10 WWE Superstars You Didn't Know Were In TNA
2. Seth Rollins
A former WWE Champion, a WrestleMania main eventer and an excellent performer, Seth Rollins is a bona fide superstar in 2017.
Back in 2006, however, Rollins was a fresh-faced youngster, with only a year in the business to his name. That name was also not yet Seth Rollins but, instead, his indie name, Tyler Black.
Before he made a name for himself in Ring of Honor, Black would find himself in TNA for a cup of coffee. Make that a shot of espresso...a very painful shot of espresso.
Squaring off against Homicide and Hernandex of LAX, Black made his TNA debut teaming up with indie freelancer, Jeff Luxon. The bout would take place on the Oct 5th, 2006 edition of Impact, in a time when Impact was just one hour long.
The booking team had to cram a lot of action into just 60 minutes and, as such, Homicide and Hernandez didn’t hang around. The bout lasted roughly 30 seconds in total.
Perfectly described by Mike Tenay on commentary as “total domination by LAX”, the sound bite summed up Tyler Black’s cameo perfectly. TNA allegedly offered Black a contract in 2010 at the same time that WWE did, but Evan Bourne convinced him that WWE was the better option.
Good call.