Every Wrestling Rookie Of The Year: Where Are They Now?
4. 2019: Jungle Boy
A babyface in the most old-fashioned sense, the exciting and sympathetic Jungle Boy was a booker's dream.
He was raw, so was always available to do a job and assist in getting the more ready projects, like MJF, over. He was a great hand early, and worked the exciting Destroyer-happy style so well that he was bound to get over himself eventually. He was the marketable son of a Hollywood actor. Handsome as hell. For a long time, fans were enthused about watching him evolve into a true main event talent.
Despite working several fantastic matches and performing well in an intricate story with Christian Cage, perhaps he was too perfect a prospect. Perhaps his push was too transparent.
That might explain why fans turned on him. He has very recently turned heel and his first promo didn't exactly answer critics that he's aloof and inauthentic.