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2. Daniel Puder
Daniel Puder may have retired from MMA competition with an impression 8-0 record, but his pro wrestling career was far, far less distinguished.
However, though it saw him wrestle just dozens of matches, the Tough Enough winner still managed to work for WWE, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and, yes, Ring of Honor.
His ROH run, such as it was, came three years after he was let go by WWE after failing to impress during his time in their developmental system. Reports at the time suggested the ROH deal was for three months and that Puder would be paid per appearance.
Though his WWE career was over before it really got a chance to start, he came to ROH with a rep on the back of his infamous shoot fight with Kurt Angle, which saw him nearly break the arm of the Olympic gold medallist.
Managed by the late, great Larry Sweeney, Puder got a quick win over Mike Bennett on January 11, 2008, then the next night competed in a series of ‘$1,000’ challenges, where the winner would get the winnings, if they could last a minute with Puder.
He beat Alex Payne and Rhett Titus before losing to Claudio Castagnoli, who ran down thirty seconds of time with a giant swing.
Then Puder was gone as quickly as he came, with budget cuts cited as the reason.
