The Boys of Summer

Dimitris Pallis

Albie

Ray Jaz

Hector Perfecto

Cutler James

Ryan Matthews

Eric Bugenhagen

Robbie Thorpe, Lochy Hendricks, Anth Cava

Saturday Selfies

Diego Valens with Maximilien Monclair

Matt Brannigan

AJ Slater

Albie

Anton Voorhees

Eric Bugenhagen

Richard Adonis

Alberto Del Rio

Flex Appeal

Ricky Adonis

Elijah Drago

Wardlow

Eric Bugenhagen

Richard Halliday and Jake Something

Alexander Hammerstone

Jacked Jameson

Diego Valens

Body Shots: Saturday Selfies

Jack Morris

Rick Boogs (fka Eric Bugenhagen)

Brady Pierce

Adrian Alanis

Theodoros

Elijah Dean

Josh Terry (fka Josh Morell)

Body Shots: Flex Appeal

Flex McCallion (fka David Flex)

Rick Boogs (fka Eric Bugenhagen)

Elijah Dean

Kevin Malik

Alec Odin

Josh Terry (fka Josh Morrell)

AJZ

Shane Mercer

Rewind: The Beefcakes of NXT

 WWE's NXT franchise has seen scores of wrestlers go from the developmental stage to the big time. But for every wrestler that graduates to RAW or SMACKDOWN, there are many others who don't get signed (like Hugo Knox or Radomir Petkovic). Longtime contributor nd good friend of this blog David dug through his archives and pulled up some pics he took over the years of NXT beefcake. David says that back in the day before NXT matches were televised, the wrestlers would come out in their "independent wrestler" gear and look; no cartoony costumes, no bleached or dyed hair, and no flashy gimmicks. Thanks fro sharing your awesome work with us, David!

Roderick Strong

Rocky Feng

Steve Cutler

Johnny Curtis

Eric Bugenhagen

Montez Ford

Shawn Spears

Shane Haste

This 'N That

Tino Sabatelli

Dexter Lumis (formerly known as Sam Shaw)

Brian Pillman Jr.

Scorpio Sky

Ace Perry (left)

Yuki Ueno

Drako

Dragon Lee

Eric Bugenhagen

Albie