The Worst WWE Roster Ever?

[CelticCorey]

Ok, here is my question that can be up for legitimate debate. The last few years we've seen the retirement of Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair and most recently, Edge. We've also seen Batista, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy all depart. We've seen solid mid-card talents like MVP and Matt Hardy go elsewhere. HHH and the Undertaker never "officially" retired, but they are retired for all intensive purposes. The star power is LOW and now CM Punk is taking time off, one of the supposed new "stars" Sin Cara is essentially being forgotten and WWE is giving Kane and Big Show time off and John Morrison is out of action.

Let's look at the key players currently on the roster here, taking everything into consideration:

Raw:
Cena, Miz, Mysterio, Del Rio, Alex Riley, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, R-Truth

Smackdown!:
Randy Orton, Christian, Sheamus, Mark Henry, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, Ezekiel Jackson, Ted DiBiase

These are essentially the key pieces to each show. They are basically the only guys who have been appearing on their respective show on a regular basis taking into account the new storyline injuries, legit injuries, retirements and all the guys who have left.

I know it's a huge opportunity for others like Drew McIntyre to FINALLY get pushed back to TV on a regular basis, but for the time being, right now... is this the WORST list of top guys we've seen in YEARS?

I need to ask you exactly what does WORST mean in this case? If you mean in terms of star power, then yes, the only ones with actual star power in WWE these days are Cena, Orton, Mysterio and a little bit of The Miz.

But if you mean is this worst in history TALENT wise? Absolutely not.

Though I don't like Cena, Orton or Mysterio, all can put on good matches from time to time and they all entertain the casuals.

Miz has gotten tenfolds better in the ring and his mic skills are worth the hype.

Del Rio somehow hardly gets any reaction but I still find a way to enjoy him. Riley also isn't the greatest ring worker but he does have mic skills and seems to be pretty over as he gets good pops week in and week out.

I do not understand the Kofi hate as he is not that bad of a talker AT ALL for a guy who gets hardly any mic time and he has been in quite a few matches I have enjoyed.

Swagger and Bourne aren't the greatest talkers but they are two of my favorite wrestlers inside of that squared circle.

And Truth has been great ever since his heel turn.


Smackdown

Christian- not the greatest look or size but this guy can talk and my goodness almost if not every match he has he turns it to gold. He has carried lesser opponents and is probably the second best in ring wrestler after Bryan. He constantly puts on good matches. He has gotten that huge rub over the last few months and has risen to a main event level. Not much of a draw but I would consider him a main eventer. Call me crazy but I think if there was an HBK vs. Christian TLC match at Wrestlemania for the WWE title, I think that could possibly be the greatest match in WWE history. No joke.

Sheamus- how could you not love Sheamus? He can easily main event at any point now. Not the biggest star or draw but he is up there. Definitely in the top ten biggest names I would say and he was even higher before his losing. Aside from all the kayfabe accomplishments. He, along with Punk, embody the complete package: he is really good in the ring and puts on really good matches. He has the build of a credible monster with a unique look and for somebody with such a thick Irish accent he sure can cut good promos.

Henry I have always seen as the midcard and now upper midcarder. He would be a good supporting cast member. Love his latest heel run.

Wade Barrett I don't really feel him but his height, size and mic skills scream a future mega star.

Rhodes could be somebody who could mainevent every now and then. If he wasn't so skinny he'd probably have main evented by now.

We know by his youtube channel and a couple promos Bryan can be an intense and entertaining personality. Plus, when it comes to in the ring, Daniel Bryan is Daniel Bryan.

Zeke has the size going for him but meh.

DiBiase isn't that bad in the ring.

So to answer you question, after looking at these guys, almost every one of them I find good and talented in one if not multiple aspects. Only a few are actual draws and not many have a lot of star power; but I'll be damned if the guys you mentioned aren't talented.

 

[The Future Rises]

Today's roster is actually pretty good. You got Punk, Del Rio, Miz, Truth, Bryan, Christian, Sheamus, Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, Sin Cara, Jack Swagger, And more guys who are really talented. Although most of them are heels I'm still entertained by today's WWE. And that's because the roster is great. Today's roster(excluding Edge) put on one of the greatest Rumble Pay Per Views of all time in my opinion. I mean sure Edge is gone and Orton is having trouble carrying Smackdown as the top face but the roster is still great. Guys like Del Rio and Sheamus remind me of the big stars of the 90's. For example Del Rio has the look, the talent, the mic skills, and the gimmick. Just like guys like Razor Ramon AKA Scott Hall back then.

The best roster ever was the one in 2004-2007 for sure. I mean we had Eddie, Benoit, Angle, Jericho, Christian, Booker T(as a full time wrestler), Edge, Ric Flair back when he was working hard to put over people, MNM, London and Kenrick, Cade and Murdoch, MVP(Heel), Kane, Undertaker, Cena when he was kinda entertaining, Batista, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Hass, HBK, Triple H(Heel), Randy Orton back when he was GOLD, JBL, Mr.Kennedy, CM Punk when he first started, Elijah Burke, Bobby Lashley, Chris Masters, Heidenreich, Snitsky, And more big names, tag teams, and mid card talent who actually had charisma and could put on one hell of a show. Which made 2005 one of the best years in WWE history in my opinion.

 

[ABMorales787]

Worst WWE roster? No. I'd say the roster circa '94-'95 was by far worse than this. The only real problem is the rather large, gaping difference there is between the midcard talent and the main event one for the most part. This year started with the prospect of John Morrison vs The Miz for the WWE title and that went nowhere. To many, it seemed like it had no business as a main event storyline and was never expanded on. Same time, you had Dolph Ziggler feuding with Edge. He won the title. Too bad it was in such a ridiculous manner. Fast forward to today and the US title is pretty much saving him from obscurity.

The gap is too large and it makes it hard for guys like The Miz or R-Truth to get a sturdy foot on the main event scene and that hurts the overall look of the roster. It makes it seem as though only the likes of Orton, Cena and Punk are the one's who truly matter.

 

[Echo7Solo]

it isn't that the roster is bad they just don't know how to use it. Back in the NWA days when Dusty was booking every interview anybody gave regardless who they were they would put over the whole lockerroom. Regardless if they were opening match, mid card or world Champion they were put over.

Today with the power of the internet if they would put over more people like they did back then you would be shocked at how deem this roster is.

 

[Kenny Powers]

WWE still has a lot of top guys active like: CM Punk, Orton, Cena, Rey Mysterio, Miz, Sheamus, Kane, Big Show, Christian, and Alberto Del Rio.

There is also Triple H and Undertaker who inactive along with The Rock, Austin, Bookert T, Kevin Nash, and maybe even Mick Foley.

The rest we have Dolph Ziggler, Zeke Jackson, Wade Barrett, Zofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, etc.

The roster isn't the problem, wrestling is in a slump period. I still think the roster in the early 90's when all the big name talent left WWF for WCW was the worse. WWE had Kabuki, Duke "The Dumpster" Drosse, TL Hopper, The Smoking Gunns, Repo Man, The Goon, Doink the Clown, The Beserker, and countless jobbers just to name a few in the mid 90s.

The biggest names were Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Psycho Sid, Vader, and Undertaker. Once Razor Ramon and Diesel left, WWE's roster was pretty awful.

 

[Echo7Solo]

the problem is never the roster, it is the way the roster is used. Keep in mind Foley and Austin were never pegged to be higher than mid card. Think of all the "Rocky sucks" chants. But they stuck it out, worked hard and made the best of what they were given. WWE will open the door but it is up to the talent to walk through. Want a good example? Matt Hardy was given the same break if not bigger than CM Punk just was. The problem is he didn't know how to take advantage of it.

 

[Jeff]

You're right there aren't hardly any main event stars. But that's because wwe constant failures at producing them. You're also right about your comments about the jericho's etc. hogging the spotlight. But the only issue with that statement is that even with all those other guys gone, wwe still has 3-5 guys still hogging the spotlight, so your comment is moot.

Although I agree that there are only about handful of guys really in the spotlight right now...one of them is Cena, one of them is Orton and the other...is CM Punk which is a fresh face. Orton and Cena ALWAYS hog the spotlight so the little scraps of TV time WWE has without them is now at least going to fresh faces rather then older veterans.

However even with that, a lot of fresh faces are getting plenty of airtime to develop a character. People have to realize Cena and Orton ARE the faces of the company and their brand. It is smart of the WWE to capitalize on them, regardless of what the IWC thinks. Granted you can't have a two hour long Cena show, but 30-45 minutes of Cena, which I think is about what WWE gives him a show, isn't that bad. Although it sucks for those who hate him, we do have to realize he is the money maker. This still gives more then 1/2 the show for the other roster, which is now fresh faces that HAVE to get airtime, rather then older stars. If you are the star of the company, you are going to get the most air time sadly.

 

[vthokie8]

WWE still has a lot of top guys active like: CM Punk, Orton, Cena, Rey Mysterio, Miz, Sheamus, Kane, Big Show, Christian, and Alberto Del Rio.

There is also Triple H and Undertaker who inactive along with The Rock, Austin, Bookert T, Kevin Nash, and maybe even Mick Foley.

The rest we have Dolph Ziggler, Zeke Jackson, Wade Barrett, Zofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, etc.

The roster isn't the problem, wrestling is in a slump period. I still think the roster in the early 90's when all the big name talent left WWF for WCW was the worse. WWE had Kabuki, Duke "The Dumpster" Drosse, TL Hopper, The Smoking Gunns, Repo Man, The Goon, Doink the Clown, The Beserker, and countless jobbers just to name a few in the mid 90s.

The biggest names were Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Psycho Sid, Vader, and Undertaker. Once Razor Ramon and Diesel left, WWE's roster was pretty awful.

I agree with nearly everything you said here. I don't think wrestling is in a "slump" more of a "transitional" phase. I think what we have now is similar to what went on in the early 90's when Hogan, Savage, Warrior and those guys had become stale and new stars like The Undertaker, Yokozuna and others were introduced and built and guys like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Brittish Bulldog were finally pushed as singles stars. Same went on right before the Attitude Era and around 2004. I think once some of these guys are built into true superstars wrestling will be on a roll again, it just takes time and smart booking,which is another issue today. I do think that the mid 90s roster was the worst by far. Poor gimmicks, some awful main events the wrong people being pushed. Diesel was a poor drawing champion, guys like Mabel, Savio Vega, Ludvig Borga and Tatanka were pushed as either main eventers or upper mid card talents, Michaels was continuously on the DL, and we seen some of the worst gimmicks of all time (Issac Yankem, Repo Man, Berzerker, Nailz, Duke "The Dumpster" Drose, etc.) 03-04 was pretty bad for Smack Down, but Raw prospered mainly on the shoulders of Evolution and whoever they decided to fued with. Smack Down had Eddie and JBL as the main draw, Taker fueding with The Dudleys in some awful booked matches, Mordecai, Bob Holly, Kenzo Suzuki, Rene Dupree, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rico and Charlie Haas as PPV level mid carders. I think Cena, Eddie and Rey may have been the only bright linings on that roster back then.

 

[mancpenguin]

I don't think its the worst roster I ever have seen. Remember when Nash, and Mabel were main eventing Summerslam? Those were some thin times. I think the current roster seems weak because wrestling is not super popular right now and they don't get a lot of attention. Technically you have many guys on the roster who can wrestle circles around guys from the past. Danielson, Punk (he is on the roster, its an angle), and hell even Cena can work his butt off when given the right opponent. Del Rio is very technically sound, Ziggler is a wonderful performer. Like I said, they just aren't as well known as guys in the past, so it seems that the roster is weak.

Duke The Dumpster Drose, Adam Bomb, Jacob and Eli Blu, Damian Demento, Aldo Montoya, Mantaur, The Godwinns, Smokin Gunns.........This was the card for pretty much every episode of Raw until about 1997. You think you have it bad now? You have to shitting me. You kids don't know what you are talking about.

I have to agree with you - I know many people argue that HBK didn't draw people when he was the champion and WCW was well on top in his era. In fairness he sure didn't have much to work with. Trust us older folks when we tells you - its been much worse than this !!!

 

[GW_Hart86]

I have to agree with you - I know many people argue that HBK didn't draw people when he was the champion and WCW was well on top in his era. In fairness he sure didn't have much to work with. Trust us older folks when we tells you - its been much worse than this !!!

Sorry buddy, but I really disagree with that. I've been watching wrestling since 1991 and in my opinion, wrestling has never been so unpopular and brandished such a weak roster in all the time I've been watching it. I think it's still huge in the USA, but around the world numbers have dwindled. I think that's why they have started touring in Europe a lot more these days trying to reverse that fact.

Modern wrestlers seem to have completely lost their way. I think wrestlers nowadays have totally run out of ideas for a character base. Gimmicks seem to be constantly re-run but with different persona.

Wrestling is like any other walk of life that evolves and changes with time. It changed from a PG/family entertainment show in the early 90's to an adult entertainment show in the late 90's to early "naughties". It basically got better and better and more popular and was at its most successful during the attitude era. But due to several viewer complaints, negative publicity campaigns and lawsuits, the business felt they needed to revert back to a PG family show.

In essence, the WWE has effectively attempted to travel back in time before the attitude era in order to capture a family audience again. The problem with this being that most see this as a huge step back. Fans got used to seeing extreme matches and extreme characters because this was massively entertaining and all of sudden things change and the "PG Part 2" era hits and matches seem boring/less exciting, characters aren't as entertaining or funny or convincing.

Things in the wrestling world in my opinion will remain like this until this PG crap is over with and they return to another attitude era but with a different name hopefully lol.

However, I remain hopeful that things will improve, you never know. Especially with CM Punk around. He is pretty much the only reason I'm still hanging around!

 

[drobs85]

Although I agree that there are only about handful of guys really in the spotlight right now...one of them is Cena, one of them is Orton and the other...is CM Punk which is a fresh face. Orton and Cena ALWAYS hog the spotlight so the little scraps of TV time WWE has without them is now at least going to fresh faces rather then older veterans.

However even with that, a lot of fresh faces are getting plenty of airtime to develop a character. People have to realize Cena and Orton ARE the faces of the company and their brand. It is smart of the WWE to capitalize on them, regardless of what the IWC thinks. Granted you can't have a two hour long Cena show, but 30-45 minutes of Cena, which I think is about what WWE gives him a show, isn't that bad. Although it sucks for those who hate him, we do have to realize he is the money maker. This still gives more then 1/2 the show for the other roster, which is now fresh faces that HAVE to get airtime, rather then older stars. If you are the star of the company, you are going to get the most air time sadly.

I agree with some of your statements but what i want to know is what fresh faces are getting plenty of airtime? I could be on tv, but that wouldn't mean anything if i'm constantly getting buried, or involved in crappy story-lines "Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, or R-Truth Capitol Punishment" just to name a few. Also Punk is not a fresh face, he is a 3 time WHC, leader of the straight edge society, leader of Nexus so he's definitely been in the spotlight.

Today's roster is actually pretty good. You got Punk, Del Rio, Miz, Truth, Bryan, Christian, Sheamus, Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, Sin Cara, Jack Swagger, And more guys who are really talented. Although most of them are heels I'm still entertained by today's WWE. And that's because the roster is great. Today's roster(excluding Edge) put on one of the greatest Rumble Pay Per Views of all time in my opinion. I mean sure Edge is gone and Orton is having trouble carrying Smackdown as the top face but the roster is still great. Guys like Del Rio and Sheamus remind me of the big stars of the 90's. For example Del Rio has the look, the talent, the mic skills, and the gimmick. Just like guys like Razor Ramon AKA Scott Hall back then.

The best roster ever was the one in 2004-2007 for sure. I mean we had Eddie, Benoit, Angle, Jericho, Christian, Booker T(as a full time wrestler), Edge, Ric Flair back when he was working hard to put over people, MNM, London and Kenrick, Cade and Murdoch, MVP(Heel), Kane, Undertaker, Cena when he was kinda entertaining, Batista, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Hass, HBK, Triple H(Heel), Randy Orton back when he was GOLD, JBL, Mr.Kennedy, CM Punk when he first started, Elijah Burke, Bobby Lashley, Chris Masters, Heidenreich, Snitsky, And more big names, tag teams, and mid card talent who actually had charisma and could put on one hell of a show. Which made 2005 one of the best years in WWE history in my opinion.

And Matt Hardy, Umaga, Khali! Man those years were stacked, and a-lot of them got more than b.s. one day pushes. Man what happened.

 

[Alittude]

People keep saying this roster has so much talent and everything which is true to an extent as a lot of the roster seem like they are capable in the ring but there is a lot more than that when it comes to being a complete wrestler.

The truth is most of the roster is extremely dull in interviews and on the mic and apart from a select few and they are hardly over at all with the crowd. You can blame this on booking but even stars such as Sheamus who I like but I think he isn't great on the mic and did a horrible promo last week looking nervous which you just can't do when you're supposed to be a monster. The crowds don't seem to give a damn about the midcard mostly on raw and smackdown which was never the case quite a few years ago as they at least had gimmicks that would draw some sort of attention to them.

I would be interested to see how a lot of the talent deal with better booking or more creative control of their characters because at the moment a lot of them are plain and boring and don't stand out in the slightest.

 

[Bmauricej]

I don't think its the worst roster I ever have seen. Remember when Nash, and Mabel were main eventing Summerslam? Those were some thin times. I think the current roster seems weak because wrestling is not super popular right now and they don't get a lot of attention. Technically you have many guys on the roster who can wrestle circles around guys from the past. Danielson, Punk (he is on the roster, its an angle), and hell even Cena can work his butt off when given the right opponent. Del Rio is very technically sound, Ziggler is a wonderful performer. Like I said, they just aren't as well known as guys in the past, so it seems that the roster is weak.

Duke The Dumpster Drose, Adam Bomb, Jacob and Eli Blu, Damian Demento, Aldo Montoya, Mantaur, The Godwinns, Smokin Gunns.........This was the card for pretty much every episode of Raw until about 1997. You think you have it bad now? You have to shitting me. You kids don't know what you are talking about.

This is why I always thought it was unfair to blame HBK for the poor ratings during that time. If HBK was not the draw he was, WWE might of been broke. WWE has the worst roster of all time during the 1996 time frame.

 

[TheMainMan32]

I definitely think that this is the worst roster in years. Guys like Del Rio, McIntyre, Sheamus, Swagger, Cody Rhodes, R. Truth, simply don't do anything except bore me. Sure some of them are good wrestlers, but there is more to sports entertainment than wrestling. A lot of these guys simply aren't entertaining to me. I remember back around 2001 when the WWE had a stacked roster full of talent that was entertaining as hell:

Stone Cold
The Rock
HHH
Mick Foley
The Undertaker
Kane
Big Show
Y2J
Eddie Guerrero
The Dudley Boyz
The Hardy Boyz
Edge & Christian
Chyna
Trash Stratus
Benoit
Etc.

Some of the dates are probably wrong, but back then The WWE's roster was phenomenal. I don't see anything out of this new crop of wrestlers that even comes close to those days.

 

[Jeff]

I agree with some of your statements but what i want to know is what fresh faces are getting plenty of airtime? I could be on tv, but that wouldn't mean anything if i'm constantly getting buried, or involved in crappy story-lines "Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, or R-Truth Capitol Punishment" just to name a few. Also Punk is not a fresh face, he is a 3 time WHC, leader of the straight edge society, leader of Nexus so he's definitely been in the spotlight.

I agree with the fact that many of their story lines are not interesting at all. Besides the John Cena vs CM Punk storyline right now I personally don't find the rest of the stories too interesting.

As for people who are constantly getting buried, You are partly right but partly wrong in my opinion. When they are against Cena or Orton they do get buried, that I agree upon. But when they are not in a storyline with Cena or Orton, it is often fairly even. Buried means they are constantly losing, never winning, but clearly someone is winning those matches. Guys like Alberto Del Rio are not getting buried. Kofi vs Ziggler have been fairly even. Sheamus has been on a tear as of late, as well as Henry (although who cares about him). As for R-Truth, if you look where he was let's say 6 months ago, he is doing much better. He did get buried by Cena though, which is what we both certainly do agree on. Orton and Cena never put anyone over. If anybody is in a feud with Orton and Cena they get buried, besides that nobody is getting buried. They may get bad story lines but hopefully once their characters develop more, so do their story lines.

As for CM Punk being a fresh face. What I mean by that our two things. 1) He is fresh with a new gimmick (kinda) he was repackaged to an extent and is really being able to show his stuff and 2) He is a fresh face as far as true main event superstars. I think CM Punk has established himself as a guy who, hopefully when this feud is done and if it is done correctly, will be on the same level as Orton and Cena, as well as a lot of the other guys who recently left like Edge, Jericho, HHH (speaking in ring), Undertaker, etc.

 

[Da Solo]

The problem is not the roster (although there are some on the roster who need to bounce), the problem is that WWE doesn't want to emphasize anything that doesn't involve Cena and Orton (and to an extent Miz and Sheamus). Remember back in the day, WWE was able to make a lasting angle with Charlie Haas and Viscera, who just barely qualified above jobber status, with Lillian Garcia, and this wasn't even that long ago (it was like around 04-06). Now, the feuds are bone simple:
"I don't like you!" "I don't like you Either!" "Let's fight!"
"You took my title! I'm pissed; let's fight!"
"You injured me!" "So?" "Let's Fight!"

It sucks tbh. Honestly, can you think back over the last 5 years and try to think of any amazing yet unique angle that didn't involve Orton, Cena, Edge, HHH, HBK or Taker? The closest that come to mind is MVP/Matt Hardy. I mean, it's okay to use those big names to get someone over, but dammit don't just try to bury them when it's over (i.e. Kofi, Wade Barett, hell even Heidenreich qualifies). I don't know if it's a trust issue where WWE doesn't want to give anyone a chance because of their paranoia, but the Creative team needs to put trust in their superstars, because your big superstars can go out of nowhere (Edge, Lesnar, Angle for example), and what will it look like when you have no back up plan?

 

[TheAllStarBlogger]

I have to agree with you,I mean they've lost some serious talent,Jeff Hardy,Michaels,Jericho,Batista,Matt Hardy,& MVP in the past 2 years.
With Punk,Morrison,Undertaker,& Triple H not wrestling,the WWE needs to get some of the GREAT talent they had back,honestly
I mean they're barely surviving off of Cena,Orton,& Christian,I mean they have MIZ as a main eventer,they are at their all time low.
If they brought both Hardys,Jericho,MVP,& Batista back & started to have Taker & HHH perform again it would be THE SAVIOR of WWE,I hope the "Rumors" about The Rock performing again are true,because they are in need of returning talent.
Let's say Jeff Hardy we're to come back & have a storyline with,I don't know,Cena or Punk? Maybe even Orton,IT WOULD GET RATINGS BACK UP FAST
I mean the lack of talent,is disappointing.

 

[TheJbody]

Ok, here is my question that can be up for legitimate debate. The last few years we've seen the retirement of Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair and most recently, Edge. We've also seen Batista, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy all depart. We've seen solid mid-card talents like MVP and Matt Hardy go elsewhere. HHH and the Undertaker never "officially" retired, but they are retired for all intensive purposes. The star power is LOW and now CM Punk is taking time off, one of the supposed new "stars" Sin Cara is essentially being forgotten and WWE is giving Kane and Big Show time off and John Morrison is out of action.

Let's look at the key players currently on the roster here, taking everything into consideration:

Raw:
Cena, Miz, Mysterio, Del Rio, Alex Riley, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, R-Truth

Smackdown!:
Randy Orton, Christian, Sheamus, Mark Henry, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, Ezekiel Jackson, Ted DiBiase

These are essentially the key pieces to each show. They are basically the only guys who have been appearing on their respective show on a regular basis taking into account the new storyline injuries, legit injuries, retirements and all the guys who have left.

I know it's a huge opportunity for others like Drew McIntyre to FINALLY get pushed back to TV on a regular basis, but for the time being, right now... is this the WORST list of top guys we've seen in YEARS?

Look at those names. Cena, Orton, and Mysterio are big money drawers for the kids.
The Miz is every where.
Christian marks are pleased.
So many people are waiting for Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes (Sheamus being a 2-time WWE Champion and KOTR makes him invalid) to get their big chance.
And who doesn't love what CM Punk is doing.
Punk and those first 3,4 guys I mentioned are big money drawers. The again, so is Zack Ryder! (I'm kidding of course)

 

[Wrestlingfan100]

They have a good roster for pure wrestling fans like myself, who enjoy ring work the most. I like Superstars, I'm a big mark for chain/catch-hand grappling, roll ups, submissions, and takedowns{ arm drag, snapmare} I guess I'm weird because I don't get wrapped up in mic skills. If you can cut a promo without messing up a line then I am pleased with it. I don't whine and complain about companies like you people do because I am accepting of the fact that my opinions although I have a right to them do not mean anything. I watch puro, lucha libre, independents, I look for matches on youtube. Don't get me wrong I KNOW skills of guys who are good on the stick but I really don't care. "Give me a 5 star match " is my motto, I have 120 favorite wrestlers and I watch TNA for the X division only. I love pro wrestling for the wrestling and performance NOT the pop-culture spectacle it's become. I'm neutral with Cena and I admire who he is a human being, he's an amazing entertainer, he's great on the mic, he's stagnant in the ring and Chris Jericho is the reason he was pushed{spoiler alert for Jericho's second book}. So you can all whine, cry and debate but your opinions mean jack and the only thing that matters is who buys what merchandise, who puts bottoms in seats and that the company stays
around for a LONG LONG time. I LOVE pro wrestling but I HATE sports
enterainment and you can judge me, agree with me or berate me but
I'm never changing.