8 Wrestlers That Visibly Hated Working For TNA
5. Nigel McGuinness
In this list on a technicality and not under his on-screen name of Desmond Wolfe, Nigel McGuinness was a model professional in unprofessional times when it came to his work for TNA, but just how much he didn't really want to seemingly settle for it was laid bare in the absorbing 2012 "Last Of McGuinness" documentary.
Fan-funded, self-made and with a level of vulnerability extremely rare for any wrestling output at the time, the film saw Nigel work a series of retirement tour shows while reconvening with colleagues and friends as well as reflecting on the ups and downs of a career he considered good but painfully incomplete. Over the 12 independent matches, the former ROH World Champion attempted to put a brave face on numerous goodbyes, but gradually unravelled in raw and unflinching fashion.
As best he tried, he simply couldn't bottle up the feeling of failure having never worked for WWE, particularly while contemporary Bryan Danielson was making it as World Champion there. He brushes past his TNA run entirely, neglecting the against-the-odds successes he found as Desmond Wolfe. There were reasons he left the company directly related to his health that he couldn't or wouldn't address until the time was right, but as somebody with total control of the edit, he had an opportunity to put over the brand and, deservedly, himself, as somebody who really had left a mark in the North American mainstream. Devastatingly for performer and promotion, either he simply didn't want to, or didn't believe it was really worth the mention.