10 Forgotten TNA Wrestlers You Totally Don't Remember
7. Jesse Neal
Heavily-inked rocker Jesse Neal was another former military man who originally leaned on that service to garner cheers from TNA's audience. Unsurprisingly, people stopped caring about that after a while. Harsh? Perhaps, but wrestling is a 'what have you done for me lately?!' kinda industry, and everyone knows it.
Adapting, Neal continued rocking up his look and formed a tag-team called Ink Inc with Shannon Moore. That was actually a solid spot for him, not least because the early 'USA vs. Everyone' stuff opposite Sheikh Abdul Bashir was xenophobic and played out. Aligning with Team 3D hadn't sold fans on Jesse either.
He had to earn his spot, so the team with Moore was a blessing.
Neal still struggled to show out as an organic worker just making his way though. If anything, he came across as a manufactured piece of business from TNA, and everything he did felt forced. The company cut their losses in 2011. That'd be it for Jesse's aspirations in the bigger promotions.