5 former talents that IMPACT missed the boat on
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4. Jesse Godderz
Impact have always been very good at taking talent who are slightly direction less and creating them into something that you have a connection with. Jesse Godderz came into the company in 2012 and in all fairness was not really ready to be in the ring or on TV. However TNA persisted with him and placed him in the Bromans with Robbie E, over time Godderz began to show more and more improvement and promise.
In time he would have enough in ring work and character to show that he could stand by himself and carry the persona of “The Modern Day Adonis.” He would remain with the company until 2017 and the transformation that we saw from Godderz in the time from his debut to his release was incredible. By the end of his run he really felt like someone that TNA should have backed to be at the top of the card.
Since leaving the company Jesse Godderz has continued to go from strength to strength. He is currently in OVW winning titles left, right and centre. Impact still have a relationship with OVW and the man that Jesse Godderz has become (since TNA first brought him in back in 2012) is someone who could really make an impact to the roster, whether it be temporary or permanent.
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Andrew Everett, Jesse Godderz & Joe Hendry definitely on my list. Everett not winning the X-Division Championship at least once is just as much of a surprise (and let down) as Jeff Hardy not doing the same.
Jesse Godderz was stuck in the same boat as Eddie Edwards going solo, Billy Corgan had guys like Aron Rex & Mike Bennett leapfrogging the homegrown talent & Godderz just got lost. He even had James Storm & Bobby Lashley saying that he was main event & World Championship material.
Joe Hendry was fantastic. Been a huge fan of his prior to coming to Impact & seeing him going no further than Grado & Katarina was a disappointing use of such a charismatic megastar. He could have done with some extra moves in his arsenal though, but Sonjay Dutt busted his ass putting him over on commentary.
While I don’t loathe any of these people, the fact that none of them have done much post-Impact is very telling. Maybe THEY missed the boat.