#13 Christopher Daniels
Believe it or not, Christopher Daniels was employed with WWE as a jobber. But that was at the turn of the millennium, and a lot has changed since then. Daniels has become one of the best wrestlers on the independent scene and is considered one of the best wrestlers in ROH history.
With WWE’s new hiring strategy appearing to focus on hiring big stars from other promotion, Daniels would appear (at first, anyway) to be a sure-fire top choice for next big signing. Sadly, this isn’t likely to happen anytime soon, if ever. Daniels is 47 years old and has been wrestling for almost twenty-five years.
Even if WWE needed him to fill the role of ‘respected veteran that makes younger guys look good’ – which would be an ideal role for someone like Daniels – WWE have plenty of people to fill that role already. It simply wouldn’t make sense for WWE to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a contract for Daniels when their roster is bloated already.