5 Current WWE Superstars who started on the independent scene and 5 who didn't

All of the wrestlers above spent time on the independent wrestling scene.
All of the wrestlers above spent time on the independent wrestling scene.

#1 Didn't Start on the independent scene - Charlotte Flair

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Charlotte Flair
Charlotte Flair

She's The Queen, the current NXT Women's Champion. Charlotte Flair signed with the WWE in 2012 without competing on the independent scene. As NXT started to gain traction as a solid developmental territory for WWE, it started to have open tryouts for every type of athlete. For Flair, she was a volleyball star in both high school and college and also a personal trainer. She also has the genetics of the 16-time world champ Ric Flair running through her veins.

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With such blessed attributes, Charlotte joined NXT in 2012 and would debut for the promotion in 2013. She took to the sport of pro wrestling right away and the rest is history. Flair has won a Royal Rumble, 12 titles, and main-evented WrestleMania 35 against Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey.

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Since she's faced almost every female on either RAW or SmackDown at some point, the choice was made to have her win the NXT Women's Championship from Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania this year.

The NXT women's division is incredibly stacked and the Queen's stature should help raise the game of all of her future opponents. First to tangle with Flair on NXT is Mia Yim, who was actually the first person that Flair wrestled in WWE.

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Edited by Raunak J
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