Complete List Of Talent For This Week's WWE Tryouts Revealed (WWE News)
The latest lineup for WWE's tryouts has a heavy independent wrestling presence.
No less than 20 different names are involved in WWE's latest run of tryouts at the company's Performance Center in Orlando this week. 11 of those included work extensively on the independent circuit as pro wrestlers, but there's also space for everyone from athletes (aspiring college football stars, basketball players and some track and field influence) to vloggers/social media influencers.
Below is an exhaustive list of the men and women on the current tryouts (via The Wrestling Observer), as well as some info in brackets about their background.
Men: Starboy Charlie (independent wrestler who's worked for GCW), Leon Lokombo (independent wrestler), Jack Pasquale (independent wrestler), Manny Lo (independent wrestler), Jeremiah Lakhwani (social media influencer who appeared on Netflix reality series Physical: Asia), Blade Brown (independent wrestler), Ben Finneseth (college football star), Jariel Rivera (independent wrestler), Bhupinder Gujjar (independent wrestler who has worked for TNA), Tyler Jordan (independent wrestler), James Karnik (basketball player), Manny House (independent wrestler) and Bruss Hamilton (independent wrestler who won the 2025 America’s Strongest Marine competition) .
Women: Nor ‘Phoenix’ Diana (independent wrestler who recently lost a belt to AEW's Mercedes Mone), Elli Finch (track and field star at Michigan State), KJ Johnson (regional champion in gymnastics), Regina Tarin (MMA fighter) Casey Schaeoff, (basketball, lacrosse and cross country athlete), Sallie Grace (social media sports influencer) and Alyssa Daniele (vlogger and snowboarder).
It's worth noting that WWE's last bout of tryouts which featured a heavy independent wrestling presence were held back in 2022. Good luck to everyone involved in these trials as they aspire to ink WWE developmental contracts and secure their futures.