12 Secret FCW Histories Of WWE Superstars

5. Promo King Heath Slater

Resilience is a trait that has served Heath Slater well during his remarkably successful WWE career, and a lengthy stint in FCW as the seemingly-quite-satisfied Heath Miller clearly helped his confidence even at the poorly-attended events on the brand's regular Tampa loop.

Natalya was one of several to praise his assuredness from promo class, noting how well drawn his a*sehole character was before an initial Nexus run sucked much of the fun out. Slater himself gradually reinserted it over the years - he got over with a persona far closer to the developmental original than what WWE's creative heads had cooked up for him.