10 Wrestlers Who Are Way Too REAL For WWE

10. Nick Gage

When watching a match with the indie wrestling icon Nick Gage, it's understandable to think that you aren't watching wrestling, but instead a gladiator match between two people genuinely trying to kill each other. The leader of the MDK gang is a master of making his wrestling look real, and that's because it is.

Hardcore wrestling might not be everyone's cup of tea, but there is a devoted audience for it, as people love to see some bloodshed inside the ring. Gage caters to this niche perfectly, as he takes his brutal deathmatches to the next level, with blood, weapons and light tubes galore.

Anyone who has watched the recent Dark Side of the Ring episode dedicated to him will know just how seriously he takes the business and how dangerous his matches can get. If you were to strip the realism and barbarity away from this performer, then he wouldn't be the wrestling icon he is today.

Seeing Gage in WWE is an impossibility, not only because of his dangerous reputation but because he wouldn't work at all in a scripted/safe environment.