Let Go

 Longtime contributor and good friend of this blog, David scoured his extensive collection of photos taken at WWE & NXT events and put together this compilation of wrestlers that WWE let slip through their fingers. WWE doesn't usually tell us why they let a particular wrestler go and in many cases, it makes you wonder what they were thinking when they did. Here are some of the wrestlers who used to be on the roster of WWE/NXT. (Thanks for sharing your work with us, David!)

EC3

Hugo Knox

Simon Grimm 

Rocky 

Mikey Nicholls 

Mohammed Fahim

Conrad Tanner (aka Kyle Rasmussen)

Cezar Bononi 

Dan Matha

Alex Riley

Flashback Friday: Conrad Tanner aka Kyle Rasmussen

Too bad Kyle Rasmussen, renamed Conrad Tanner, was with WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling for only one year (2009-2010). I would have liked to see more matches of this 6'5', 305-pound former football player had he continued as a wrestler. Now 37 years old, Rasmussen is a successful personal trainer/entrepreneur.

And here are some recent pics of Rasmussen from Instagram.

Muscle Monday : Kyle Rasmussen

It's a pity Kyle Rasmussen, formerly FCW/NXT's Conrad Tanner, retired from pro wrestling. The last time I posted anything on him was five years ago. Rasmussen is now a personal fitness trainer and "body transformation specialist" who goes by the name Coach Kyle. He's also a certified nutrition specialist as well as a fitness model and actor (read more about him here). Here are some recent pics of him.

And here are pics of Rasmussen which were posted on this blog back in November 2010. Note how he's since covered up that "1" tattoo on his left pectoral muscle.

He's Making A List...

Blog reader Almatolmen wants to share his list of Top 10 Beefcakes of Wrestling so he emailed me these photos he collected from the internet. Lots of top, prime beefcake here. Thanks for sharing, Almatolmen. To see other readers' favorites, click on the Comments section in my previous post. And in no particular order, here are Almatolmen's picks...

Mason Ryan (formerly Barri Griffiths)

Chris Masters

Zack Ryder

Rob Terry

Prince Devitt

Kyle Rasmussen

Jo Atlas

Dolph Ziggler

Mexx

Rene Dupree