10 Wrestlers Who Personify Why WWE Had To Scour The Indies

9. Sylvester Terkay

If one thing has become clear about WWE's previous signing policy, it's that those with a legitimate sporting background stood a good chance of being hired. That can be the only explanation for the signing of Sylvester Terkay, who really failed to do just about anything in the promotion. Before joining WWE, Terkay had been an Amateur wrestler and had also dabbled in Mixed Martial Arts. The man was a success in both of those sports and, standing 6ft 6 inches, he had the size Vince McMahon was after, too. Unfortunately, he just didn't have that intangible star quality necessary for the pro wrestling masses to accept him. It's likely that Kurt Angle had earlier recommended Terkay, because he had wrestled him numerous times in the NCAA Amateur divisions, and Sylvester debuted shortly before Angle had left. Working a gimmick that played off his legit MMA background, Terkay just wasn't that interesting to fans. He didn't have a personality to speak of, and looked like just another run-of-the-mill big guy pro-wrestler. Despite appearances in Japan, he hadn't really been known to a lot of fans before signing with WWE, and when he was released in 200 nobody blinked. It was another failed experiment.