The Unexpected Future of WWE

[Jtrivera]

I was going back and looking at some old post people wrote about, they say guys like Balor, Kevin Owens, Adrian, Daniel Bryan, Reigns Seth, AlsoDean, are the Future, I wanna take a step back from all the obvious choices, and take a guess on who is going to be a future player in the WWE that isn't really showing it right now (they have the potential just not the right character or mic skills) so IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC OPINION, name some superstars who could potentially make an impact in WWE, here's mine.

Tyson Kidd- First on my list because I love how Kidd has an innovative ring style, I've liked his work since 2011, he can't talk on the mic that well, but it isn't hard to get a mouth piece that can Benifit him (problem is there isn't many managers now in days who can talk, back in the day it was Jimmy Hart, Lou, Heyman, Hennen, Ect Ect.) once he gets that going for him Kidd will be at the top of the IC title picture and also a filler for big WWE title matches. If they still had 2 titles Id bet my money Kidd would have a short title run as world champ, but as of now, no way.

Kofi Kingston- Now I know everyone and their mother has said this, WWE dropped the ball with the Orton feud, we all saw Kofis potential as a badass persona, im pretty sure if they were to turn Kofi into a heartless heel he would be perfect for a WWE title run once all the part timers leave, picture it ("NO MORE HIGH FLYING, NO MORE CLAPPING, NO MORE FEEDING INTO THE WWE AUDIENCE, IM LOOKING OUT FOR ME, KOFI KINGSTON!") I can see him being a big player one day, he's already won the IC and U.S titles like 3x or 4x each, what more can he do in the mid card?

Heath Slater- The wild card in all of this, I feel like if WWE were to get serious with Heath Slater he could potentially be a big Mid Card player in the company, almost like a Honky Tonk type man, the fans really got behind Slater when he broke his losing streak and it showed, maybe have him return when an annoying heel is doing an open challenge and have him win? Slater can wrestle and he's not terrible on the mic, he can change his One Man Band gimmick and encourage the fans to "Get on the band wagon" and be Slater Roadies or something.

Zack Ryder- Last but not least, this goofball has come a LONG LONG WAY, in my eyes, we all remember the "Ryder Revolution" we all saw that Zack was capable of getting crowd attention, then the whole thing fell flat because he got the Title and then fans just didn't care anymore, this dude was wearing goofy looking one sided attire and jobbing to everyone, but if you've seen the Rumble, Zack now has traditional trunks and a more serious attitude, I don't like the guy, but I think he will move up a lot in the card when guys like Cena, Orton, Show, Kane, and Henry retire.

 

[OYDK]

If it has to be somebody unexpected, I think Damien Sandow is the X-Factor in the WWE right now. Here's a guy who started out with the "Intellectual Savior" gimmick, and was able to progress that gimmick all the way to a MITB contract and a World title match with John Cena... does anybody even remember that nowadays? After that he was put six feet in the ground for one reason or another before he was able to re-invent himself with Mizdow, which is a pure comedy character.

Even though Sandow is supposed to be taken as a joke, he's still one of the most over guys on the roster at this point. His partnership with The Miz is nearing its end and I see a big push coming in the near future. Perhaps an IC title feud after Mania? He's only a couple years older than Reigns/Rollins/Ambrose and is one of the most polished all around wrestlers on the roster. Sandow is something special, and if WWE doesn't see big things in him, they're just stupid.

 

[Mac]

Titus O'neil has the look, charisma, and mic skills to be a top main event level heel or monster babyface ala Batista. The problem is the powers that be only see him as a jobber, or mid card tag team guy at best.

 

[BillAlfonsos_Whistle]

I agree with Damien Sandow as one guy who could break out. He has the "look" Vince covets and has shown tremendous promise when it comes to making any horrible gimmick work. The biggest problem for him IMO is that once you are seen as an utter joke (not even now but the costume gimmick was the worlds worst) it is very hard to recover to main event level. Doesn't mean he can't carve a great mid-card niche out but I highly doubt he'll ever be a headliner.

Cody Rhodes is a guy who has never been given a fair shake. I'd like to see him get an actual decent gimmick and be put in the ring against top competition. I understand he has only been able to get "just so much" over but the feud he had with Sandow over the MITB briefcase was some of the best in-ring and promo work of the least few years. Both guys just can't get the "it" factor for some reason. It took Daniel Bryan a while and a simple "YES!" and "NO!" chant is what pushed him over the edge.

Bad News Barrett should be a main event heel but they just have never given him a solid string of booking. I'd like to see him go over Ambrose and then Ziggler in a couple back to back programs to give him some credibility and see where it can go.

Sheamus and Rusev are less "underdog" types but since they weren't mentioned I'd like to add them as top heels for years to come.

 

[Crocker]

Lets look back at a few years ago, at 2011, and who was thoughttghed about to become the future of the WWE :

Wade Barrett - He was leader of Nexus a ton of momentum, now look where he is.. mid card champion jobbing to the likes of R-Truth

CM Punk - He became a successful star but sadly he left the company

Daniel Bryan - One of the biggest stars of the company today. Most over man currently. ALso main evented wrestlemania and proven to be a big draw

The Miz - jobbing to the likes of the Usos, mid card for life. just a few years ago he beat john cena at the main event of wrestlemania and beated orton 3 times in a row. WOW what a massive step back.

Dolph Ziggler - INstead of a heel like back then, he is now a face.. star power and credibility went up slightly but hes still not considered a main eventer. We'll see what happens but personally i don't think he'll be world champion or main eventer any time soon.

Ryback - he was on the top of the card fighting the likes of CM Punk.. then he was demoted, now hes back to the same position, after 3 years.

Cesaro - Over as fuck but wwe decided to screw his push up by not listening to the fans, keeping him heel, pairing him with heyman and then having heyman dump him. then cesaro just ACCEPTING that heyman dumped him like wtf? THen he went on a massive losing streak and that was it. terrible terrible booking. now he has ZERO momentum

Sheamus - forced down the fans throat, didn't really advance in terms of star power. hes basically peaked; hes not a big draw.. similar to Alberto Del Rio

Del Rio - shoved down the fans throats despite not being over at all. completely expendable, can't draw a dime. gets no reaction

basically what I got from this list is the WWE sucessfully made 2 stars in 5 years (hooray!), but one of their main event stars left.. then they continuiously tried to make del rio and Sheamus main eventers, but they couldn't draw a dime and they never made a difference in terms of $$$$$$$$, they were completely replacable. Then the others like ziggler, ryback, R-Truth, Miz, Cesaro, are in the same spots they were a couple years ago, or maybe even worse spots. These guys were the so called "future" of the wwe at the time of their pushes, yet now look where they are.. compare it to right now.

We have Bray Wyatt, Rusev, Rollins, Ambrose, and Reigns as the so called "future"..

based on the list above i predict that only a portion of these guys will succeed, which are only Rollins and Reigns.


Bray Wyatt will be buried by Vince McMahon because hes not a fan of his gimmick or his look.

Then Rusev's gimmick will not survive. Basically vladimir kozlov 2.0..

Dean Ambrose got his momentum destroyed by constantly jobbing to ROllins and Wyatt. The company is CLEARLY not high on him. If they were they would at least protect him like they are doing to Rollins and Reigns. but nope he has no direction currently

Rollins is on a roll right now, hes basically HHH's pet project. reminds HHH of shawn michaels, so hes safe since he has HHH on his side. Plus hes been protected a lot; he beat orton clean, beat Cena plenty of times , a good indication that the company is high on him. If they WEREN'T high on him, they would do the opposite, which is job him out to Cena, they've done that to Bray Wyatt and Dolph ZIggler a few years back. See this is where the line is, this is how you can see whether or not the company favors you or not.

Reigns is also on a roll right now and even a casual fan could see that the company REALLY REALLY REALLY likes him. hes already being prepped for the face of the company spot. its a no brainer here, hes going to be a star.

 

[Wrestling Mind 300]

R-Truth: his heel character back in 2011 when he turned on John Morrison was one of the bright spots in that period which ulitimatley lead him to feature in major storylines and matches such as The Rock's first match back teaming up with John Cena to take on Awesome Truth and he also received a main event match at Capitol punishment against John Cena for the wwe championship. Anyone remember little jimmy? That promo he did with Christian and The Miz on Raw was pure comedy gold. I believe he would be able to make a similar impact on the midcard despite his age.

Big E Langston: Really thought he could have been a major player in the wwe with the 5 count gimmick he had on NXT. He could have been that upper midcard monster heel and although his recent promos simply sucked, go ahead and watch the jbl and Cole show and look for episodes with Big E and you'll see he is actually very charismatic. Now he's in a team called new day (wtf kinda of a name is that?) which seems to be going nowhere. The name change from Big E Langston to just Big E though. Why didn't they keep the Langston? Big E Langston better and looks like an actual name wheras Big E sounds like a Disney movie (what does the E stand for?). People only called him Big E as a short when probably having a discussion with others. Also, his finisher does not look devasating at all. It makes it look as if he is taking more of the damage. Why would anyone fall on there back without feeling some sort of pain? They should have at least brought the 5 count gimmick into the main roster as it was something different and would have separated Big E from the rest of the roster.

I guess the only way for us to see this guys get a more prominent spot is on wwe 2k15 because I hope im wrong but I just dont see guys like R-truth, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Damien Sandow, Zack Ryder and so many more get far due to poor booking.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Even though Sandow is supposed to be taken as a joke, he's still one of the most over guys on the roster at this point.

It's true that fans have been enjoying what he's doing, but it's the comedy stylings he employs rather than anything else. Plus, he has an oppressive employer (Miz) and we're all going to cheer for the guy who stands up to him.

But again, his current appeal based on comedy. When Sandow would toss himself out of the ring after seeing the same done to Miz, the fans laughed and opponents mocked. This reminds me too much of 3MB, and we saw how it became impossible for Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal to be taken seriously after being associated with that mess of a team.

Personally, I'd like to see Sandow make it big. He could firm up that body of his and appear more dangerous....and once he lays out Miz and goes on his own, he could make an impact, but only if the writers allow Damien to avoid the "3MB curse."

As to my pick for the future, I'd love to see Tyson Kidd make it big. His ring repertoire is second to none; he's made a lot of people look good in matches. Maybe it's time Creative returned the favor.

 

[Dave]

I don't think many of the wrestlers on the current WWE roster have what it takes to be the future. With the obvious exceptions of perhaps Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns and Bryan, I think everyone on the main roster has been around for too long and not did enough in that time to merit that place. In the position that the WWE are in, how do you go about making some of the guys mentioned in this thread more reputable when no one is going to forget that they are being beat by the likes of Kane and The Big Show? Honestly, the WWE has gone about making some of their most promising stars look like chumps in recent months.

It is much easier for them at this point to bring people up from NXT and make a huge deal of them. They are unproven quantities that people wont know an awful lot about. People like Zayn, Neville and Owens could easily come up from NXT and get a good run to make sure that they are credible from the start. And as long as WWE don't go down some of the routes they have before with emerging talent, then they should be golden. Those men are the future of the WWE if you ask me.

 

[OYDK]

It's true that fans have been enjoying what he's doing, but it's the comedy stylings he employs rather than anything else. Plus, he has an oppressive employer (Miz) and we're all going to cheer for the guy who stands up to him.

You see, it's not necessarily the fact that the crowd cheers. The reason I think Sandow is special is because he turned complete shit into gold. He was literally and willingly the bitch of another man, which should portray him as kind of pathetic in the eyes of the fans, yet they still give him some of the biggest pops in recent memory. Also, I think a lot of people began to cheer for him because they were tired of seeing him play second fiddle to The Miz when it's obvious who the breakout star of the group is.

But again, his current appeal based on comedy. When Sandow would toss himself out of the ring after seeing the same done to Miz, the fans laughed and opponents mocked. This reminds me too much of 3MB, and we saw how it became impossible for Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal to be taken seriously after being associated with that mess of a team.

My problem with this is 3MB was never over. Not even a little bit. Perhaps, had they gotten some cheers McIntyre or Slater would have been able to move up in the WWE. I think if Sandow can successfully transition into being a more serious competitor, than the crowd will accept him as one.

Personally, I'd like to see Sandow make it big. He could firm up that body of his and appear more dangerous....and once he lays out Miz and goes on his own, he could make an impact, but only if the writers allow Damien to avoid the "3MB curse."

Precisely.

 

[Sexcellence of Sexecution]

Fuck it, I'm going with Fandango. You said you didn't want an obvious choice.

Fandango has been slapped with a lame gimmick, there's no question. The guy's a ballroom dancer. But he does have some natural charisma, he can talk pretty well, and he's a weirdo. He comes off as enigmatic to me, so I think there could be something there. After he beat Jericho at Mania 29 and the fans started signing his entrance music they could've capitalized a lot better than they did. It was almost like the WWE freaked out when they saw the Fandangoing media craze and rushed to take advantage of it, but it came off as more pathetic and desperate than anything else. Eventually, I thought the ballroom dancer element of his gimmick would be scaled back and they would simply focus on him being a flamboyant and eccentric heel, but that didn't really happen. The injury didn't do him any favours either, since I heard he was slated to win the IC Title before it happened. Who knows? Maybe a run as IC Champion would help him, but that Title hasn't helped anybody in a long time. In any event, I think he's a guy that could succeed if put in the right situation. The talent is there.

 

[Dysturbed]

Where Sandow is concerned, I acknowledge that this isn't' the best idea and probably isnt' even likely, but post Miz I'm thinking that he can combine his intellectual savior gimmick with his Mizdow one so to speak. He can talk down to heels in a similar way to how he talked down to the crowd (and other wrestlers) before. Rather than say "SILENCE" to the crowd he can say it to heels that he's cutting promos with, and hopefully get cheers from the crowd as a result.

While whoever he is feuding with (assuming that he's even given an opportunity for a post Miz feud) is having matches against others he can maybe mock them from ringside by mimicking them in a similar way to how he copies the Miz right now and things of that nature. That kind of thing can potentially help sustain him for a bit post Miz, and keep him in the midcard for awhile while he hopefully continues to gain fan appreciation. While doing so, he and creative can hopefully find a way to evolve/transition his character beyond the short term thing that I mentioned into more of an upper mid carder/future main event fitting comedic persona than a midcard one that is more of a niche.

Again, that's far fetched, but at the same time it isn't necessarily the worst possible scenario.

 

[ShatteredDreamsProduction]

Adam Scherr. Better known from the performance centre as Braun Stowman.

Dude is a legit beast, from a professional strongman background, he was extremely talented but never kicked on, and then joined wwe.

He is a monster, 6 foot 8. 385 pounds, and from recent photos, looks to be taking it seriously and toning up tremendously.

If he doesn't have the look wwe is after, then I don't know who does, hopefully he can step up to NXT soon and we can see how his in ring work is, if it's half as good as his look, the guy is gonna go real far in the company.