Ranking WWE's First Ever NXT Class - From Worst To Best

36. Brandon Traven

NXT Roster 2012
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As Brian Breaker, Brandon Traven worked just about everywhere and with everyone on a rich and diverse independent scene in America and for NJPW and NOAH in Japan. 

His NXT run, by comparison, was almost patronisingly short and looks more like a stop-off than an attempt to break out in the biggest company in wrestling.

Spanning less than a year between 2012 and 2013, he lost almost every match he was involved in, and they were only notable for the futures WWE Superstars across the ring from him, including the likes of Roman Reigns, Big E, Xavier Woods and Rusev.

Per his Cagematch, he wrapped a ten year, 285-match career in 2017, rendering his whistle-stop tour of Florida even more of a footnote. 

 
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