10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Eric Young

Well, no, not really, but you understand the point. Eric Young spent 12 years as an active member of the TNA roster, and you'll be hard pushed to find an individual that played as many different roles as EY in the entire history of the company. Be aware that by 'hard pushed' I mean 'you won't'.

The majority of professional wrestlers will go through their careers with a gimmick that flips and flops between the two standard roles in pro wrestling, the good guy and the bad guy.

Eric Young gave so much more than that to TNA, and it is this versatility that makes his arrival in NXT all the more exciting. Let's take a look at the various characters and roles EY took on in TNA.

He started off as a jobber before moving into the heel Team Canada, As the faction began to fell apart Young took on a more comedic side, seemingly scared of anything and everything (including his own pyro). He took the paranoia gimmick to excellent heights, being billed as wrestling out of 'an undisclosed location'.

After a tenure as the Paranoid Pied-Piper of TNA, Eric Young took on the role of a superhero, Super Eric no less, and was a member of the Prince Justice Brotherhood with Shark Boy and Curry Man.

Comedy couldn't last forever however, and in 2009 he turned heel and established the World Elite faction. After years of jovial happy-go-lucky EY this was a shock, but he played the role to perfection.

Young would revert to a face role in 2010, followed by displaying some mental issues that acted more as comedic relief than anything else. During this time he teamed with ODB and Orlando Jordan, among others.

Out of nowhere he became the #1 contender to the TNA title in 2014, and he went on to defeat Magnus on an episode of Impact for the gold.

He was an underdog face champion, but turned heel once again at the beginning of 2015. This time he was a maniacal heel, a vicious lunatic who knew no low.

Whether playing a comedic face or a sociopathic heel, EY performs well.