10 Forgotten WWE NXT Stars
10 WWE NXT stars you completely forgot about
5. Mickey Keegan
Max Pelham had been working the indies for about seven years – including forming a tag team with Tommaso Ciampa – when he signed his WWE developmental deal in August of 2012. He debuted as Axl Keegan and suffered televised losses to Bo Dallas, Big E and The Shield, before resurfacing with a new first name.
Further rapid losses to Dallas, The Ascension and The Wyatt Family showed that he was not high in WWE’s priorities. Regrettably, creative indifference would be the least of Pelham’s worries, as tests showed his health was rapidly deteriorating, with worsening spinal stenosis forcing him to step away from the ring. He stuck around NXT for a few more months as a creative assistant, before leaving in January of 2014.
