10 Most Over-Pushed TNA Wrestlers Ever

8. Chris Sabin

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For the most part, Chris Sabin was painfully under-pushed during his time in TNA, but for a few months he was over-pushed to the point of absurdity. And it pains me to write that, as I think The Motor City Machine Guns are one of the best tag teams of this millennium, but Chris Sabin as Heavyweight Champion just wasn’t a very good call.

TNA was in this really weird spot in 2013. They were still recovering from the fallout of the Hogan/Bischoff era, and were having huge financial problems. Their top stars began leaving the company, so they started taking some of their originals and suddenly making them the Heavyweight Champion. They just didn't go through the effort of writing storylines for them or anything like that.

Sabin was chosen to dethrone Bully Ray, but he had been nowhere near built up for that role. Ray was doing great work as the top heel of the company, but Sabin had been known as a mid-card act for the past 10 years, and never received much character development. Fans weren't really clamoring for him to win the World Title.

As an X-Division star, Sabin was great, but he just wasn’t the right guy to push as the top face in the company.

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