WWE Reveals Participants In Recent Tryout

WWE had more than forty athletes at the tryout. 

Earlier this week, Fightful Wrestling shared that wrestlers like Chelsea Green and Robbie E were at a recent tryout for WWE. The names reported were only part of the list as WWE released a full list of participants including football players, independent wrestlers, and other athletes. 

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A detailed description of the following names is available at WWE.com.

  • 2018 ACC heavyweight wrestling champion Jacob Kasper
  • Tough Enough alumna Chelsea Green
  • "The British Amazon” Heidi Katrina Alavi 
  • Terrell & Terrence Hughes
  • 23-year-old Davin Addison,
  • Terence “TJ” Barnes
  • Independent wrestler Gabby Ortiz
  • 6-foot, 235-pound Philip Brandt
  • 5-foot-7 Britani Birchmeier of Florida
  • Northeast independent wrestler Max Caster
  • 24-year-old professional rugby player Tom Dempsey. 
  • Former NFL tight end Dorin Dickerson.
  • Texas-based independent wrestler Raul Humberto Escamilla
  • 26-year-old Mike Fierro of Oak Lawn, Ill.
  • Omar Francis, aka Omar Amir, an independent wrestler
  • Puerto Rican wrestling veteran Nilka Garcia
  • Independent wrestler Jake Omen
  • 6-foot-5, 240-pound Thomas Stintsman
  • Wrestling veteran Rob Strauss, aka Robbie E
  • Jeffrey Parker
  • Parker’s 3.0 teammate Matt Lee
  • 6-foot, 210-pound former amateur wrestler and U.S. Army veteran Greg Kasper
  • 6-foot-5, 235-pound Brendan Griffin 
  • Rory Gulak, younger brother and former tag team partner of 205 Live Superstar Drew Gulak.
  • Kelsey Hornack
  • 6-foot-4, 365-pound Adam Kerr, aka Adam Payne. .
  • Brisbane’s Jarryd Kinerson Smith
  • 23-year-old Seth Manzanares
  • 6-foot-3, 220-pound Ricardo Miller
  • Two-time ACC wrestling champion Spencer Myers
  • 24-year-old Brandon Moore
  • Danielle Morrison 
  • 6-foot-8, 325-pound football player Sunny Odogwu
  • 24-year-old Omari Palmer
  • 21-year-old Brandi Lauren Pawelek, better known by the ring aliases Ava Storie and Brandi Lauren
  • 6-foot-2, 245-pound Bill Gray
  • Polish-born, New York-based fitness model Wioletta Anna Paz
  • 6-foot-3, 307-pound Shaquille Powell
  • 26-year-old footballer Roston Tatum
  • 6-foot-2, 250-pound Michael Wardlow

Fightful Wrestling reports on names known to be a tryouts and any signings which are a result. Some of those on this list have tried out more than once. 

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