10 WWE Wrestlers Poised To Break Out In 2019
Which of WWE's many rising stars will make great leaps forward in 2019?
Making a mark on the WWE Universe has never been so tricky for young, up-and-coming wrestlers.
The company’s talent pool is bigger than ever. Every level is stuffed with world-class performers, from the Performance Center all the way up to Raw and SmackDown's respective main event scenes, with dozens of talented wrestlers unable to even make TV most weeks.
On top of this, WWE have rarely been so ineffective when it comes to creating new stars. The machine is broken. No matter how good you are, they’ll often find a way to screw you up, and their continued use of crazy old dudes from bygone eras - The Undertaker, Triple H, and all their mates - makes seats at the top table even harder to come by.
This means it's tough to say who will and won’t get pushed to the moon in 2019 with any degree of certainty. That being said, there is so much hungry, fast-rising talent on this roster ready to make a great leap forward in 2019. WWE have to restock their ranks eventually, and these men and women, frankly, are too good to be denied...
10. Chad Gable
Currently trapped in the purgatory that is the Raw tag division - a scene in which a man pissing on things has literally become a key narrative point - Chad Gable is making television most weeks and has gold around his waist, but his current situation has a clear glass ceiling.
Nonetheless, while we appreciate that the fact that WWE have done precisely nothing with the former Olympian over the past few years means there are major doubts when it comes to him potentially getting pushed, he could be set for something better in 2019. He’s charismatic, a great wrestler, and someone with a proven track record of getting things over. On top of this, there are clear parallels between American Alpha and his partnership with Bobby Roode. It feels like they were only put together to eventually pull a split angle, and that could be the tonic needed to establish Big Bad Chad as a singles act.
He doesn’t need to be competing for World Titles, but a Seth Rollins-esque Intercontinental Championship run, with Gable putting on good-to-great matches against a wide variety of opponents, would get him over huge.