#2 Zack Ryder
At WrestleMania 32, Zack Ryder appeared to have finally overcome years of mistreatment by WWE management when he won a 7-Man Ladder Match to become Intercontinental Champion. It was a truly beautiful moment, emphatically well received by the fans who were more than happy to see Ryder succeed after years spent at the very bottom of the card, being constantly embarrassed by the big names. So, you might ask, how do WWE follow up this emotional moment? How does the story continue? Well, it didn’t.
The very next night on Raw, Ryder was screwed out of the title by The Miz and Maryse, then lost his rematch on SmackDown. And that was that. Ryder was out of the title picture entirely, less than a week after winning it and with nowhere to go from there. This alone should have convinced Ryder to walk out of the company and try his fare in ROH. While not quite a performer on the level of Ziggler, Ryder is still a talented guy who would be very well received in ROH.
He would enter the company with inbuilt babyface credentials, which would set him up nicely for a possible programme with somebody like Christopher Daniels. A new finishing move may be in order, as ROH fans are used to seeing far more exciting match-ending moves than the Rough Ryder, but a move to ROH would bring about a whole host of new opportunities for Ryder.
