If you were to look into the future...

[chicago]

..and pick five young wrestlers on the current WWE roster (you can include NXT Season 2, if you'd like) who would carry the company throughout the next decade, who would they be?

And, to add a little depth, what kinds of achievements will they have to their name by the time 2020 rolls around?

[theloaf.]

-Wade Barrett will be WWE Champion by this time next year... the guy has all the makings of a star that can carry the company.
-If Alex Riley can change up his gimmick to ditch the whole "varsity Villain" deal... hell be a top draw.
-Michael McGillicutty has the bloodlines, the look, the charisma, if he improves his move set, hell have a very productive career.
-I see Drew McEntyre as a future World Champion. He needs to develop his personna a little more, but he has the potential for greatness.
-The Miz will be "the guy". I can see him winning multiple WWE/World Titles, and take the position as top heel within the company. Bash the guy all you want, but from where he was, to where he is now, its amazing. Hes a bona fide superstar.

[layzington]

yea i think a miz face turn at the right time has the chance to REALLY blow up, a la rock/jericho attitude era

[chicago]

Miz can still play the heel card for another 2-3 years; he's just starting to realize his potential, but he has a lot of work to do before he can claim top heel status.

My top five would consist of The Miz (future WWE/World champion), Randy Orton (moves into current HHH territory), Drew McIntyre (enters prime HHH territory), Evan Bourne (once Mysterio retires, the lucha libre style is all his), and Kofi Kingston (a guaranteed upper midcard performer if WWE works with him).

Since Orton might not count as one of the younger guys, and if I had to go with one NXT guy, I really like the future of Husky Harris. He probably won't turn out to be this, next, or any generation's Dusty Rhodes, but he has a unique look for WWE and I'm genuinely interested in watching his matches each week on NXT.

I'm not sure where the members of Nexus are headed, but their upcoming SummerSlam match/program will either make or break them. They could become their own little third-rate nWo or stable of the future, or they will turn out to be the 2010 version of The Spirit Squad. There's really no inbetween here, but I hope WWE doesn't blow this one.

[Tim]

Jul 29, 2010 12:14:04 GMT -5 theloaf. said:

-Wade Barrett will be WWE Champion by this time next year... the guy has all the makings of a star that can carry the company.
-If Alex Riley can change up his gimmick to ditch the whole "varsity Villain" deal... hell be a top draw.
-Michael McGillicutty has the bloodlines, the look, the charisma, if he improves his move set, hell have a very productive career.
-I see Drew McEntyre as a future World Champion. He needs to develop his personna a little more, but he has the potential for greatness.
-The Miz will be "the guy". I can see him winning multiple WWE/World Titles, and take the position as top heel within the company. Bash the guy all you want, but from where he was, to where he is now, its amazing. Hes a bona fide superstar.

Let's see how it looks one year from now.

- Wade Barrett hasn't won the WWE Championship, although he still has the potential to do so.

- Alex Riley turned face and is getting huge reactions, cementing himself in the upper-midcard.

- Michael McGillicutty is one-half of the Tag Champions with David Otunga.

- Drew McIntyre got drafted to Raw, and unfortunately, fell off the face of the Earth.

- The Miz won the WWE Championship, and is a solid main eventer.