Predicting AEW's Next 10 Breakout Stars
7. Tay Conti
There's something about Tay Conti. The Brazilian didn't make much of a splash in NXT but AEW wasn't put off by this, signing her up almost immediately once her 90-day no-compete clause had come to an end. Conti was instantly thrust into a storyline with Anna Jay and The Dark Order, a story that has taken a back step in recent weeks but could easily be resurrected at a moment's notice.
As mentioned with Shanna, AEW's division needs a figurehead. Despite the pre-Dynamite claims of various high-ranking people in the promotion, the women of AEW have been well and truly sidelined, restricted to short matches and half-baked stories at awkward times of the broadcast. That needs to change and it needs to change soon, and there's no reason why the former Taynara Conti can't be a major part of it all.
Her martial arts background and undeniable aesthetic qualities make her a tantalising prospect for any wrestling promotion. NXT didn't seem to know what it wanted to do with her outside of a brief dalliance with The Undisputed Era; I can't see AEW making the same sort of mistake.