10 WWE Superstars Who'd Be Better Off In The Indies (Or Overseas)
2. Tyson Kidd
Tyson Kidd is actually so great as a pro wrestler that when he loses (similar to his tag partner Cesaro) it actually exposes the wrestling business. There was once a generation where there were at least ten or 20 Cesaros or Tyson Kidds floating around in pro wrestling. Now, there's two. Kidd's the kind of guy who would benefit from being put in situations where the wrestling being presented was athletic enough where it would allow for him to be presented as the "athlete who happens to have a really solid grip on pro wrestling" that he is. Where could he find said pro wrestling? At present, New Japan. If I were New Japan, contacting WWE to get their claws into Titus O'Neil, Cesaro, Tyson Kidd and Natalya as some sort of anti-Bullet Club faction would be great. WWE wouldn't have to publicize it past saying that Kidd and Cesaro had just wrestled in front of 50,000-plus people in Japan, which would add to their "great wrestlers for wrestlers sake" legitimacy. Kidd vs. Tanahashi. Kidd vs. Styles. Kidd vs. Nakamura. Think about it.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.