10 WWE Superstars Set For A Big Push Following WrestleMania 41
Those WWE Superstars who creative DO have something for - featuring Naomi, Carmelo Hayes, and more.
It ought to be Rusev and Aleister Black, who have now made the jump from AEW to WWE.
Tony Khan "fumbled them" - but Vince McMahon fumbled them in WWE first. He saw Rusev as nothing more than a bumbling foreigner whose best use was to have his wife paired with another suitor, having failed to execute a similar cuckholding storyline not even three months prior, and as for Aleister Black?
He got given the keys to the janitor's room. Need to borrow a mop and bucket to clean up the mess you made in catering? Just knock on the door and PiCk A fIgHt.
It was bottom-of-the-barrel junk from a creative department more out of touch than 2010s Vince Russo, who still perceived The Nasty Boys and Val Venis as headline attractions over a decade after they had barely scraped by in the mid-card.
By all accounts, WWE, under Triple H's penmanship, has already succeeded at rejuvenating interest in both Rusev and Aleister Black; there was real, vitriolic outrage during WrestleMania 41 Sunday because WWE didn't waste either man's return with a Randy Orton job. That's great - but does either man's career continue on an upward trajectory now that the 'Mania buzz has settled?
The future is, however, certain for the following WWE Superstars...
10. Bron Breakker
This should be obvious.
The closing segment of Raw's post-WrestleMania 41 broadcast witnessed a new-age Dangerous Alliance being founded, Paul Heyman having united Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker in a bombastic segment. The atmosphere was electric when Breakker unleashed all hell on Roman Reigns with his Spear delivery. When he removed his sweatshirt, the future was clear: Bron will break away from the alliance to win his first WWE World Championship in a moment not dissimilar to Batista in 2005.
And it will rule.
Bron Breakker, an in-house WWE pet project, is everything the company looks for in a 'next big thing'. He has the size, the power, the speed, and the look of a thriving World Champion. Being associated with Seth Rollins will not limit Breakker's chances at standing out, so long as WWE does the obvious and presents their alliance as just that: an alliance. This should not be a traditional WWE stable, wherein one member is the clear leader and everyone else their disciples. Rollins, like Triple H, will be at the forefront of the group while Breakker lurks in the background as a hired mercenary type.
When the Batista-like babyface turn is executed, though?
That will be a needle-moving moment.