10 Awesome Indie Matches You MUST Watch On WWE Network

Here, we have a nice example of two competitors fitting of the indie scene in the best possible way, with their gimmicks refined, simple, and faultless. Their current respective NXT homes serve as a neat follow-up to where they were just a year ago in the PROGRESS ring.

Timothy Thatcher is a beast, and decidedly leaner than such adversaries as Keith Lee and Walter, so what better than to have an even leaner and extremely agile opponent to bring out the best in him? This is why this particularly wild match-up from PROGRESS 83 works so well, and why he and Dragunov were able to put on such a stunning performance.

Thatcher doesn't let up in his intensity, and Ilja Dragunov does not lapse in his energy, which means the heavy hits come in rapid succession. No surprise then that the crowd are raising the roof for this contest. Both workhorses of the indies prove their worth, and their ongoing rise to success is deserved without doubt.