Predicting The Future Of WWE In 10 Wrestlers

The next 10 years are looking brighter than that NXT logo...

By Jamie Kennedy /

Whether your allegiances lie with what Tony Khan, Cody and the boys are doing over in AEW or you're a WWE lifer, the next decade is shaping up to be a wrestling thrill ride. There's no way Vince McMahon will sit back idly and watch as competition emerges in All Elite, but the WWE patriarch is powerless to stop it outright.

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That, as the boss man is so fond of saying, may require another "shake up around here".

WWE's main event scene is currently occupied by some familiar names. Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Bray Wyatt, Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns are all in the mix for big paydays come WrestleMania 36. Those guys won't be around forever though, and the wider wrestling community always has a hard on for fresh faces near the top of the card.

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It's important that WWE establish some new stars in headline spots over the next couple of years across Raw, SmackDown, NXT and NXT UK. Here are the best candidates, arranged from oldest to youngest, who could become breakout sensations over the next 10 years and (ideally, in some cases) before...