10 Indy "Veterans" Making WWE TV Very Watchable Right Now
6. Brian Kendrick And Sara Amato
Whether you like it or not, Eva Marie was privately trained by a globally traveled veteran with nearly 20 years of wrestling experience, 11 of which have been spent as an indy stalwart. As well, when you add in the fact that Brian Kendrick was also a student of Shawn Michaels in the same class as Daniel Bryan, the pedigree for Eva Marie's potential excellence is there. At some point, #allredeverything is going to step into the ring with Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship, and more likely than not, Eva Marie may actually surprise us all with a more than credible performance because of her time spent with Kendrick, and as well, the growing in prominence Sara Amato. The former Sara Del Ray has 15 years of experience, and in changing the public perception of Eva Marie as a talent -- moreso than shaping the "Divas Revolution" she'll maybe have her most impressive moment as a WWE employee to date.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.