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Impact Wrestling was written off by most fans and critiques during 2011 after Hulk Hogan and Eric Bishoff ran the company into the ground by making poor booking decisions one after the other. However, under the leadership of Scott D'amore and Don Callis, Impact is seeing a resurgence as of late.
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To say that Impact has helped a lot of careers would be an understatement, as some current and former WWE Superstars have proved that it was TNA where they shined the most and not WWE:
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#5 Austin Aries
"The greatest man to ever live" made his debut for WWE in March 2016 for NXT. Due to suffering a large orbital socket injury during a live event at Fresno, California, in a match against Shinsuke Nakamura he was put in a commentary role for 205 live action.
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Aries made his main roster in-ring debut in March 2017 as part of the cruiserweight division. Double A remained part of the division up until he was released in July.
Aries returned to Impact Wrestling in early 2018 and almost immediately won the Impact World Championship by defeating Eli Drake in his first match back.
Much like his first run with TNA, Aries has been a pivotal character in the current Impact Wrestling product unlike the WWE, where he was cast aside and couldn't even get the spotlight in the 205 live division.
#4 Bobby Roode
The "Glorious" Bobby Roode made his way to NXT in June 2017, and became one of the top guys in NXT instantly. Working as a heel, Roode managed to become the NXT Champion and was predicted to be a huge success on the main roster as well; however, that isn't exactly the case.
Roode had been with TNA/Impact ever since 2004 till he joined WWE and was considered one of the pillars of the company. Roode achieved Tag Team as well as singles success in TNA and even held the World Championship on two occasions.
As compared to his stature in Impact, Bobby's run on the WWE main roster has felt extremely lackluster.
Even though he has held the US Championship in the past, it looks like Bobby Roode is not poised to be a top guy like he was in TNA.
#3 Gail Kim
Gail Kim currently works as a talent scout for Impact's Knockout division which she was herself a part of for a long time.
Kim is not only a former 7-time Knockouts Champion but is also the first ever female to be inducted into Impact Wrestling's Hall Of Fame.
Gail Kim has two stints with WWE in her career and is a former one time Women's Champion as well, but unfortunately for her, she was with the WWE at a time when women's wrestling was not taken as seriously as it is today and she felt that her talent was being wasted by the company.
She returned to WWE in 2008 but after a 3-year long forgetful stint returned to TNA again.
#2 Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy has by no means had a bad career in WWE, being a former ECW Champion, US Champion, and a 9-time Tag Team Champion, Hardy is a bonafide future Hall Of Famer.
However, the one thing that has always eluded Matt in his WWE career is the spotlight. He has always played second fiddle to his younger brother Jeff, who was always seen by the WWE as the brother with more potential and thus is a former multi-time WWE Champion whereas Matt has never held the World Championship in WWE.
Although he started out the same way when he returned to TNA/Impact in 2014, he soon broke out and not only stepped out of his brother's shadow but become quite possibly the most popular Superstar on the independent scene after taking on the "Broken" persona.
Although Hardy is now playing a similar version of his broken character in TNA as Woken Matt Hardy in WWE, it is nothing but a watered down version of what made the elder Hardy sibling one of the most popular wrestlers.
Lacking creative control over his character like he did in TNA, Hardy is failing to make the gimmick work like he did in 2016 when he arguably revolutionized the pro-wrestling industry with his innovative matches and over the top mannerisms.
#1 Christian
Christian had been part of WWE from 1998 to 2005 before he jumped ship to TNA. Christian became one of the top stars, if not the top star within no time in TNA.
Although a former World Champion in WWE, Christian's time in WWE will always be remembered as that of the tag team partner of Hall Of Famer Edge; while his run with TNA established him as a top card guy who could carry a show with great matches and equally great charisma.
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