8 Wrestling Megastars That Started As Backyarders

8. Josh Matthews

One of the few original WWE Tough Enough competitors to actually carve out a career in the industry, Josh Matthews also actually admitted to being a fan of the product when he entered the training/reality vehicle unlike some of the others terrified of being labelled as marks.

Much of his backyard work is available to view on YouTube, and - unlike some of the competition on there - sort of stands up to scrutiny. The brawlers are at least wrestling in a ring, have assembled a small number of local fans, and are trying to ape their favourites rather than bludgeon one another with the nearest (household) implement of destruction. Not all that different then to some of the matches he called during Impact Wrestling's darkest days.