10 Wrestlers With The Most Breakout Star Potential Right Now

10. Ricky Starks

Jim Ross had an old maxim he was fond of using when b*llocking wrestlers who weren't getting over in his old, fondly-remembered Ross Report column.

A charming haven of clichés and euphemisms, Ross used to write "[X Wrestler] needs to add a little "sizzle" to their "steak"", which was was a barely polite way of conveying "This feller is as dry as a nun's tw*t, and if there's any charisma in there at all, he better locate it very soon, quite frankly".

He also used to write "[X wrestler] needs to maximise their minutes", which was Oklahoma code for "This one has slightly more potential, but he's squandering it by being lazy and or thick".

Ricky Starks maximises his minutes.

He's a great visual storyteller, even in short backstage segments, because he knows the currency of the GIF. He doesn't just wear shades because they're a shortcut to looking cool; when he takes them off, to register how appalled he is when his threats are bantered off, he knows he'll shortly appear in Twitter replies. He's a great in the ring - one of few wrestlers to grasp how to do cool showboating work in character - and he sold Jungle Boy's Snare Trap finisher by literally scratching and clawing his way towards the ropes.

"Make sure they remember you" is the most valuable and difficult lesson on the wrestling curriculum. Starks has learned it, and he's not even the babyface everybody wants him to be yet.