2014 Awards: Rookie of the Year
This one doesn’t have as many options. For the sake of making this a bit more interesting, I’ll be including anyone who has debuted on a roster this year or very late last year.
We’ll start with Ethan Carter III, who has gone from a comedy guy to perhaps the most entertaining thing in TNA. He just gets how to be a heel and that’s exactly what he’s supposed to be. I could easily see him being World Champion soon and it would be a great fit.
However, this really is a two person race.
First up is Paige, who went from the best NXT Diva on the roster to debuting after Wrestlemania and taking the title from AJ (which I called perfectly for a change) kicking off a pretty awesome feud between the two of them.
But then there’s Rusev and is there really any other answer for this? The guy debuted eight months ago (in singles matches at least) and he’s already main eventing pay per views and the US Champion. When your first Wrestlemania match might be against John Cena, it’s fairly obvious that you’re flying up the card in a hurry. The fact that he’s starting to get over instead of just Lana is a great sign for him as well. There really isn’t anyone else that can challenge Rusev this year.
Fair enough.
Sami?
Nah he debuted in NXT last spring.
Problem for me is that rusev hasn’t been that entertaining, paige is in the top 2 divas and EC3 is the best thing in TNA, other than those 3 I actually can’t think of any others!!
I agree with you on Rusev. The man has a rocket strapped on his back, and he hasn’t failed to disappoint. He’s also shining proof that the WWE doesn’t screw up every NXT callup.