10 WWE & AEW Wrestlers Who Have Benefitted From The Empty Arena Era

10. MVP

MVP returned at the 2020 Royal Rumble, and while it was cool to see him back, the subsequent shock return of Edge and Drew McIntyre’s ultimate Rumble win somewhat overshadowed the veteran. A year and change later and Montel Vontavious Porter is, appropriately enough, pretty much the most important part of Monday Night Raw.

It’s worth caveating that WWE’s flagship show hasn’t exactly been great, but what has worked as mostly come via the golden mic skills of MVP. Originally intended to work primarily behind the scenes, Porter instead became the leader of The Hurt Business, the much missed stable that included Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, and Bobby Lashley.

It’s MVP’s work with the latter that has been particularly noteworthy. While Lashley always had bags of potential, it’s only in this run teamed with real life pal MVP that the Almighty One has seemed like a true major player, and he continues to prove himself a worthy WWE Champion.

A lot of credit must go to MVP, whose mic work and charisma is simply invaluable to WWE. Breaking up The Hurt Business was crazy, but as long as MVP keeps giving us the goods, Raw will still have something of worth.