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7. Brian Cage

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From being built to being created in the lab where "built" was first invented, Brian Cage almost looks human working as Kris Logan for Florida Championship wrestling in the above image.

Being superhuman was what helped him advance to the next level, rather than being part of WWE's system. Not quite the ginormous chiselled monster he'd later become, Cage looks bigger than in the quaint early independent shots that circulated online a while ago, but nowhere near the stature of the man who rose to be Impact World Heavyweight Champion and a key component of Team Taz in All Elite Wrestling.

Cage spent time in FCW between 2008 and 2009, working as "Kris Logan", including once in a tag match that also featured current AEW star Trent Beretta. It's virtually impossible to imagine the 2021 version of the FTW Champion as "unremarkable", but it's in full view here. Florida Championship Wrestling had near-mythical powers of normalisation, and Cage's run unfortunately didn't buck that trend.

 
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