velvet sky in wwe, she deserves it
About women coming to nxt, Kimber Lee, Heidi Lovelace and Nixon Newell, all amazing talents, just signed with them
Could u imagine if we had a wrestlemania fatal four way between: kenny omega, cm punk, aj styles and Daniel Bryan. For the world championship
can someone explain Larson's shirt? he always wear it, what is it? thanks friendos.
With all the RoH talent listed, no Motor City Machine Guns? Man Sabin and Shelley are underrated even by the smarks.
Boss Hoss for NXT lets make it happen
0:30 Does OSW count? They do random Top 10s every once in a while.
I never saw Kenny Omega as a Final Fantasy character. I have always seen him as a blade runner mixed with a 80's/90's video game character.
I think NXT is for development of new superstars and the fine tuning of top indie stars. Definitely not a step down from main. Unless you're Sin Cara, NXT was the only place he was over.
I want to see the Motor city machine guns in Nxt or go straight to main
Great videos friendos! Always look forward to your videos!
I actually know Jay Lethal seen him do work before he even got into tna. Great guy should of been in wwe a long time ago
Pentagon jr's move set consist of all forms of drivers. I swear 2/3 of his moves are banned in wwe. more so than the young bucks.
If neither of you know much about Pentagon Jr then why is he on your list? lol
Because Pentagon is fuckin' cool.
I don't know much about him yet either but I dig the guy's style.
i love fucking idiots who dont take the time to learn about a wrestler but wont in wwe anyways
WWE faced a lot of criticism for limits imposed to certain maneuvers and a lot of guys say "This cannot go and do that to WWE, those fuckers!"... It's not so simple, WWE's public image IS PRO WRESTLING OWN IMAGE, they need to do wellness policies, anti-concussion clauses and so on to clean their image (after the steroids and Benoit scandals)... As a wrestling fan I LOVE when uselessly dangerous maneuvers are banned... And if you're not down with that I've got two words for ya SMACKDOWN GM!!!
My choice would include Kazuchika Okada. He;s got the perfect look and in ring style wwe would look for in a guy. Only issue is the language barrier.
Su Yung. She's my personal favorite and there's a lot of bias in this one, but her japanese spirit demon gimmick is unique for a female character, and she can go in the ring.
I'd love to see Chuck Taylor do a quick feud with No Way Jose,
Liked for the 2 sweet.
Commenting because I'm a nice guy.
You don't think Vince would let The Bucks throw a Meltzer Driver on a chick a la Candice LeRae? LOL!
actually that the argument that Lucha Underground is losing money was debunked by one of the produced. and he said that they have a budget for each season and they don't exceed that so it's safe to say they aren't doing badly
these dudes are seriously daddy candy
What was the spoiler?
Young Bucks wont ever sign With WWE They would lose their Brand that makes more money than they would do in WWE (Merch and other sales) if they would sign with WWE
Top ten mixed tag matches! if there are ten.... not sure.
Promptly smashed the like button!
I'd like to see bobby Lashley back in wwe and James storm from Tna as well
the briscoes?! REACH FOR THE SKY, BOY!
Lol Lucha Underground is great but they spend a ton per episode. Every season ending creates a big question mark whether or not theyre coming back.
Larson should only have his face over a picture of his body from now on.
Dalton castle 😍 with his Boys!!!
Okay, good, Steve and I are '78 bros then.
I enjoyed this video so as always I smashed the like button and now leaving a comment.
Why the Re-upload??
Asim Safdar Lucha Underground spoilers
Bob Sapp also won the IWGP Heavyweight Title