10 Secret WWE Pasts Of AEW Wrestlers

9. Luchasaurus

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Luchasaurus' time with WWE wasn't disastrous, but in comparison to his time as a dinosaur on the independents and with All Elite Wrestling, a stint on NXT jobbing duty wasn't half as fascinating and paradoxically futuristic.

As you can learn more about in this closer look we took at the breakout star last month, the AEW newbie never got beyond examining the Full Sail University lights during his time under Triple H's tutelage, but he vary nearly became a member of the accursed Wyatt Family due to matching the backwoods look required to augment Bray Wyatt's reinvention.

Only in pro wrestling could a dinosaur feel less out of time than four actual human beings, but the wretched take on supernatural hillbillies proved fatal for the careers of all who embodied the gimmick. Luke Harper will be kept away from screens until his contract expires. Fellow Bludgeon Brother Erick Rowan was saved by Daniel Bryan's genius. Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt eventually saved themselves. Man behind the mask Austin Matelson saved his entire career from extinction by reimagining how the wrestling monster could operate.

He'll be tipped for carnivorous supremacy when AEW's weekly product finds its feet.

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