Wrestling Six Packs: Guys WWE Should Pick up If They Bought TNA

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No one ever thought the WWF would ever win the Monday Night Wars to the point where they'd be in a position to purchase WCW, but they did. They took in select talent, but really, it didn't matter in the long run since all the wrestlers who were worth a damn (Booker T, Chavo Guerrero, Rey Mysterio) all came in and stuck around anyway. So, the question of the WWE buying out TNA doesn't seem so laugahble. So that begs the question: who from TNA would the WWE pick up? That list would probably not match anyone's list given how much Vince McMahon's idea of an ideal wrestler differs from the average Internet smark's. So, rather than even try to figure out who Vince and co. would try to bring in, here's who I think they SHOULD bring in if they ever bought TNA from Panda Energy. NOTE: The clichéd answer is Samoa Joe. Obviously he should be brought in. I'm going with six others.

1. AJ Styles

This would be the big-name acquisition here for the futures. Styles has been around the block, but he's also been misused to high heavens in TNA. I see him as a Rey Mysterio/Eddie Guerrero type, a can't miss talent who wasn't given the chance to shine in his original fed. While his size might work against him, well, if Daniel Bryan and Evan Bourne get chances, then Styles would definitely fit in.

2. Sarita/Sarah Stock

It's rumored that the WWE is moving more towards an athletic women's division, which actually makes sense to me given that they've given Nattie Neidhart a run with the title. Of all the current Knockouts, Stock fits the athletic mold while still having the looks that would endear her to the chauvinists still in the front office. The best of both worlds, so to speak.

3. Robbie E

Like Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins and Trent Baretta, Robbie was trained by Mikey Whipwreck. You know he's got the pedigree. OF course, the three in his class really are stuck in the mire in Superstars, but then again, that might be the best show for guys such as these. Of course, I also think that entire NYWC group deserves a better push. I'd definitely bring Robbie in as a member of a New York Mafia-style stable. Then again, I'm more of a wrestling pragmatist. Still, he's a definite keeper.

4. Beer Money, Inc.

The WWE doesn't care about tag teams, I know. Beer Money is a team that would definitely make them care though. While the Guns (another team that I'd like to see the WWE pick up, but would be more apt to misuse) are the flashier and more decorated team, Beer Money would be the better fit. Even if they didn't stay together, there'd be viability for both as singles workers, but yeah, if any team would know how to reenergize the tag team division, it's Beer Money.

5. Jay Lethal

He's another Whipwreck trainee, but this guy brings perhaps the most to the table out of all his students. He's got the in-ring talent, the charisma, the mic skills, the intangibles... and yet TNA insists on misusing him. Lethal is a guy who'd fit well in the main event scene in WWE, despite his size.

6. Sting

Yeah, this one doesn't fit the narrative, does it? Sting resisted going to the WWF when WCW was bought out, so what makes anyone think he'd go there now? Time? Money? Resignation? I don't know, but Sting is the one icon that has never appeared in a WWE ring, and it just makes too much sense to have him work a few "dream" matches against guys like The Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H or even a lured-out-of-retirement Shawn Michaels.

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