Josh Alexander Will Fit Perfectly in the WWE

At TNA Genesis 2025 last week, a front-runner for Match of the Night was an I Quit match that made two things especially clear. The first is that Mike Santana will be the standard for TNA in the future. The second, Josh Alexander, will fit perfectly in the WWE. Their feud wasn't for the title or some great return. The show was excellent and had those moments, too. Both men felt like stars; their aura, while opposite, sucked the energy from the fans in attendance and sent it scattered throughout the Curtis Culwell Center. It was a magnetic connection they both forged in their roles. Santana to WWE needs more time to materialize, but it was Josh Alexander who quit in the match, and it seems the company. So, what exactly does he bring to the WWE Universe?

He has the height to back his technical competence.

In WWE, there are plenty of characters still running around, but far fewer than before. Most of them are playing some version of "an athlete who" and then insert the personal traits that follow. One of the few things that helps wrestlers stand out is style, both in the ring and outside of it. Highflyers and Powerhouses are always going to attract some attention in the WWE ring, but that is why there are quite a few of them. What WWE hasn't had in a long time is a main-event contender with a technical style.

Names like Chad Gable get brought up now; before him, it was Dolph Ziggler (now TNA's Nic Nemeth). There is usually a very gifted athlete working a submission and suplex forward style that invariably hits a glass ceiling, generally because they are too small to wrestle that way believably at the top level. The exceptions, like Bryan Danielson or CM Punk, brought a style outside the ring to compensate. Regardless, Josh Alexander doesn't need to rely on that. He is every bit as tall as Cody Rhodes or Jey Uso. He has the physical size to stand toe-to-toe with any of the top guys on the main roster and look comparable and thus believable as their equal.

He knows how to be Josh Alexander in any circumstance.

Josh Alexander will fit perfectly in the WWE because he knows who he is as a performer. He has been the babyfaced fighting champion of TNA and, more recently, the arrogant wrestling purist holding everyone else to a higher standard. His face run was every bit as compelling to TNA fans as what Cody is doing now, and his heel run recently is just what Gunther used to (and still should) do.

Having a command over your character is not easy, but it is honestly the best way to skip NXT and make an impact in WWE. The recent debut of Penta in WWE is an example of that. His entrance alone was oozing cool because he knows what makes the Penta character work in any situation. Alexander is in a similar position. If he comes in as the competent Iron Man in the Rumble or as an elitist wrestling heel, he can move into those roles without needing much explanation or exposited motivation. Even some of the top talent in WWE has trouble with that at times.

A different look from the rest of the roster

In addition to being tall and working in a more technically proficient style, Josh Alexander looks cool. Although the comparison may not seem apt at first, he visually feels like Samoa Joe did upon his WWE debut. Joe's look was one part shoot fighter and one part independent wrestling icon, mixed with his unmistakable swagger and menace. Alexander, like Joe, has those first two qualities about him, combined with his own blend of self-assuredness and grit. The headpiece and singlet combo looks very low-fi compared to the elaborate costumes of Seth Rollins or the pageantry of Jey Uso.   

Even some of the folks who came up on the independents have seen their characters consolidate into looking like the WWE version of themselves. Rhea Ripley doesn't have the same edge, and Shinsuke Nakamura is practically a different person for the second time now. That Josh Alexander doesn't look like a WWE product is what makes him interesting, especially at a time when Triple H and the company are hoping to redefine that product substantially.

Josh Alexander will fit perfectly in WWE without NXT.

Most of the reasons that Josh Alexander will fit perfectly in WWE look an awful lot like reasons why he has nothing in common with most WWE superstars. It is that uniqueness that makes him a good fit for this era of the product. The industry and this specific company are at the forefront of a seachange, and the mold is breaking at every seam. The WWE ID program, TNA partnership, AEW television deal, and Rise of Bloodsport all point to the various ways people watch and enjoy wrestling, and the WWE wrestlers need to reflect that same variety.

Right now, Josh Alexander has it, but a trip to NXT could derail that. It may even turn him into a steady hand to lose a first contenders match. There isn't anything terrible about that position other than wasted potential, which is what it would be for such a role to fall on his shoulders. NXT is meant to be a polish. It takes the rough edges off of newer performers to make them ready. In some cases, it gives established wrestlers a chance to develop a personality. Alexander doesn't need either. WWE should let this carefully crafted and experienced character come in and get right to work in the United States Championship scene before becoming a possible foil at the top of the card after WrestleMania.