10 Wrestlers WWE Should’ve Signed When They Had The Chance

10. Takeshi Morishima

If there was ever a wrestler who defined the expression, €˜never judge a book by its cover€™, it€™s Takeshi Morishima. Despite being one of the largest members of Pro Wrestling NOAH€™s roster, standing at 6€™3 and weighing 290 pounds/130 kilograms, Morishima has proven himself as an incredible brawler, as well as a solid technician who can hang with the best of them. Imagine a wrestler like WWE€™s Umaga, who was surprisingly agile and quick on his feet for such a rotund man. Now imagine that wrestler is also capable of performing Missile Dropkicks (which is always impressive for a man his size), perform handstand splashes like Rob Van Dam, and can go toe-to-toe with such skilled grapplers as Bryan Danielson, among others. That is what Morishima can do. The interesting thing about him is that he had a few try-out matches with WWE in 2008, but nothing came of it. Rumor has it that Vince thought that Morishima looked like €˜a fat Japanese girl€™, and that quashed any possibilities of Morishima working with WWE long-term. It€™s a shame. He€™s an excellent brawler and truly intimidating-looking person. He could€™ve made an excellent €˜heavy€™ (pardon the pun), or bodyguard for some smaller wrestler. He has the power and the viciousness to perform well in that role, as he is one of the hardest-hitting strikers in NOAH. WWE seems to have this strange obsession with pushing Russian wrestlers as foreign monsters; if they€™re still intending on going down that jingoistic path, why not add a Japanese monster to the mix? It would certainly be interesting to see€