8 WWE Acts Who Would Be Perfect In The NWA

5. Bobby Roode

Bobby Roode
WWE.com

For a second there – just a second – it looked as if Bobby Roode was actually being showcased nicely as part of a tag pairing with Dolph Ziggler. Now while Roode and Ziggler won the Raw Tag Team Championships, they’ve since become an afterthought who look destined to loiter at the bottom of the card.

The Glorious One is clearly a talented performer who has shown he’s able to run with the ball when afforded the opportunity – as highlighted during his time in TNA and NXT. Since arriving on the WWE main roster, though, Roode has struggled to be anything more than a utility player whose versatility has possibly hindered him.

In the smaller settings of TNA and NXT, the Canadian has shown that he’s capable of being a big fish in a small pond, and he is able to conjure up a level of prestige and grandeur that makes him feel right at home at the top of the card. And in the NWA, that ability and presence means that Roode would be a fantastic option to be in and around the NWA Worlds Title picture.

In this post: 
NWA
 
Posted On: 
Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.