10 WWE Wrestlers Poised To Break Out In 2020

Jan 4, 2020 January 4th, 2020

1. Keith Lee

If Rhea Ripley is the one to oust Shayna Baszler as NXT Women's Champion, Keith Lee should end Adam Cole's awesome reign as NXT Champion. He is the man to break The Undisputed Era leader's prophecy and change the brand-wide narrative from shocking the system to basking in the big man's glory.

Like Ripley, Lee shone throughout Survivor Series weekend, particularly on the main roster pay-per-view, where he pinned former Universal Champion Seth Rollins and starred in a lightning closing stretch with Roman Reigns. A post-match show of respect from WWE's 'Big Dog' told us what the Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online's Bryan Alvarez would confirm after the event: Vince McMahon loves this guy. 'The Limitless One' is going places.

Lee finally feels like the big NXT deal he should have been presented as from the moment he walked through the Performance Center's door. Heated up through the great Dominik Dijakovic programme, he was pushed even closer to megastardom at TakeOver: WarGames III and Survivor Series and now, finally, he can ascend to the throne. Tommaso Ciampa and Finn Balor may be ahead of him in the pecking order for now, and yes, they're bigger stars, but if NXT is still about making new stars, Lee is the move.

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