10 AEW Talents You Didn't Know Wrestled For WWE
10 Wrestlers for AEW you didn't know performed in WWE
7. Serpentico
The masked Serpentico is a great example of someone who turned what could have been a fleeting opportunity into something long-term and substantial.
Brought in to do enhancement work in March of 2020, the Snakeman got over and became a mainstay on AEW Dark, his Chaos Project team with Luther being one of the YouTube show’s highlights.
He’s continued to be a soldier for Tony Khan and is regularly booked for Ring of Honor, while also doing plenty of dark matches at AEW tapings and working behind the scenes as a producer.
In another universe, the 16-year veteran and Team 3D Academy graduate might have had a similar utility role in WWE, considering the connections of his Hall of Fame trainers.
As it is, Serpentico (as Jonathan Cruz) has only wrestled two matches for WWE’s NXT brand.
The first was a quick loss to The Authors of Pain in September of 2016 and the second was a loss to Elias Samson in January of 2017.
Cruz wasn’t signed on the back of these appearances, nor did he get picked up after a December 2018 tryout.
