10 WWE Icons Who Had Totally Forgettable TNA Runs

There is a serious argument that no wrestler did more to shine a light on the global independent wrestling scene than CM Punk. Signing with WWE from Ring of Honor in 2005, his reputation for being the king of the indies made a generation of fans turn their heads away from Vince McMahon's wrestling behemoth to see what was going on in the minor leagues, where the likes of Bryan Danielson, The Young Bucks, and the wealth of talent that defined their era.

While Punk's run in Ring of Honor is rightly lauded for being one of the best in company history, Punk also wrestled for TNA at the same time. Initially teaming with good friend Ace Steel as part of a tournament to crown new NWA Tag Team Champions, he would then join Raven's TNA stable, The Gathering, alongside Julio Dinero.

Punk and Raven had a now legendary RoH feud, and TNA tried to capitalize on that by having Punk and Dinero turn on him to form a new tag-team, managed by The Sinister Minister, James Mitchell. Punk would eventually leave TNA for good in 2004, after the company decided that talent could no longer wrestle for RoH at the same time, with Punk obviously choosing to continue his great work with Ring of Honor.