What WWE Is REALLY Looking For In New Wrestlers
A new update sheds light on WWE's updated signing policy, including that "no indie wrestlers" rule.
WWE's much-publicised change in signing policy may not be geared as heavily against independent wrestlers as first thought.
Per PWInsider's Mike Johnson, the suggestion that WWE is going to completely ignore the indie scene when it comes to potential signings isn't entirely accurate. Instead, this is more of a general shift towards larger competitors outwith traditional wrestling circles, who, in the words of Johnson's source, WWE can "mould like raw clay to become WWE stars."
WWE won't be completely turning its nose up at the indies, but there's a feeling within the promotion that the recruitment policy had swung too far in that direction in recent times. Now, it'll swing the opposite way, with the promotion "casting a wide net" beyond the scene.
The promotion will still take a look at any independent wrestlers who may be worth investing in as developmental prospects. While it sounds like they won't be going as all-in on the stars of wrestling's smaller stages as before, they reportedly aren't abandoning them completely.
Indie wrestlers Sefa Fatu (28) and Ben Buchanan (20) were amongst the new crop of WWE recruits announced on Monday.