After years of playing a stereotypical Asian characters in both WCW and the WWE, James Yang was repackaged as Jimmy Wang Yang; an Asian-American redneck, which was actually closer to his real life persona.  This would be the most memorable run of his career and while he barely reached the mid-card, he was recognized as a good in ring performer.  It is certainly possible that we could see him in the WWE again.

As it stands right now, Jack Swagger historically feels like one of the weakest World Champions in history.  Swagger had the look and skills of a star but there was always something missing, though his up and down booking didn’t help.  Still, this a multi-time champion and a former Money in the Bank winner who had a near ten year run in the WWE.  That is something to be proud of.

As KENTA, Hideo Itami was a major star in Pro Wrestling NOAH winning every major title there and staking a claim as one of the best pro wrestlers in Japan.  Itami would become one of the first huge international signees of Triple H’s NXT vision but has been battling injuries almost as soon as he arrived.  Itami’s Hall of Fame chances largely rests on his overall performance in NXT.

The WWE career of Frankie Kazarian comprised of only three matches (all wins though) but he had more than healthy runs in both TNA and ROH.  While the latter is true, he was never really a main eventer in either promotion and without a long tenure in a WWE owned entity he won’t receive a look at all.