Ranking The Only Remaining Main Roster Stars From WWE’s FIRST EVER Performance Centre Class

13. Aiden English

Performance Center 2013
WWE

On surface-level assessment, Aiden English appears to have all the tools to survive for a very long time in WWE, even if he never quite manages to smash through one of the many glass ceilings imposed upon performers at various levels within the organisation.

As a middling tag team performer alongside Simon Gotch, English was the most patient. When Gotch departed, English stuck it out through some lean months in his underrated vocalist role until an off-hand joke in September 2017 triggered a phenomenon that in reality should have led somebody else on this list to far greater climbs.

As has always been the case, in spite of factors, English persists.

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