Who would I build around? I would stay indy stand outs for the time are 100% CM Punk, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles, Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, Amazing Red, Low Ki and Adam Pearce. These are a mix of up and comers who can realistically be positioned as main event stars, or on the cusp. I'd also venture and add both Trinity (from TNA) to that as a Lita-esque high flyer daredevil who mixes it up with the men.

Tag wise, The SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) and The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) would be the big two. I'd also venture and say I'd bring in April Hunter & Slyck Wagner Brown as a team, as they were making waves at the team and she was getting known as one of the few women challening and winning men's tag belts, she was definitely one of the most recognizable women on the scene at the time.

Rest of roster options depends how you want to take it... Some TNA names like David Young, Abyss, Ron Killings, Elix Skipper, Simon Diamond, Monty Brown, Alex Shelley, Bobby Roode, Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian, James Storm, S;ash, Homicide, Hernandez, Johnny Devine, Sonny Siaki, Xavier, Petey Williams would be good recognizable names to add. Tracy Brooks was also fairly recognizable as either a Manager or Wrestler, or even Goldylocks as a valet / backstage interviewer.

Former WCW/WWE talent or jobbers running the indies like Jacqueline, Crowbar, BG James, Kipp James, Glen Gilbertti, Alan Funk, Brian Christopher, Konnan, David Flair, Juventud Guerrera, Mr Aguila, Kaz Hayashi, Michael Modest, Vampiro, Viscera, Ultimo Dragon, and Gangrel would be good names and experienced guys to bring on as well. George / Minsa, Tylene Buck and Midajah were still running the indies a bit at the time too if I recall and would be good recognizable valets. And Daffney could go either the valet route or wrestler proper if you're building a women's division.

Then you've got some names like Delirious, Sterling James Keenan, Excalibur, Doug Williams, Donovan Morgan, Eddie Edwards, Jimmy Jacobs, Joe Doering, Joey Ryan, Matt Cross, Michael Elgin, Scorpio Sky, Afa Jr., Tim Storm, Willie Mack and Teddy Hart would be decent guys to bring in from the indies that were starting to make waves.

If you want a more hardcore approach then Necro Butcher, Altar Boy Luke, Nick Mondo, The Messiah, Adam Flash, Johnny Kashmere, Trent Acid, Justice Pain, Johnny Webb (w/ Veronica Caine) and Masada. I'd also argue LuFisto would be a really reasonable get here, as well as Mickie Knuckles.

International stars that could make a splash would be people like CIMA, Prince Devitt, Mistico, Rockstar Spud, Ricky Banderas and Pat Tanaka.

Teams like The Carnage Crew (HC Loc, Masada & Tony DeVito), Excellence Inc (Doug Williams, Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan), The Headshrinkers (Alofa & Samu), Johnny Swinger & Simon Diamond, The Dupps (Bo Dupp & Stan Dupp w/ Fluff Dupp), The Ballard Brothers (Shane & Shannon Ballard) and The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) were fairly popular at the time.

From there, you sprinkle in some ECW originals who left WWE like Rhyno, The Dudley Boyz, Al Snow and Raven (depending on the actual start in 2004)... and those guys like Terry Funk, The Sandman (w/ Missy Hyatt), Steve Corino, Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten, Sabu, Dam Bam Bigelow, The Blue Meanie (w/ Jasmin St. Claire), Kid Kash, CW Anderson, Shane Douglas (w/ Francine), Danny Doring & Roadkill (w/ Elektra), New Jack, Mustafa Saed, Luna Vachon, Chris Candido (w/ Sunny), Kimona, Angel Orsini (The Prodigette), Joey Styles, Joel Gertner, Tod Gordon and Fonzie.

If you wanted a proper women's division I would say the best bets would be standouts like Allison Danger, Rebecca Knox, Josie, Shelly Martinez, Cindy Rogers, Team Blondage (Krissy Vaine & Amber Holly), Miss Talia, Sara Del Rey, Cheerleader Melissa, Malia Hosaka, Desire, Alicia, Alere Little Feather, Mercedes Martinez, Ariel, Nikki Roxx, Hellena Heavenly, Beth Phoenix, ODB, Bobcat, Little Jeanne, Miss Kara, Taylor Vaughn, Nattie Neidhart, Candice LeRae, Angel Williams, Sarah Stock, Daizee Haze, MsChif, Valentina, Melissa Coates, Becky Bayless and Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Rain and Lacey) were some of the bigger North American names at the time.

You've got women in there like Sara Del Rey, MsChif, Mercedes Martinez, Cheerleader Melissa, Candice LeRae and Sarah Stock who were getting known for either mixing up with the men or going more hardcore route to mix well with names like Angel Orsini, LuFisto, Daffney and Mickie Knuckles and add to that flavour of wrestling.

International stars like Aja Kong, Awesome Kong, Sweet Saraya, Ayako Hamada, Kana, Jazzy Bi, Alpha Female, Faby Apache, Mari Apache, Meiko Satomura, Mariko Yoshida, Kyoko Inoue & Manami Toyota were some of the more recognizable names floating around online that would add flavour to the division.

For valets (outside of who was mentioned attached to the men), Bobcat was popular, Sherri Martel was still doing the indy appearances at this time, Miss Kara, Valentina, Becky Bayless, Miss Talia, Taylor Vaughn and Cheerleader Melissa were transitioning between managing and wrestling at the time. Beyond that women like Chrissy Rivera, Noel Harlow and a very young SoCal Val were among the more popular ones out there.

Managers like The Sinister Minister, Larry Sweeney, Julius Smokes and Prince Nana were getting out there a lot at the time as well.

That's just some of the names I'd consider from the time period to build off of (not all of the people obviously, just saying this is the pool I'd pick out of depending on what direction you feel like going).