10 MORE Secret WWE Pasts Of AEW Wrestlers
1. Tay Conti
Tay Conti's match with Hikaru Shida made something of a mockery of the WWE system, and not just the one that was so roundly criticised for years that Triple H overhauled it. Her gripping and gutsy loss against the AEW Women's Champion made a mockery of 'The Game's own teachings - or at very least those that have gone on under his stewardship.
It would have been generous to call Conti a rough diamond in NXT, but then the company so rarely gave her chances to sparkle anyway. Appearing first in 2017, she worked right up until the pandemic hit in 2020, losing a March house show match against Shotzi Blackheart before getting released the following month.
Arriving in AEW via their partially positive Deadly Draw women's tag team tournament, Conti has soared in her first solo run. The wins weren't just racked up on Dark or Dark Elevation, but earned in awesome battles that brought out the best in somebody who'd obviously been told to hold back for a long time.
As many have away from the multi-million dollar Florida facility, Conti's confidence progression has damned the entire Performance Center process.