10 MORE Secret WWE Pasts Of AEW Wrestlers

9. Ryan Nemeth

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Ryan Nemeth had long runs in several WWE developmental systems but never reached the heights of brother Dolph Ziggler in spite of their similar strengths and attributes.

Spending over two years with the company between 2011 and 2013 during the transition between Florida Championship Wrestling and NXT, Nemeth didn't break through on any kind of mainstream level until he took some high profile losses for AEW.

With an old school sh*t-disturbing charm about his methods of gaining heat, and selfless physical donation to the cause of getting others over, Nemeth looks like an increasingly shrewd potential signing for the Jacksonville group.

Their solid creative has found logic and potential long-term midcard success in his antics. It may be some time before he excels beyond the ceiling he's currently hitting, but that's what win/loss rankings are fundamentally for - when he's deemed to have earned a bigger spot, he'll get the results to support it.

And he might do it alongside...

 
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