10 Most Over-Pushed TNA Wrestlers Ever

5. Eric Young

If you saw Eric Young from his beginning run in TNA in Team Canada, you may not have guessed he would last as long as he did in the company. He was fine, but his stablemates in Bobby Roode and Petey Williams showed a lot more potential. But Young hung on, and saw his role increase, sometimes to ridiculous levels, over the rest of his run there.

For years, Young was like the Santino of TNA, except that at times he had a lot of in-ring credibility. Someone in management seemed to think he was the funniest thing they’d ever seen, as they gave him one lame gimmick after the next like Super Eric or winning the Knockouts Tag Titles.

While Young was a solid mid-card act, he was drastically over-pushed as the leader of World Elite. He just didn’t have the swagger or charisma to justify the spot. He actually should have been fourth in line to lead the group as Sheik Abdul Bashier, Homicide and Magnus would have been better choices. The company, though, kept on putting him places he didn’t belong, like adding him to The Band with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

But Young’s most ridiculous run was as the TNA Heavyweight Champion. Again, Young is a good talent, it’s nice to see him in NXT, but he’s not the face of a company. It was especially bad, as it was obvious that he was only chosen for the role as they were trying to do a rushed, sloppy version of what WWE did with Daniel Bryan.