10 Most Wasted Talents In WWE History

9. Kaval

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Brandon 'Kaval' Silvestry was doomed in record time.

Signed before WWE embraced the Independent scene, the former Low Ki, a decade-plus pro, was introduced to viewers as a rookie on the unquantifiable, counterproductive NXT TV show.

This was bad enough in itself. Kaval was a well-versed, immensely talented and unique wrestler. He was not a peer of Percy Watson. Worse still, his assigned 'pros' were Laycool. The original incarnation of NXT posed so many unanswerable questions that it remains unfathomable five years later.

Was this a rib? Did the dichotomy between his deep voice and overtly feminine screen partners make some easily-amused official laugh? Was it some sort of failed attempt at creating a groundswell of support from the minority of Independent fans, at whom the series decidedly wasn't aimed at?

Regardless, Kaval actually ended up winning the competition - but it was impossible to take him seriously afterwards, despite his thrilling but unsuccessful pursuit of Dolph Ziggler's United States championship. Incidentally, his defeat there rendered weeks' worth of TV time thoroughly pointless.

Kaval was so disheartened by his tenure that, before a brief retirement, he successfully sought his release the same year he debuted on the main roster.

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