Predicting The WWE Main Roster Success Of Every Post-WrestleMania 34 Call-Up

3. Authors Of Pain

Iconic Duo
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Pros: Akam and Rezar are from-scratch Performance Center success stories who, in addition to Charlotte and Braun Strowman, are the most successful commendations of a system WWE - a company that always did look after their own - is keen to put over. Incredible rate of improvement on NXT bodes well; the Authors never looked better than against #DIY, but also entered performances of absorbing physicality against all comers by the end of their run.

Cons: Are a tag team, the very nature of which lowers a midcard ceiling over their heads. Even the best acts stand no chance of orbiting the main event, especially in this age of a genuine Women's Evolution. The predicted absence from their act of former manager Paul Ellering, unless a new mouthpiece is installed, threatens to reduce their segment time on a three hour flagship show heavy on talking, as opposed to the barking Akam and Rezar have mastered to put themselves over as brutes. Potentially an act powerful through scarcity and sharpened through Performance Center practice, TV grind may dull and expose them.

Prediction: Unlike The Revival, Akam and Rezar are gigantic men drawn exclusively from WWE blueprints. They will be given every chance to succeed.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!