" There is Only 1"

[Shawns#1 Fan]

We keep coming up with all these threads "Who is the future of wwe" "Who deserves a Push." Well i got a good question who will be the Next Big Thing.

As you know in WWE you can have alot of popular stars. i.e Hulk Hogan. Randy Savage,Ultimate Warrior, Steve Austin, The Rock, John Cena, Batista. But as you know there can only be ONE big name.

Golden Era: There were alot of great and really Popular stars doing this time. Some had The Macho Man Randy Savage, others had Hulk Hogan, and some loved The Ultimate Warrior. But as you know only one of them went to be the Biggest thing in the companies history
Winner: Hulk Hogan

Attitude Era: You had DX, you had the Texas Native Stone Cold Steve Austin, and of cousre you had The Rock. Arguably the greatest time in wrestling history. But like the Golden Era only one could be victorios.
Winner: It was pretty close but The Rock

Today Era: You have those that love taker and Shawn. But only one person came out on top in todays era and that would have to be the person we love to hate
Winner: John Cena


Basically what im getting at is that We keep sayin John Morrison deserves a push, Kennedy needs to take the belt of of Hunter, and MVP deserves a title shot. Know i believe that all these guys will be multiple World Champions, but as I have stated before thier can only be one freakishly huge name.
Winner of Future Era: MVP in my opinion This is somewhat like The Rock Vs Steve Austin. As i believe that both MVP and Kennedy will be two of the companies biggest names and John Morrison will be like Triple H waiting for those two to get hurt so he can Shine. But i want to here what your opinions are so get to debating.

[Saiquan]

I must agree that Mvp seems to be the next Big name. As i have said before MVP has alot of The Rocks mannerisms. Although if MVP doesn't step up his game then Kennedy will steal the spot

[Sasha Fierce]

I have to disagree about "The Rock" being the top guy during the attitude era, I would say both him & Austin are equally responsible for the big boom and both were over huge. Anyways MVP maybe the next big thing or maybe not. He has the mic skills to be great and his in-ring ability is getting better but Im not sure he will be "it". I think it's to hard to tell if MVP, Kennedy, Morrison or someone new will be the next big thing. I would also put Jeff Hardy on that list but im unsure of how many years are left for him. Also Punk has got to be a contender too since he's already won 2 world titles and the other 3(excluding Morrison) have one none. I just think MVP needs to up his game and prove he can be a real force in the WWE.

[Hailey Rose]

If I had to choose just one, it would have to be MVP. If I was asked this ages ago, I'd have chosen Kennedy. MVP hasn't fumbled his chances and been set back quite as much as Kennedy has since he started with WWE.

[klunderbunker]

Right now I don't know if there is a star of the future. All of the previous guys were hand picked by Vince. If you look at their careers and their pushes, Vince has pushed each one of them down our throats. Hogan- World champion first match back with the company. Rock- So much heat that people are calling for him to die. Cena- Driven down our throats so hard that his biggest fans are booing him at times. Right now I honestly don't think that there is a top guy in the wings for WWE. Could someone suprise me? Yes, but right now I don't see one. Cena basically took off out of nowhere though, so who knows? Right now the roster seems to have a lot of mid card guys that could be main eventers, but no mega stars. If I had to pick though, I'd go with Kennedy out of almost default. Its obvious Vince wanted to push him and if he can get over his issues and stay healthy, he could be the guy.

[Dead Kennedy]

I disagree with the Rock being the Big Thing of the Attitude Era - that goes to Stone Cold. But yeah, you make many good points here, and I believe, if nothing happens, that MVP and Kennedy are gonna be the next big guys of the next era. MVP will be the number one heel and Kennedy will be the number one face. Morrison will most likely be in the shadows like Hunter.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

See, I'd have to designate it in the following eras, and the following leaders of said eras:

GOLDEN ERA = Hulk Hogan
NEW GENERATION = Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels (Hart in the first half, Michaels in the second half, as well as how Michaels in DX is arguably the start of the Attitude Era)
ATTITUDE ERA = Steve Austin
THE INVASION = Kurt Angle
BRAND EXTENSION = This one is tough. Maybe Eddie/Benoit.
CURRENT ERA = John Cena (though I'd love it if Edge broke the barrier)
FUTURE ERA = Either Mr. Kennedy, MVP, Jeff Hardy, or John Morrison. I can't see Punk doing it.

We've discussed who will be "The Next Big Thing" in other threads, so I won't bother writing too much, but the way I see it, Kennedy has the best chances. Despite how MVP is very talented and well-rounded, he doesn't seem to get the reaction he used to. Kennedy is getting better reactions every week. Now Hardy, he's explosive. The fans LOVE this guy. If he can stay out of trouble and improve, he may very well dominate the next era. Morrison though, I think HE is ready, but they're not ready to give him a top spot. He's the next HBK to me. Loads of charisma, incredibly talented and innovative in the ring, rock solid in all bounds basically. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the foursome as four of the top guys in the next few years.

[Heir To The Throne]

As the one above me did, I will do my opinion of each ERA.

GOLDEN ERA = Hulk Hogan
NEW GENERATION = Bret Hart or The Undertaker
ATTITUDE ERA = Stone Cold Steve Austin
THE INVASION = Booker T
BRAND EXTENSION = Brock Lesnar or The Undertaker
CURRENT ERA = Edge
FUTURE ERA = It's tough, to be honest. Here is why:

There are so many guys you can claim to need a push, to be a future World Champion, to be a dominate Champion. But as for being the next Austin, Rock, Angle, Hogan, Bret, etc. is tough. Because I don't really see nobody in Wrestling right now to get to their level, which is ashame. But if I can think of one guy, I would have to break it down into a bracket of a tournament, if you will. There is Morrison, Miz, Kennedy, Punk, MVP, Elijah Burke, Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes.

Now I'd put Miz vs. Morrison - Morrison wins this, simple fact that he has the look, mic skills are underrated, and can perform with the best of 'em. Miz, on the other hand, isn't as great, even though he is good.

Kennedy vs. Punk - Kennedy wins this, nearly hands down. Punk is over, yeah, but me personally, I don't see him as a top guy. Maybe top three guy soon to come, but not THEE guy. Kennedy has the mic skills, ring skills, only thing is he seems to become sloppy recently, as if he doesn't give a sh*t. He needs to get focused.

MVP vs. Elijah Burke - Now I know everyone is saying MVP is this, MVP is that. Majority of everyone saying MVP will be the next top guy, but I don't see it. He can be top three, like Punk, better than Punk, but I don't know about the number 1. Now for Burke, I think this guy is awesome. Has the mic skills, the look, the ring skills, for the total package. In fact I see him as the total package. I think HE will make it over MVP.

Cody vs. Ted - I like both, but clearly, Ted wins it. He's young, good lookin' remind me of a Orton or Jindrak kind of wrestler. Has wrestling skills, and being the son of the Million Dollar Man, he can do good promo's in the future, I assure you of that. He advances.

Kennedy vs. Morrison - I think it can be a toss up, but after looking at it realistically, I think Morrison advances. Kennedy is injury prone. He can injure himself at any time. Morrison is younger (I think) And has a better gimmick. I see him as closer to the main guy than Kennedy.

Burke vs. Ted - Another toughy for me, as I am a fan of both. But the way I see it, is Elijah Burke advances. Burke, again, is the total package. Everything is just right for him, if he was pushed the right way. Ted is good, will be great, but I think Burke is better now, and will be better in the future.

Burke vs. Morrison - I know many didn't think this would be the two I would narrow it down to. Kennedy, MVP, everyone says. But these two are the ones I THINK. My opinion. And after saying the positives and negatives for both men, it comes down to this. The winner, of who I think is the future, #1 Guy for WWE, is......Elijah Burke. I think Burke can do everything any top guy right now can do, except better (With the exception of Taker & Edge) He has it all, and thats why I like him, and I chose him.

Remember, this is my opinion. I know many will disagree, but frankly, I don't care.

[OIL]

Golden Era - Easily Hulk Hogan. This man led the WWE into mainstream, due to his connection with the fans. Everyone loved Hulk Hogan, everyone. If you say you didn't then you're lying. He is argubaly the biggest face ever in the business. He was a role model for children and adults everywhere. No-one was even close to him thanks to 'Hulkamania'. So many big moments such as bodyslamming Andre, which still stands the test of time today.

Attitude Era - Again, easily Stone Cold Steve Austin. He was the biggest SOAB the WWE has ever seen. His say-no to authority attitude had him loved by the fans. Everytime he went into an arena the fans would go nuts. His fueds and matches had the fans intwined into them all the way, and kept the WWE viewers glued to their screens every monday night. Stone Cold was the man behind Vince who helped save the WWE. Ric Flair said he was the greatest wrestler ever, and it is hard to disagree. Unbelieveable person who has done so much for Vince and the WWE. Deserves his place in the HOF and will forever be remembered as a great, great man.

Current Era - John Cena. Love him or hate him that man goes out everynight to cheers and boos but no matter what, gets the job done. You may not like the fact that he has about 5 moves, but get over it. This man is carrying the WWE on his shoulders. Branching out to the movie industry and music industry to expand the WWE name, Cena is working his ass off as much as he can to make the WWE, and himself as succesful as it can be. He'll never leave the WWE for Hollywood, he's made that promise and I can bet anything he'll stick to it. The guy is loved and hated, but still keeps viewers entertained. From the days of his original rapper gimmick, to the 'Chain Gang Soldier' that he is now, Cena continues to drive the WWE forward. Has the potential to become one of the greatest superstars of all time, but if he keeps on going like he is at the moment then he can be right up there with the best of them.

Future Era - A lot of people are going to say Kennedy, MVP or Hardy. But i'm going to stick with John Cena. The main reason is that, yes Kennedy, MVP & Hardy will be huge within the WWE but I still see Cena at the front. This is because, once he learns more moves and develops his character more, he can become even bigger than he is now. I fully expect Kennedy to push him all the way though, because he has HUGE potential to become a main event player. He has the ability, the gimmick and the fans. It'll be between them two for sure.

[a1n1hbk]

Golden Era- Hulk Hogan


New Generation- HBK


Attitude Era- Stone Cold


Current Era- Cena/Edge(Cena earlier and Edge now and also for few more years)


Future Era- Edge and Cena will have the place that HBK and Taker has now.And my pick will be John Morrison.I mean the guy has rock star gimmick as well as looks.He is quite good in ring and certainly is going to improve.I will disagree him being in shadow as Hunter.

[The Snake]

Hmmmm good thread, I personally see the man to be Randy Orton for a long time, but for "The Next Big Thing" so to speak I would look at John Morrison, there is just that "Yes, Yes, Yes" quality about him, you can't explain it, it just works, a bit like with Shawn Michaels, Morrison vs. Orton will be something big in the future I imagine.

The problem is - A lot of the guys we are tipping arent much younger (some are older) than Edge/Orton/Cena, who I believe will be the faces of the two shows for many years, if Morrison/Kennedy/MVP can rise above that in my opinion, but which of the 3 gets it will be down to hard work, Morrison is still the one for me.

The Dark Horse for me is Shelton Benjamin, he has been around a while, but has never reached the heights his ability could take him to, I can see him having a Benoit career, where his glory comes later in his career, after being a Tag/IC/US title holder several times. Certainly if he plays his cards right, he could well be a top dog.

[Jeff Hardy Rules]

Well first I think that if we are going to include MVP than we need to include Cena, Edge, and Orton because MVP is older or as old than all of them. MVP(34) Cena(31) Edge(34) and Orton(28). The rest go as follows Punk(29) Hardy(30) Kennedy(31) Morrison(28) Dibiase(25) Rhodes(23) Burke(30). So with that said I think the future is Orton and Morrison giving the slight edge to Morrison. Hes got the look the charisma and the talent. Most of these guys still have a long time including Cena and Edge, but only time will tell. You never know with wwe.

[TM]

See, I'd have to designate it in the following eras, and the following leaders of said eras:

GOLDEN ERA = Hulk Hogan
NEW GENERATION = Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels (Hart in the first half, Michaels in the second half, as well as how Michaels in DX is arguably the start of the Attitude Era)
ATTITUDE ERA = Steve Austin
THE INVASION = Kurt Angle
BRAND EXTENSION = This one is tough. Maybe Eddie/Benoit.
CURRENT ERA = John Cena (though I'd love it if Edge broke the barrier)


I agree with these assessments the best. As for the next star of the WWE, is challenging to guess, even though John Cena is still very young, and will be the star for years to come. The future is probably not even in the company. Randy Orton is also a future guy who will be around for a long time. If I had to guess though, I would say the next big thing in the WWE is Mr. Kennedy. WWE did the right thing, and not pushed him too high too soon. His injury may have worked out for the best for him. In a couple years is Kennedy's time to shine, and I am excited for it.

[Audioslave]

Golden Era = Hulk Hogan, Piper and Savage. Mostly Hogan, though, but Piper deserves a deal of credit as well.

New Generation = Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Hart a bit more than Michaels, mainly because he's apparently the one who drew and was always the reliable guy to put the belt on. Hart was also the guy who MADE Steve Austin. Their matches were fantastic and helped in getting both guys more over than they'd ever been in their career.

Attitude Era = Steve Austin and The Rock. I can't give either one of these an advantage, but Austin started the era and Rock carried it through to the end. Rock managed to be the biggest star out of this era though.

The Invasion = Stone Cold and The Rock, with honorable mention to Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho.

Brand Extension = Brock Lesnar, Undertaker and Triple H. This one's really hard to give anyone that "This era belongs to them" label. I'd like to honorably mention Eddie Guerrero as well.

Current Era = John Cena. The closest one behind him, I'd say, is probably Edge.

Future Era = I really, really would like to say MVP and Elijah Burke. I mean, I love the both of them and think they have FANTASTIC potential. They haven't pushed MVP as far as they could and the same could be said with Burke. I could imagine Burke being a Rock-like leader of some heel faction. Shove him on Raw and pair him up with Dibiase, Runnels and maybe another one or two people to mainly eat beatings and protect the other three. You can feud them with Punk, Cena, Cryme Tyme, Kingston and others. And other than them, I saw Kennedy as a potential future star.. but with his future with WWE so uncertain I have no idea. Punk has potential, either Hardy Boy, etc. Not really sure, it seems kinda bleak though.

[HBK-aholic]

Firstly, I disagree with your pick for the attitude era. I would give that to Austin. He's the one people still talk about today, and I think more people wish for a return from him than anyone else. The Rock was also great, but he seems to have been forgotten really. The only reason he's still in the fans minds is his movies if you ask me.

I also disagree with MVP being the star. If anyone, I'd say Kennedy or John Morrison. However at the moment neither of them are getting that special McMahon push, that Hogan, Austin, and Cena all had. I don't think we'll see a new major star for a few years, until Shawn and Taker have gone, Cena is getting older, and Triple H has had his last title run.

[Audioslave]

Firstly, I disagree with your pick for the attitude era. I would give that to Austin. He's the one people still talk about today, and I think more people wish for a return from him than anyone else. The Rock was also great, but he seems to have been forgotten really. The only reason he's still in the fans minds is his movies if you ask me.

I also disagree with MVP being the star. If anyone, I'd say Kennedy or John Morrison. However at the moment neither of them are getting that special McMahon push, that Hogan, Austin, and Cena all had. I don't think we'll see a new major star for a few years, until Shawn and Taker have gone, Cena is getting older, and Triple H has had his last title run.
The Rock was a really large part of the Attitude era, especially from late 98 to 2001 prior to the Invasion Era. And from what I've gathered, both Austin and Rock are equally wanted back into the fold by fans. That the Rock's success helped him parlay his wrestling career into an acting career speaks volumes for how big of a deal he was.

Whenever people bring up WWF Attitude, Rock and Austin are the ones they associate that with. Honorable mention to Foley, since he was a big part of that era as well.

[MomentOfClarity]

I dont know who the Next is, but i can garuntee you, these things sometimes happen overnight, and hit you when you least expect it, Never did i think when watching stunning steve austin, would i ever experience stone cold steve austin.....

[Fizzywink]

golden era:hulk hogan easiely he had an amazing feud with andre which lead to arguably the singgle greatest moment ever in wrestling when he slammed him. and then he had another amazing feud with warrior tht really helped him. he put wrestling on the map without him wrestling would not be close to what it is now

attitude era:steve austin kinda tough considering u had greats such as shawn micheals who carried the company for a while and the rock who was simply amazing but stone cold takes the cake. he can get a crowd going so crazy u cant even hear his music playing he had an AMAZING feud with the rock which lead to my 3 favorite matches of all time and a great feud with mcmahan which was marvelous. he also made so many memorable memories and he truely is the attitude eras mvp.

curent era:triple h now people could argue cena but triple h is truely the mvp of this era. he has had 12 title reigns(and dont blame the marrige because u no thts bullshit). he has been the leader of two of the most dominent stables ever in DX and evolution. and hes came back from two career ending injuries. he truely deserves this honor.

future era:john cena he is the future of wwe plane and simple. he has one of the best mic skills and an awsome work ethic and he will be a main event player for many yers to come. even now he is probly the wwe's biggest draw even without the championship and i think he has the potential to be a legend

[rookie]

golden= has to be hulk hogan. didn't like him until wcw but he was a big part of the business and made it what is was in the future.

new generation= i would love to say bret hart but i mean shawn michaels defently was first here. great wrestler and was kinda funny and good on teh mic.

additude= stonce cold . stone cold defently elevated the company and with a bit of rock their they made a unstopable show. stone cold with the feud with vince/rock /taker so on was great. is mic skills were perfect and he would never give up

invasion= booker t or jericho. booker t wasn't as good as he was in wcw here but he did carry wcw/ecw who had not many good wrestlers here. jericho if u count vengance being one as well.... he did make the survivor series good and was very entertaining here.

brand extension= the big letters hhh. i have never really liked triple h that much but he did have mojority of the time on raw so i guess it is fair that he gets the best wrestler award. but also people like eddie, and benoit were good as well along with lesnar.

now= edge. ok im going out on a lim adn saying edge because of what he has done. great character vry entertaining. good on the mic and great inside the ring. i mean look at his matches this year. wm24, ONS, summerslam. good matches with taker of course but defently edge since 2006-2008.

future= umm this is hard. mvp vs john morrison vs jeff hardy. well if jeff improves on the mic i defently see him getting this award how evre now it is mvp. if john morrison goes to another show i see him getting it . tho mvp= good mic skils, alright in the ring