5 second-generation wrestlers who failed their WWE tryouts

#2 Kayla Armstrong - Daughter of WWE producer Scott Armstrong

Kayla Armstrong comes from a legendary WWE family. She is the daughter of WWE producer Scott Armstrong, niece of Road Dogg Jesse James, and granddaughter of WWE Hall of Famer "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. Although she wanted to carry on the family name in WWE, she could not.

I'm officially a married woman!! 👰🏼 thanks dad for everything @WWEArmstrong pic.twitter.com/6VJIR7PYSO
— Kayla Armstrong (Carr) (@RealKArmstrong) April 17, 2016

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Kayla received a WWE tryout in 2012. She expressed her feelings about getting such an opportunity in a tweet before getting on the plane to Tampa.

"At the airport getting ready to fly to Tampa for my tryout! I’m nervous and excited about finally doing this all on my own! It’s all me now!" Armstrong said.

Unfortunately for her, the tryout did not materialize into a contract. In 2016, Kayla married and put her wrestling career on hold. She now has a son who she makes sure gets a lot of exposure to WWE products.

Grayson loves watching @WWE ! @WWEArmstrong @WWERollins pic.twitter.com/jiv15et15Y
— Kayla Armstrong (Carr) (@RealKArmstrong) August 28, 2018

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Kayla's father, Scott Armstrong, had a rollercoaster year in 2020. WWE released him in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 cutbacks, then hired him back six months later in his previous position as a producer.

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Edited by Alex Turk