10 TNA/IMPACT Stars Who FLOPPED In WWE

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From EC3 and Austin Aries to Karrion Kross and Chelsea Green, these are 10 TNA Stars Who FLOPPED In WWE.
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[@lani9481]

It’s baffling to see how WWE treated EC3 so badly. He had all the tools to be a big star. The character, the look, the skills and a great physique.

[@eLite-Tiss91]

He should champion at least once...NXT numberous times.

[@superrobz]

Same with Robert Roode

[@mr.lamont1420]

Everything you mentioned was a problem for hhh. Hater

[@oddishhonor]

@@mr.lamont1420 HHH was the one who wanted him to come back into NXT. It was most likely Vince or the people around him that didn’t want him.

[@blacvonn8689]

The Biggest problem WWE had with Him and Kross is They’re Not ROMAN REGINS

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

Wwe didn’t just ruin EC3s run, they killed his entire gimmick, and seemingly his brain cells. His TNA run really was special

[@marvinleong5902]

If Vince don't understand what your character is and you have no backup ideas/accepting creative pitch for you, then game over. That how EC3 career is

[@JacksonIsDeath]

EC3 sucks no matter what so who cares

[@gamalierrodriguez3548]

This was the second time they treated EC3 badly

[@JacksonIsDeath]

@@germansantos5733 don’t care he sucks

[@MasterOfViewership]

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN . . . E . . . C . . . 3!

[@WAFFLEBOYPHD]

Let’s get this straight, EC3 didn’t fail WWE, WWE failed EC3. Guy had everything to be a star and they dropped the ball on him.

[@anakinsmith4770]

that's what happens when WWE lacks creativity beyond 1 person. Look at smackdown atm all the belts and it's by far worse than RAW

[@loonyn1nja748]

He’s always been trash can’t talk and no where near entertaining in the ring

[@alexescutia4805]

@@loonyn1nja748 you never watched ec3

[@anijeepa]

@@loonyn1nja748 literally no way you ever watched him if you think this, or you're just trolling

[@loonyn1nja748]

@@anijeepa I’ve been watching every televised American wrestling company since the late 80’s yes I’ve seen him yes I think he’s garbage

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

Kurt angle has to be the most consistent wrestler of all time. To have a run at the top for 15 years straight in both TNA and wwe is insane. His TNA work was top level

[@Drollpanther]

He was lucky he was in wwe first otherwise they would have buried him

[@bradykennedy7726]

@@Drollpanther you can’t bury angle lol

[@unholyperiodza5442]

@@bradykennedy7726 They did when he faked his injury

[@pratikmakwana6198]

Randy Orton smiling in the background

[@cjvaye99]

idk how to feel about it. He was amazing in TNA but he was also perc'd out of his mind.

[@amadorelizondo3848]

Almost everybody cause Vince hates when they got popular and made their own gimmicks by themselves and aren't his ideas then he repackaged them gives them terrible gimmicks and outfits and wonder why they fail

[@amadorelizondo3848]

@@jshipp5469 Ricochet the top free agent in wrestling at the time any other promotion would slap a world title on that man gets his call up and gets made to look like a bitch by Brock the part timer

[@MSI-]

@@amadorelizondo3848 imagine Ricochet no personality no charisma winning the wwe championship

[@amadorelizondo3848]

Brock isn't allowed to talk into mic's he's that terrible at it they get Paul to do it for him and ricochet has delay standing suplexed Keith Lee

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

I'm just waiting for this to happen with Cody Rhodes. WWE pretty much just bought "The American Nightmare" gimmick and offered promises of stardom, at the first sign of trouble they're gonna royally fuck Cody. It's just a matter of time.

[@Blayzne]

@@amadorelizondo3848 Brock would kick the fucking shit out of Ricochet. Some if us like to watch wrestling that is somewhat believable. If you think Ricochet should beat a guy like Brock, you're a god damn fool and have no idea how wrestling works. I love Ricochet, but let's be realistic.

[@abelardions7600]

13:01 I remember that Monty Brown's withdrawal from the sport was because his sister passed away, so he had to take care of her daughter. A class act👏🏼👏🏼🥹🥹

[@rogregg29445]

Monty could have been something man though damn Shame he couldn’t have come along 10 years later

[@abelardions7600]

@@rogregg29445 yeah. His WWE run was disappointing, but what if his fortunes turned around? He could have become someone like Batista very easiliy. But that's it. It all remains in a big what if...

[@SchofieldAJ]

@@abelardions7600 Yeah! So that doesn't mean he flopped in the WWE though like this hit Piece thinks it does as dude was on a constant more wins than losses though! But chose FAMILY over the Biz so not a Failure! Just a big What IF?.... Also Chris Harris aka Braden Walker got a few Homemade almost realistic looking WWE HOFame Packages for his short stay as they even gave him a 3 Disc DVD Set so not fail! So CH doesn't really know what FAIL n Success means as you can have a short time somewhere and big successful and heck or stay somewhere and be a FAIL in the long run!

[@GunthersLoyalSoldier1307]

Austin Aries’ run in WWE as Jacob Cass was amazing tho!

[@rogregg29445]

Haha underrated comment

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Pepperidge Farms Remembers

[@chrissayeranderson5710]

After their initial WWE run . Gail Kim, Mickie James , Eric young, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe (somewhat) Gallows, I’m sure there’s more in forgetting .

[@Macephtopheles]

Surprised at Eric Young and Samoa Joe not being there, in fairness. Like Kross, if you count their NXT stuff then, again, it wasn't bad but with main roster appearances then the ball wasn't just dropped but stabbed and stamped on. Could include Bobby Roode as well but he's still there so might suddenly become a grand slam champ but... naaah.

[@sonicstarman9663]

Joe had an alright main roster run. It wasn't great but it wasn't horrible, Eric Young was just flat out barely on the show

[@DoctorJango]

Joe actually had a good run though, just cause he didn't win a world title doesn't mean his run was a bust.

[@aleeking2602]

Roode got the tag titles and us title and nxt title under his belt in this 40s , now matter what he had a good run , like to see him win the I.c title too

[@shanefoy3720]

To be fair they the wwe still destroyed Bobby roode the IT factor of professional wrestling gimmick which was awesome into the glorious bad gimmick of the wwe ridiculous 🙄

[@aleeking2602]

@@shanefoy3720 yeah they tryed to fuck him over and to be fair to Roode he was close to 40 and wwe botches tna wrestlers bad and they tried but he is too talented not to be given a shot He won the nxt and us title on his own then they were gunna kill his run but thank god ziggler and him are top 3 best tag teamin wwe

[@johnpaulosullivan7871]

I'm convinced wwe signs the biggest stars outside wwe just to hurt that company. They don't care about the wrestler they just signed only that it lowers the value and star power of the company they just took them from. Than they water down that wrestler so much until they take away any value or star power they had. Then they fire them and their value had dropped so much other big companies don't see a star in them anymore and the don't recover. They don't care about who they sign because the made their name elsewhere so the jus ruin a wrestlers career just to get one over on the other company. It's disgusting how they treat wrestlers who grew up dreaming about being in wwe and they mean nutin to wwe. A few have come back but not many.

[@Joe90h]

The UK independent scene would probably agree with you there. Although it looks like those days are over.

[@LOLMAN9538]

I wonder if that would work if it were based on Japanese promotions like New Japan or Stardom.

[@ChamanConTenis]

You think those Austin Aries' height jokes are funny? I bet you wouldn't kneel and tell them to his face.

[@dylanogg347]

The worst part about EC3's presentation in WWE was him becoming a mute. By far his greatest attribute is his charisma, and yet the folks on RAW did not take advantage of it.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Awesome Kong if used right could have sold a ton of merchandise

[@ShiningJudgment666]

She was a victim of bad timing.

[@Panwere36]

No. This stars didn't flop. Vince did to them what he always does to those he despises for succeeding without him.

[@ThrashAD720]

How is Monty Brown on this list? He left WWE to take care of family members he didn't flop in WWE.

[@Ricky-101]

I know right, with all the charisma and having the look that Vince McMahon look for in a wrestler, he would of been the biggest star today if he stayed with WWE.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

He was Jeff Jarrett's right hand man, always helping him win his matches. WWE? Got the Lo Down!!!!!! (rimshot)

[@thepointyone100]

It’s a bit unfair to put monty brown, he was getting a push on ecw, on tv every week and a match at wrestlmania, who knows what would have happened if he stayed

[@Ryan01224]

I think Vince thought ec3 was legit Dixie's nephew so decided to saddle him with a mute gimmick

[@turtlehead2]

Bobby Roode was money until Vince brought him up as a face

[@Foureyezthegamersucksatgames]

He's a good face. He could've probably been a good main eventer tho as either if wwe didn't for some reason hate older guys

[@turtlehead2]

@@Foureyezthegamersucksatgames he was a great heel. His whole NXT persona was loosely based off Rick Rude who was an awesome heel. He could’ve been brought up as a heel but his song was over and Vince hates things that he didn’t create lol

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Impact did a great job with EC3, He was every WWE needed in a star

[@gloslimeyo]

lol yeah because of his mom

[@akaCypherrr]

@@gloslimeyo oh boy

[@unholyperiodza5442]

@@gloslimeyo Auntie not Mom

[@richborn6700]

@@gloslimeyo you know Dixie isn't actually related to him right?

[@gloslimeyo]

@@richborn6700 worked me lol

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

Watching TNA from the start on IMPACTPlus is very enjoyable - the amount of batshit insane stuff on every NWATNA show is worth the subscription price alone

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

Hope we see lots of faces from TNA history at Slammiversary

[@Artibalds]

Somehow i knew that EC3 gimmick in WWE would be in TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE TROULBE TROULBE... TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE... WOOOO OOOO WOOOO OOOOO!

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

imo WWE's inability to book many wrestlers well is truly awesome. imo

[@NagatoNaoeProduction]

I can't wait until we get, in 3 years, "10 TNA wrestlers who FAILED in WWE but succeeded in AEW" or "10 TNA Wrestlers that FAILED in WWE & AEW" 🤣

[@pizza6464]

The title is a bit misleading. Most of these people didn’t flop but rather weren’t given a real chance.

[@zanethind]

It's sad how Vince loves big muscular guys then EC3 came back with a better physique and it didn't work out still which is unbelievable. Who knew WWE was right about Kazarian having short hair. So EC3's WWE downfall was his own fault because he didn't mind putting over stars in NXT? I can't believe I didn't notice that Monty Brown was Marcus Corvon

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

EC3 is always way better off without WWE anyway

[@WRESTLINPRODS]

DAMM Adam went off on Austin Aries

[@BerylliumGold]

Right? Like is there actually heat there?

[@jakethomas9380]

God I love Adam dragging Austin Aries through the dirt. Garbage person that doesn’t deserve any praise apart from his in ring work. After that, absolute tosser

[@andrewberenson5717]

Eric Young was also a WWE flop. For that matter, Bobby Roode has not done much in WEE.

[@Ryan01224]

He's a former tag team champion and NXT champion so that's not the worst plus given his age they just see him as a reliable hand

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@Ryan01224 And US champion shortly after his main roster call-up.

[@scizorbullet8185]

Looks like Chelsea Green has recovered

[@eLite-Tiss91]

They never flopped Vince just failed to used there potential.

[@mjstory1976]

No he didn't Most of them were bums who absolutely flopped

[@cherryt8478]

@@mjstory1976 except not really. Any wrestler can make it work with the right set of circumstances. It’s on the agents and creative to work with them and create those circumstances.

[@mjstory1976]

@@cherryt8478 Except really I am right. I mean did most of these wrestlers help themselves? No they didn't they were either mentally or physically not ready to compete or they were complete asshats who thought they could walk in and be a big shot

[@cherryt8478]

@@mjstory1976 not really? Like EC3. Not a fan of his work rn. But back then, dude was in shape mentally and physically, had momentum and hype. Everyone was behind him. And it was squandered.

[@mjstory1976]

@@cherryt8478 That's why I said most not all

[@83jdc1]

Everybody except AJ Styles lol

[@ShiningJudgment666]

AJ Styles was a bit of an anomaly. He skipped developmental and was WWE champion in less than a year and got a long WWE title reign.

[@96grunge]

i would say #1 is braden walker, but he ofc was a legend with a HOF career. it’s not every talent that gets 17 world titles in wwe but braden walker *did it* knock knock

[@isurvivedtheshakerheightss7922]

The Frankie Kazarian hair cut issue will always be a What If thing cause he wouldn’t cut his hair for Vince but when he went back to TNA and cut his hair after forming Bad Influence with Daniels he had the greatest run of his career with a bald head lol

[@matthennessy146]

I mean unlike other TNA stars that flopped in WWE Walker has a 100% winning streak in WWE & we have the definitive Braden Walker video on KZbin that alone makes me feel like his run was worth it

[@TitusRedwind]

Press 2 to skip the Nord VPN sponsorship. You're welcome.

[@fnafvsjaws6the6thonewrestl93]

Your not a fan of Austin Aries but your a fan of Bret Hart shame on you

[@hhtptai]

Gail Kim's second run was wasted by WWE too.

[@zeospark9715]

It's sad that with all the stars from TNA to WWE, the literal one person that benefited in the long run was AJ Styles.

[@seanm2600]

Wwe ruined EC3. Should have been a major talent

[@mjstory1976]

His career after WWE proved he was never a major star

[@83jdc1]

@@mjstory1976 it's hard to come back from being a jobber for years.

[@mjstory1976]

@@83jdc1 He was only on the main roster for a little over a year so it wasn't "years"

[@dr.snakes]

@@mjstory1976 WWE time runs different. What we perceive as a day could be a week to a WWE superstar. A month to us could be a year to them.

[@seanm2600]

I think he could have been a great US champion

[@conatser]

EC3 being on the list makes sense. Putting him at #6 and not #..3… well.

[@midwesthour7821]

Can’t believe they had kaval job not only to men but also women

[@TheNecronaut]

I still hope it works out for Chelsea one day

[@armnhc84]

Funny the Kazarian ended up cutting his hair anyways

[@Teeheehee093]

Damn I can't believe how generic Archer used to look, he looks so distinct and cool now

[@187alan]

TNA and WWE did Monty Brown dirty.

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

I still have that 0.01% of hope that we’ll one day hear ‘get ready to fly’ and see AJ walk out into the pyro rain

[@cherryt8478]

Maybe on a retirement tour. I hope.

[@jacknelson927]

Chelsea green isn’t a flop not her fault injuries stopped her wwe run

[@marcusgilmore5211]

I never heard of her do u still wrestle.?..

[@henrikschmidt3964]

EC3 seriously never got a shot. But then that goes for quite a few of these. Low Ki is still the Gollum of pro-wrestling.

[@case3441]

Tbh when TNA had EC3 as champ and there was the rivalry with him and Matt hardy and Kurt angle and Bobby lashley were a team was top tier and you can’t change my mind

[@Omegasphere]

This should be named "10 TNA Stars Who Joined WWE and Aren't Named A.J. Styles"

[@LEGEND-pb9xr]

With triple h is head of creative we can see ec3 back to wwe

[@yashraman5808]

Nah he should stay in nwa he is doing very good there

[@cfairfax85]

When I first started hearing about Aj Styles going to WWE..my immediate thought was that they were going to ruin him. It's sad as a wrestling fan to feel that way. Too bad..WWE could've had several stars still going right now. Oh well..at least Aj is doing ok still. What they did with Joe made me absolutely sick. Awesome kong? Smh..another one they dropped the ball on. "Concerned with her weight and physical condition"..fast forward and nia jaxx was on my TV every week. Way to be hypocritical WWE.

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

Get MarkyD123 on straight to hell but he can only nominate Slapnuts related things

[@BigStash]

LA Knight = EC4

[@TomXDDrinnan]

It's so funny because we all know you wouldn't say that shit to Austin Aries face 🤣

[@izzydevil7720]

To be fair about Austin Aries height he is an inch taller than I am though

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Armando Estrada was an underrated manager

[@MasterOfViewership]

One of the biggest mistakes was taking away EC3's best weapon: his mouth

[@michaelspikes1506]

Epic video

[@sonicplys64]

I miss Red Solo Cup EC3

[@thecodester6669]

"Yeah, a crap party for a nothing story, at least i'm on tv"

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Makes me think of Toby Keith song

[@bignige001]

This is why I'm hoping AEW gets stronger, I remember Christian saying fans thought he retired when instead he was in TNA! It's clear WWE has a hold on the market and it's storytelling is not gonna get any better, too many brand partnerships rely on this storytelling "style" making every superstar look likeva product of WWE, that can't grow past them.

[@quentelhill5074]

What he was over as hell in tna 😂😂

[@bignige001]

@@quentelhill5074 but he came back to WWE

[@boots8562]

Wait...you're telling me Big E isn't Monty Brown?

[@silxix2599]

AJ Styles did good only cause he went to Japan first. Had he not, they would've buried him. By the time he came to WWE, TNA was no longer the promising company it once was. Letting AJ Styles go over other talent proved that Hogan had accomplished what he did in WCW eventually ruined it, & abandoned it.

[@wrestlingfederation8224]

WWE like to waste good wrestlers

[@LilBrujoFH18]

I love impact wrestling but for some reason never liked killer cross. Had zero personality and was green. Remember watching something else when he was in the ring

[@AestheticDelta]

None from this list have the look, feel or work ethic that the outliers like AJ Styles have. That list screams generic wrestler all day

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

Let me guess Chris Harris will be on the list

[@FallenAngelMMA]

Wow…there’s more VPN content in here than the wwe stuff

[@scottiehamilton1699]

Really short jokes? Bro.. cmon, what are you? A middle school bully? 🤦‍♂️

[@piranha9411]

Well, now that kross is back on hunter herse wrestling, we can hope we can remove him from this video

[@tiffanybasner4396]

the issue is that for the most part vince buries dixie created stars Aj Styles is the exception

[@supakitkat]

how comes ec3 left tna twice? he should of stayed in tna

[@83jdc1]

Money, money, yeah, yeah

[@k.konczak3291]

Should have not should of.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

Not Impact's fault for letting him get the "Fired" briefcase

[@Dim4323]

Dont worry folks Vance archer is now lance archer and he doing well going all elite

[@TheKDTKirby8]

It's really heart warming to see that Chelsea Green finally realised her goal.

[@bonesaw-777]

Karrions short little skirt thing + the gimp suit quite didn’t cut it for me

[@tylerbroome7272]

First 4 minutes of nonsense is why we need Simon at what culture

[@robinedwards462]

I don’t consider Monty a flop he left for family reasons

[@DakMT]

I LOVE the digs on Aries. That shit was funny.

[@adamsifford6228]

The just want to bury other people that compete with them.

[@ctrlaltdel64]

carriying cross, sounds so dumb.

[@zanethind]

I would like to see all of SCU come to WWE. Since Kazarian would do better now and Christopher Daniels could get a proper run this time. Don't forget that Chelsea Green beat Charlotte Flair on Main Event. Problem with Kharma was that she went to WWE the wrong time. Didn't Aries get fired because of something to with Stephanie McMahon and not the writing team also it's sad how he had to job to Pac everytime in their rivalry on 205 Live. No no number 1 should've been Chris Hero sure Harris is a good pick but Hero deserves the spot we all know it

[@BruvvaUK]

EC3 should have been so much bigger than he was! Its a shame that it never went so well for him and at his age now he has little to no chance of him being even half as big as he should

[@anshumandeka1504]

I thought he would never shut up about nord

[@KanishQQuotes]

How's this any different from what happened to wcw talent after wwe acquired them

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Monty Brown went to same college as my buddy

[@silxix2599]

Wild Cat Chris Harris was out of shape in WWE. In TNA he looked like he could be a superstar worthy of a World singles Championship 🏆

[@hiphopdagame]

to think everyone had him as the "Shawn Michaels" of AMW BUT Storm became the HBK of the 2...

[@BruvvaUK]

I know AEW has far too stacked right now but Killer Kross would be an asset there if given the push

[@Dim4323]

EC3 shouldve stay with impact

[@jamondross8717]

Some of these names deserve better in WWE

[@KuhntaSmash]

3:00

[@Jestin612]

3:00 commercial skip

[@pandaeff2493]

0.20 is that Andrew? 😂😂😂😂

[@martinrubio936]

Chelsea green getting fired wrong

[@davido6684]

If given the right storyline and people to work with I think all these performers would've succeeded. WWE has never been great at booking people from outside the WWE system. I could give you examples but there's far too many to list.

[@Filmation77]

two things: Chelsea Green actually WON the Impact KO's title,but still/then asked for her release.looking back ,she looked ungrateful.cause the reality was before IMPACT ,chelsea green was Nobody,in the business before the Laurel Van Ness idea in Impact.and to dig in the knife,,,she resembles Dr Britt Baker so much,why arent they a real tahe tean

[@DayOnRuntz]

I always thought about EC3 first when it came to this topic and how he went to wwe and just flopped I wouldn’t put it past the old man to get EC3 over there so the TNA ratings would take a fall since they were going back up with that EC3 feud with Bobby Lashley and by them being huge stars in a company that was found dead a couple years before that so he had to snag them back up since they were hot and he was making money off them first

[@ThisIsFiveEighteen]

Honestly, if they put Karrion Kross out there in that stupid outfit and helmet, but he had Scarlett with him in a matching skimpy leather getup and a Valkyrie looking helmet of her own, in tandem it could have worked.

[@Chigen_Atomic]

EC3's issue was being so intrinsically linked to TNA, given the original version of his name is Ethan Carter III. What else are they gonna do with the kayfabe nephew of the head of one of the closest things they had to a rival company. I know people make jokes about Nash's quads but his have nothing against Chelsea Green's wrists. She's injured them like four times or so in the past three years. Hoyt/Archer still surprises the hell out of me. He was and is a flashy big guy who can also play the monster heel. I will admit he was pretty skinny back then and WWE like their big guys to be bulky. Eh, more a big douche in a small pond. Or medium. We do have to account for his height. Monty Brown is an iffy case. I think he would have likely had a pretty entertaining run later on but you can't really say he flopped as he left for personal reasons before anything could get started.