I just wanted to post a reply as I found out what my problem was. The trim feature on my radio was off by a lot (I got it used and it was setup for something else.) This was causing the ESC to see that I was always applying throttle and it basically didn't turn on.

If you look at the lights on the ESC when you turn it on you have three lights. If the throttle is in the brake position you have a light on one side with neutral being the middle and throttle being on the other side.

If the throttle on your transmitter is in the neutral position but the light in the receiver is not in the middle then that is likely your problem. Adjusting the trim until I had a proper neutral fixed it for me.

Good luck, hopefully this helps.

EDIT: The main problem I had as I was setting it up incorrectly. I was only using the throttle position during calibration and not throttle and brake. Using the Throttle and Brake Position has fixed it for both transmitter.