Would Rollins Go To TNA?
Okay, so you might be asking how does everything that was previously mentioned have to do with Rollins/Black not getting signed with TNA, well during Black’s run in Ring Of Honor he and Cornette had mutual respect for one another until the day he left ROH.
According to Jim Cornette who has mentioned this in the past, around 2010 Tyler Black was being offered a contract with TNA Wrestling at the time but the future Seth Rollins reportedly called up Cornette about the contract he was given by the company and while Jim doesn’t mention into detail what was in the contract, he would mention that the pay he was ‘insulting’ although Rollins himself would mention that the company gave him a big offer on Edge and Christian’s podcast in 2019.
Jim Cornette even suggested to Black to asked Terry Taylor, who was a backstage agent for TNA at the time a series of questions.
So why Did Cornette tell Black to ask questions? Well, Cornette believed (and rightfully so) that the WWE would give Tyler Black a tryout but he hadn’t heard anything yet, so Cornette suggest to Black to ask Taylor these questions to see if the company really wanted Black onto their roster, but in reality, Jim hoped that this would stall enough time for the WWE to give him an opportunity to work them and sure enough Tyler Black signed WWE and the rest, as they say, is history.
What Could Have Been? Seth Rollins Who?
Considering his one of the biggest stars in the WWE and met his current wife there, you can understandably say the Seth Rollins/ Tyler Black made the right call but, you also have to ask what would have happened if the WWE didn’t give Rollins a tryout and he actually signed with TNA Wrestling back in 2010.
Well for starters you could have possibly seen Tyler Black wrestling against names like AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Mr Anderson and Abyss which would be considered back then and even today dream matches that Impact could upload on the Impact Plus App or YouTube as content to enjoy.
Also, it’s not too farfetched to imagine Tyler Black becoming a stable within the company’s X Division as he competes against names like Amazing Red, Jay Lethal, Shannon Moore, Douglas Williams, Brian Kendrick and Frankie Kazarian for the prestigious X Division Championship.
On the other hand, considering how the Young Bucks described their time in the company in 2010 and the mishandling of Nigel McGuinness during his run with TNA at the same time, there also is the possibility that Tyler Black would have been another young and talented wrestler who saw his career flounder during the Hulk Hogan/Eric Bischoff era of TNA.
Or maybe he would have been the exception and actually did better than his fellow Ring Of Honor Alumni as Rollins has mentioned in that same Edge and Christian podcast episode in 2019 that Dixie Carter wanted to make Seth Rollins ‘The Face of TNA’.
While we may never know for sure but one thing is for certain, if Tyler Black hadn’t signed with Vince McMahon’s company then the modern landscape and history of the WWE would have looked very different from what we see now.