10 Wrestlers You Can't Believe WWE Haven't Signed (Yet)

Vince McMahon best get that massive wallet out now before it's too late...

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Between Raw, SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK and 205 Live, WWE currently boasts a mind-blowing 208 contracted wrestlers on its books. That huge number doesn't include managers/valets (some of whom, like Zelina Vega, sporadically wrestle), and it doesn't take into account others with unknown futures (such as Ronda Rousey) either.

That roster is WCW in 1999 levels of big.

When put like that, there's possibly no more room for anyone else to join the ranks, but this is a unique time in wrestling history. New promotions like AEW are busily snapping up talent themselves, and there are other groups like New Japan, ROH, the revamped NWA, Impact Wrestling and more to worry about too. It's a good time to work in the industry, basically.

Through all of this, WWE scouts have left some supreme talents on the table. A handful are signed elsewhere, admittedly, and that perhaps blocks any approach. That's not the really surprising thing though. No, the big shock is that WWE haven't already locked these men and women down to contracts.

To loosely paraphrase Velveteen Dream, sign 'em up (when you can), Vince...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.