WWE is in a weird period of transition, whether its leaders want to admit it or not. The company is relying on aging part-timers to pop PPV buyrates and boost Network subscriptions, but as evidenced by post-match problems with Undertaker and Sting, those days are going to run out sooner or later. Big-name draws Undertaker and Brock Lesnar already are part-time performers. Roster stalwarts like Big Show, Mark Henry and Kane are clearly on the downswing of their careers. Former world champions such as John Cena and Sheamus will hit 40 in the next couple years, making injuries a concern. Though younger, Randy Orton has reportedly expressed a desire to work a reduced schedule, which is something admirable in a sense. All of this points to a need to look to the future now. Despite boasting a roster with more than a dozen superstars who have held a world championship, only Seth Rollins is younger than 32. (For comparisons sake, The Rock was 26 when he won his first world title; Cena was 27; Triple H was 30.) While there still is time for these wrestlers to rack up more title reigns, the rosters former world champs arent getting any younger. Looking to the future not just a couple years from now, but five, maybe 10 years out who on the current rosters (WWE and NXT) will have held a world title at some point? (Several will fall short in the current WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament, but their day should come.) Lets take a look at some of the likely suspects limiting ourselves to those who have never held a WWE world title along with some semi-arbitrary betting odds
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
