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#4 Impact Wrestling doesn’t make it
Jeff Jarrett was a co-founder and perhaps the wrestler most synonymous with the Impact brand. AJ Styles was the top home grown star, and Kurt Angle May have been the company’s biggest score. There’s a real argument, however, that in its formative years, Sting was Impact’s most important star.
While he was past his prime, Sting was nonetheless still ready to go as a full-time wrestler for most of his Impact tenure. His star power was crucial in securing TV deals, advertisers, and investors because he was one of wrestling’s most recognizable figures, and certainly the cream of the crop of guys who weren’t working for WWE.
Impact has survived a lot and it’s a surprise to plenty of critics that they’re still around today, well over 15 years after launching. Change a few key pieces of company history, though, and they may have had to close up shop. Sting never signing because he went to WWE May have ruined Impact’s prospects.
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