1. The New Generation is Coming...
Kofi Kingston, Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Sheamus, The Usos, Curtis Axel, The Shield, Dolph Ziggler...WWEs young talent is actually staggeringly good. Never mind that they have arguably the most boring World Champion in the history of wrestling in Alberto Del Rio, never mind that they still insist on pretending that John Cena is as good a wrestler as Bruno Sammartino was (at every f**king opportunity) and shoving him down our throats until it hurts. Forget all that, because the new generation is here and those other guys have just been minding the store for a while... WWE has the best mixture of young guns raring to go and old hands who are (hopefully) willing to act as their guides (Mark Henry, Christian, Rob Van Dam, William Regal, Undertaker, Kane and Big Show still have a good few miles left in their respective tanks), but the WWE roster circa 2013 is beginning to look a lot like the WWE roster circa 1998. It is a piping hot pot brimming with talented up-and-coming stars that are just about to peak, any day now... In The Usos, I see shades of The Hardy Boyz. In Cody Rhodes, I see an untested Rocky Maivia, destined one day to become The Rock. In Kofi Kingston, I see Rey Mysterio (or even Ricky Steamboat). In Sheamus, I see a billion Dollar brawler in the Steve Austin mould. In Damien Sandow, I see another William Regal. In Roman Reigns (who, mark my words, will emerge as the breakout member of The Shield), I see another Randy Orton. But in Daniel Bryan...I see the future. Bryan is the perfect wrestler to lead the charge. If WWE builds its branding around Bryan, all the pieces will fall neatly into place. Honestly. Lets not forget also that Randy Orton is still a young man. Orton was WWEs best worker for a number of years, the tragedy being that he had very few people to work with who could play a classic babyface to his classic heel. However, in Bryan, he has the perfect foil, finally. WWE creative picked the best face for the heel Orton to, um, face. Their titanic power struggle can and hopefully will delight fans for years to come. If WWE carries on the way it is going, fans of this generation can come to view the Orton/Bryan matches the same way that attitude era fans fondly recall that whenever The Rock was about to face HHH, s**t was about to go down! So, in conclusion, Daniel Bryan may be funny looking, bearded and vegan, but he is the funny looking, bearded and vegan face of the future. YES! YES! YES! - CQ