5 Superstars WWE Should Keep If They Buy TNA Wrestling
By Tim Sherry
ImpactWrestling.com
5. Ethan Carter III
The WWE already had a shot Carter back in 2009 when they signed him to their former developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling. Under the gimmick of Derrick Bateman, he had some success in FCW by winning the brand’s tag team championship with Johnny Curtis and running with the belts for about three months. After dropping the belts, Carter would spend the next three years toiling in the minors, now branded as NXT.
In 2013, Carter was released from the WWE but was only a free agent for about 4 months after TNA picked him up. And in a rare turn of events for the fledgling company, TNA was actually a place that Carter would flourish. He would win 2 TNA World Championships and the 2016 Bound for Glory playoffs which places him in the main event title match against now Champion, Lashley, at this Sunday’s Bound For Glory pay per view. If he wins back the belt at BFG, that will only help improve his chances of being signed to the WWE.
Carter has all the goods. He’s good looking, has a great physique, and is a solid in ring worker. But the thing that now sets EC3 apart from the field is his promo work. He has become one of the best talkers in the entire wrestling world and he has committed to his arrogant character about as well as anyone has in the past.
The 33-year-old is in his prime as a worker and he’s making the most of it. In signing him, the WWE would be getting a solid, entertaining professional with a ton left in the tank. EC3 is about as over with the TNA fans as anyone and with two years of main event caliber matches now under his belt, could make a very smooth transition to the WWE roster.