Wade Barrett
WWE Pro: Chris Jericho
From: Manchester, England
Wt: 265 lbs
NXT Record: 8-5
As if it wasn't enough that Wade Barrett was one of the largest, powerful, and intimidating Rookies on NXT, add that to the fact that his mentor was the first-ever Undisputed World Champion Chris Jericho, and this bare-knuckle fighting Brit was an odds-on favorite to win NXT. That is exactly what he did, lasting throughout the entire season near the top of the leaderboard. He then went on to bring the "winds of change" to Monday Nights as the leader of The Nexus.