9 Former PWG Champions Who Now Wrestle In WWE

8. Neville

Neville Jack Gallagher
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The current WWE Cruiserweight Champion was a PWG regular for a long while, consistently working for the company between 2006 and 2012. This was back when Neville was known as PAC, and The Man That Gravity Forgot put on memorable bouts against opponents as varied as AJ Styles, Chris Hero and Jack Evans.

PAC failed in both of his attempts to win the PWG World Championship, but like Black was more successful in tag team action, capturing the PWG World Tag Team Championships alongside Roderick Strong in 2007 after defeating The Briscoe Brothers in the final of a tournament for the vacant straps.

PAC wasn't even supposed to be a part of the competition, but when Strong's original parter Jack Evans got injured, the man from Newcastle was more than ready to step into the breach. PAC and Strong were a little more successful than The Age of the Fall, defending the titles on one occasion against The Havana Pitbulls before dropping them to Steenerico at Giant-Size Annual in July 2007 in a match that was originally scheduled as a best two-out-of-three falls bout against The Briscoes.

PAC also made the semi-finals of the BOLA that year, falling short to eventual winner CIMA. Fans impressed by his high-flying antics in WWE should drop what they are doing and find some of the man's PWG work, in which gravity well and truly gave him a miss.

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