10 WWE Wrestlers With HUGE Mainstream Breakout Potential

6. Xavier Woods

Montez Ford
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If Alexa Bliss isn't WWE's biggest overachiever of recent years, then that prize absolutely must go to Xavier Woods. His arrival on the main roster feels like an actual lifetime ago, to the point where most fans might forget how he was introduced. Woods made his main roster debut in a weird feud with Brodus Clay, a fight over dancing, theme music and Funkadactyls. He then did a whole lot of nothing for a while, before finding the most remarkable of resurrections in New Day. The power of positivity, indeed.

Since being given the ball, Woods has given everything he has to the cause. His in-ring and promo work has improved tremendously, but it is his personality and dedication off-screen that really grabs. Woods is the driving force behind the wildly successful UpUpDownDown, arguably the gold standard when it comes to wrestling-centric YouTube channels, and he has shown more than enough ability to suggest that he could become a big personality in a whole range of worlds.

Woods also famously studied for a PhD while on working a full-time main roster schedule, which should tell you all you need to know about his commitment and discipline, not to mention his intelligence. Xavier Woods has all the tools to be a mainstream star, no matter which avenue he chooses to go down.

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