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Originally Posted by Alienoid06
TNA doesn't pick up every guy the WWE casts off.
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Out of TNA's listed roster on their website:
14 released by WWE in the past few years:
Brother Ray
Christy Hemme
Gail Kim
Kip James
Kurt Angle
Raven
Scott Steiner
Tomko
Brother Devon
Brother Runt
Christian Cage
Kevin Nash
Konnan
Rhino
Six released by WWE at some longer point:
BG James
Jeff Jarrett
Kevin Nash
Ron Killings
Shane Douglas
Bob Backlund
Other guys I can think of that were in TNA that were WWE-grown:
X-pac (whatever the hell you want to call him)
Scott Hall
D-Lo Brown
Jeff Hardy
The biggest name they have that was never in WWE is Sting. The biggest guy they have that was never in WWE or WCW is Samoa Joe. And then Abyss. You could argue that they did some good shit with Monty Brown before he went to WWE. Pretty much the rest of their home-growns are in Spot-Monkey Central... erm, I mean, the X Division.
Point being, there haven't been a lot of even mildly recognizable names that haven't sailed ship for TNA after leaving WWE. Jericho comes to mind, and he's about it. Matt Hardy would have ended up there if the WWE fan's hadn't demanded him back. And there is also the perception that any time a wrestler's imminent WWE release is mentioned, the immediate reaction is "TNA, here comes ________!" TNA is basically the desktop recycle bin for released WWE talent.