5 WCW stars Vince McMahon never signed after buying the company

Vince McMahon
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#2 Alex Wright

Alex Wright
Alex Wright

Alex Wright is of British-German descent and was discovered by WCW in 1994 when the company was touring through Germany. He was soon signed to a contract and remained with the company until it was purchased by WWE. Wright's accomplishments in WCW included runs with the Cruiserweight and TV titles, plus a World Tag Team title reign with Disco Inferno.

The duo was given the moniker of Boogie Knights and won the World Tag Team titles from Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak at Millenium Germany. Wright and Inferno stayed together until WCW was bought off in March 2001. Wright's contract was not bought out by WWE. He later stated that WWE couldn't sign him to a contract at the time as he was under AOL Time Warner's contract.

Wright also stated in an interview that he took a break from pro-wrestling as he was upset with the backstage politics in WCW, which was instrumental in the company falling down hard in the end. Wright launched his own wrestling promotion named New European Championship Wrestling in 2009.

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