10 Wrestlers TNA/IMPACT Should've Pushed Harder

'Black Machismo' should not have worked as a long-term character. In theory, there's only so far one could go pretending to be the legendary Randy Savage. For a young Jay Lethal, however, it was seemingly the perfect stepping stone to proving his worth as a performer.

Athletic and boasting a variety of creative combo manoeuvres and cutter variations, Lethal's X-Division work was fast-paced and high risk. On the mic, his remarkably on point impersonation of 'The Macho Man' and contentment to send himself up made him an endearingly funny fixture in TNA.

By 2010, even Ric Flair was paying attention to Lethal's multi-faceted talents. It lead to arguably the most hilarious angle in the promotion's history when Lethal started impersonating 'The Nature Boy'. While Flair's run in TNA is much-maligned as a past-his-prime career low point, this feud was a colourful, if slightly idiotic, part of the bizarre Hogan/Bischoff-run of 2010.

Lethal carried himself well on the mic and in the ring, just about keeping Flair's increasingly incomprehensible work engaging. It was hard to say how hard Lethal would be pushed but his ability and potential was clear. Given his popularity both on screen and in the locker room, it came as a shock to all when Lethal's ceiling turned out to be leaving the promotion less than a year later.

In ROH, he was reborn as a company-leading heel champion and was great in the role. Had TNA played their cards right, he could've filled a similar slot for them instead.