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QUESTION: hi joe....thanks for ans....now i hav doubts from ur ans....

1...u said to someone lik  "24(age) is not late at all. In fact, many wrestlers have been known to start this late. MVP started at around 28, Batista started near 30, and John Cena started around 24/25. All were WWE names and won titles there, obviously Cena is still the top guy in WWE."

so y cant enter in wwe at 30....??? will u explain....



2...They(wwe) really don't take on males to train past 27 or 28. If they are "big Indy names", they take them around 30 because it's a lot quicker to train them...

will explain what is BIG INDY NAMES.....??/

thanks joe...

ANSWER: WWE has changed their policy from what it used to be. Before they were never really big on age stuff, but nowadays they are more so heavy on taking males in for developmental no later than 28 or 29 while females get a pass really as they spend less time in developmental compared to guys.

What I mean by big Indy names would be guys like Tyler Black who is Seth Rollins in FCW. Wrestling wise, he is fine but just needs help mic wise. He's also young too. He was a former Ring of Honor World Champion. And also a massive name on the Indy scene.

Bryan Danielson, known as Daniel Bryan in WWE, was a major Indy name and was called the King of Indies at one point along with Chris Daniels. He's around 28. WWE took him in because of how big he was, and he went up quick to NXT for it's first season. Kaval, another top Indy name who was known as Low Ki everywhere else, only spent around a year or so in developmental. He was supposed to get called up sooner, but he got hurt and was out for months. He was signed in his late 20s as well.

Most guys who are picked up late are one's who have made a name for themselves on the Indy circuit. But you probably won't see many of them signed over the age of 30, as WWE's policy pretty much kills off signing any guy over 30. If they do take on people over 30, it's only for special cases.

Hope that helped clear things up, if not, let me know!

Women however, are a different story as I mentioned before.

Btw, Batista was technically in WWE's developmental area around age 30. He just took forever to get pushed to the main roster. He finally did around 34. He spent his time mainly in OVW

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QUESTION: thanks joe...

but stil i confusing abt indy names....i need more explanation...

now wil u ans for tis question...

suppose i m 30..but i m top of wresting school lik NJPW or anything....and also i hav more charisma....i request to join in wwe...is it possible...

thnaks joe.....

Answer
Indy names, mean people who wrestle on the Independent circuit, basically anywhere other than WWE or TNA, even ROH is out of the Indy world now. Usually it's defined by any place not on national TV weekly. ROH, TNA, and WWE all are on TV weekly as of now.

So, those who wrestle other places will be a part of the Indy scene. And there are top Indy promotions that pay more, and there are big places in certain states here in the US and places that are big throughout the world such as in the UK and Japan, as well as South Africa and Russia.

If you can be well known in that world, such as a ton of places want to use you due to their fans wanting to see you, then you're a top Indy name. Hope that clarifies everything.


If you're 30, and in a top school, it means nothing. I could be trained by the best trainer in the world, but if WWE sees that I have little crowd exposure and ring experience from multiple places, they won't take me, especially at 30 or over. NJPW won't take anyone past 25 anyway, so they don't even want 30 year olds. If you're 30 and in NJPW, then you've been there for some time and at that point WWE may take a look due to you working in a top Japanese promotion.

It's always possible to get in with WWE as long as you can impress though. But there are many factors before and during a try out.

Say you've been in NJPW a nice little while, and you request to join WWE. They'll give you a try out, most likely on their European tour, to see if you can work for them. But, they'll evaluate you in every way, such as look, mic work, and ring skill THAT day. But before that, say you're older than most guys, mid-30s maybe.

They usually won't even take a look at you.

Let me put it this way, in WWE's eyes, if you haven't gotten into a top promotion like TNA, or with them at WWE by your mid-30s, there is probably a reason. They realize that, and decline many.

Sometimes there is a special case, where they employ men past 30.

But this is a very rare thing.


Hope this helps!