10 Times Unlikely Wrestlers Stole The Show
2. DeAngelo Williams - Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2017
An American football player of some prestige and longevity, DeAngelo Williams secured the most rushing touchdowns in both 2008 and 2015. That point is worth honing in on, for the gridiron is a particularly punishing grind. Those who endure it for that long usually end up physically battered.
Not so Williams, who entered the domain of the squared circle a full decade after entering the NFL in preposterous physical condition.
His work as an athlete at Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2017 was ridiculous enough in itself. With an intuitive grasp of the fundamentals, Williams rocked an Impact Zone that, over the course of years, had seen its enthusiasm slowly euthanised. He leapt over the top rope, mastering in less than six seconds what Kelly Kelly couldn't muster in six years by seamlessly running the ropes, before flooring Eli Drake with picture-perfect Codebreakers and Samoan Drops.
His work as a worker was unreal. After soaking up the applause with a bow more charming than brash, Williams in his debut match orchestrated a loud encore by immediately following up with a gorgeous standing moonsault and remembering to sell frustration at the subsequent kickout.
A card boasting seasoned and great hands alike in Alberto El Patron and Naomichi Marufuji, Williams stole the headlines in a company that barely made the papers.