10 Huge Signings WWE Must Make In 2019

4. Miesha Tate

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It would be easy to fill our list with former women’s mixed martial artists, given how quickly they seem to adapt to professional wrestling. Shayna Baszler is quietly having one of the best years in the company, both in terms of in-ring output and character work, while Ronda Rousey is the most convincing rookie WWE has seen since Kurt Angle. If Marina Shaffir and Jessamyn Duke work out even half as well as those two, the company will be on to a winner.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that every MMA star is going to kill it as a women’s wrestler, but it'd be logical to follow that pattern, and no signing would make more sense in that regard than Miesha Tate.

One of Rousey’s greatest career rivals, Tate hung up her MMA gloves in 2016. She’s only 32 years old, and was insanely marketable in her old sport. Not only would this carry over to WWE, but the company could lean on her existing relationship with Ronda to craft a ready-made storyline, giving Tate an easy in for main roster life.

Cyborg Justino and Gina Carano would make equally great signings, though the latter would demand top dollar.

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