I haven't watched the majority of last nights show yet. I shall check it out today.
I'm fine if it's Gable too.
Hard to tell who they view as a future main event guy right now. They aren't very good with making new stars and have sort of played gate keeper to the old guard.
I disagree big time on them not making new stars. I think they've spent the post Vince era trying to build up the current guys to carry the next 3 years while the "Future" guys get experience.
Look at the last year and a half:
Drew - Was getting bland. Last four months he's probably got the most character depth that I can recall in his entire main roster run. (Disclaimer, I largely skipped the Thunderdome era when he was on top)
LA Knight - Don't think I need to go over Max Dupri to LA Knight.
Gunther - Is pretty much already an established main event heel that's carrying around a secondary title until they can get their big Wrestlemania moment. Honestly, he's elevated the title from being more than secondary.
Santos - His heel turn took forever, but it's going well and has definitely elevated him.
Jey - Is upper mid card at worst and can slot in the main event when they need him to. If crowd interaction is an indicator, he's a star. Who would've expected that?
Sami - Cooled off big time, but is still beloved and in a way better position than conspiracy jobber doing BS matches with the Jackass guys.
Rhea - I think she would've ended up here even if Vince was in charge. She has a presence that can't be ignored. But, Vince also has a way of f***ing up undeniable stars. See: Turning Becky heel and making her wear Rollins-esque, outlandish, flamboyant shit. Speaking of which:
Becky - By not fighting the obvious tide and just going with what the crowd wants, which is Becky as the character she was. Not some phony, bullshit character.
Dom - Hard to say if he would've turned under old creative, but I dunno that they would've done this well with him. I can see Vince stumbling into the prison Dom thing and doing something insanely hokey to ruin it.
The Cena/Cody/Knight/Jey segment with Bloodline/JD was a pretty good indicator of the difference for me. Granted Cena is part time, but when do you remember that many babyfaces THAT over in the last 15 years?
