10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Adam Rose

10. Leppan Spent Years In Developmental Going Nowhere

Raymond Leppan signed for World Wrestling Entertainment in 2010, and when all problems with his United States working visa were cleared he set about going to work in Florida Championship Wrestling.

Leppan worked under his real name to begin with, but quickly changed it to Leo Kruger, an homage to his relative and former South African president Paul Kruger.

Kruger would subsequently stay in WWE developmental for four years. This may not seem like such a long time, but there was little development during this time and the Kruger gimmick was thought by many to be on the chopping block.

The ESPN E:60 documentary storied this extremely well, with WWE officials informing Kruger that something needed to happen or he was out.

What happened was Adam Rose, but even though he arrived on the main roster in 2014 he did so with less a sense of being ready and more a sense of being over-ripe, so to speak.