11 Wrestlers TNA Completely Dropped The Ball With

11. Joey Ryan

Okay, so Joey Ryan was never going to be the man to lead TNA into a brave, new world, but he is a shining example of TNA coming across something good and then just having no idea what to do with it.

TNA's Gut Check Challenge made its return to TV in 2012, and numerous independent talents had tryouts in the hope of gaining a TNA contract. Only two such individuals stick out from this time, one of whom is Taeler Hendrix (obviously). The other is Joey Ryan.

In many ways the whole thing seemed to designed to bring Ryan into the company, and for a little while it worked. Ryan's attempts to hijack the show were great TV, and Ryan was building considerable traction as a performer.

He eventually got his contract, defeating Al Snow at Bound for Glory thanks to some help from Matt Morgan (more on him later).

From there on, Ryan seemingly ticked a couple of title shot boxes and was gone by summer 2013. A waste of a hot angle and a popular, diverse talent.