Top 5 Current Pushes

[Swiss Ultimate]

Who are the 5 wrestlers on Internationally Syndicated Wrestling TV that are getting the biggest pushes?

Number in order of biggest to smallest.

NOW.

[VSG]

1. Alberto Del Rio
2. Kurt Angle (or atleast till TNA fucked it up)
3. The Miz
4. Cody Rhodes
5. Kane

[Ultra Mantis]

1. The Miz
2. Randy Orton
3. Wade Barrett
4. Alberto Del Rio
5. Mr Anderson

[Next Big Thing]

Internationally Syndicated!? How dare you exclude the talent of CZW and backyard wrestlers everwhere? Would you take a light bulb to the face or do a swanton off of your mother's screen porch for this business?

1) Randy Orton

2) Alberto Del Rio (maybe not to us, but he put out Smackdowns top babyface and the WWE's biggest Mexican star... they want him to be big for that market)

3) Miz

4) Kane (First time winning the World Heavyweight Championship and first title reign as the top dog since 1998 (ECW was clearly the D-List minor league show and doesn't count). He's also getting the best of the Undertaker for the first time in the mind games/ magic tricks/ spooky scary powers department. Sadly, it's all probably a set up for Taker to win big at N.O.C.)

5) Wade Barrett

[Lock Jaw]

Don't watch TNA, so don't know about that.

1) The Miz
2) Alberto Del Rio
3) Wade Bahut
4) Kane
5) Cody Rhodes

[The Pope]

I don't like this because the Pope lost.

[Snowden]

(1) Randy Orton
(2) Alberto del Rio
(3) Miz
(4) Wade Barrett

No one else at the level of those four.

[Londoner]

1) The miz
2) Orton
3) Barrett
4) Alberto del rio
5) Dolph Ziggler

[EDWARD]

Like Lock Jaw, I don't watch TNA, so mine are

1. The Miz
2. Kane
3. Wade Barrett
4. Alberto Del Rio
5. Randy Orton

[Swiss Ultimate]

Internationally Syndicated!? How dare you exclude the talent of CZW and backyard wrestlers everwhere? Would you take a light bulb to the face or do a swanton off of your mother's screen porch for this business?

No. No I would not.

[teamXtremist]

the miz is #1 by far

[Swiss Ultimate]

the miz is #1 by far

I like the way you talk. Tell me more.

[Nicky Fives]

The Miz
Wade Barrett
Randy Orton
Alberto Del Rio
Sheamus

[What Would Kevin Do?]

The Miz, easily number one.

Wade Barrett. No one had heard of him a little over half a year ago, now he's in the main event, and part of one of WWE's bigger angles in a long time.

Alberto Del Rio

Daniel Bryan. Has had good showings against Jericho and Batista, beat the US champ, was part of one of the bigger angles in a long time, got fired, came back in the main event at summer slam, and is in a feud with The Miz, the current US champ, which he may very well come out on top of so they can get the belt off of the Miz to push him into the main event.

Sheamus. He took out HHH, what more needs to be said.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Bryan is going to need to lose one or two title matches to The Miz so that The Miz doesn't look too weak when he finally loses the belt. His only reasoning for not going after Bryan is that he will have "bigger fish to fry" with the World Title.

[XCaliber]

1. The Miz
2. Randy Orton
3. Wade Barrett
4. Alberto Del Rio
5. Daniel Bryan

Fixed

[Fox]

Really don't see how John Cena isn't on this list. The dude has been getting the biggest push in the company since 2004.

[Swiss Ultimate]

I think he's been frozen at "superman" status. A push implies they're moving up. Cena's at the top.

I guess you could have Cena end the streak, defeat HHH in a Hell in the Cell, defeat Miz when he cashes in the MITB, win the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring all in the same year...

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Bryan is going to need to lose one or two title matches to The Miz so that The Miz doesn't look too weak when he finally loses the belt. His only reasoning for not going after Bryan is that he will have "bigger fish to fry" with the World Title.

Eh, they could go into damage control really easy even if he beat him at NoC.

All Miz would have to say on Monday is that "I tapped out to Bryan's stupid little hold because I have more important things to worry about, and I'm not even taking the remote risk that some littly Indy punk injures me before I can cash this baby in."

Plus, they really do need to pull the trigger on Danielson if they are going to. If they want smaller guys like him and Kaval to be bought into by the crowd, they can't let them look weak in the begining.

[MoFo]

Del Rio
Miz
Morrison
Barrett
MCMG

[Mr. Nerfect]

1. Kane
2. Wade Barrett
3. The Miz
4. Alberto Del Rio
5. Justin Gabriel

Honourable Mentions: Sheamus, Randy Orton, Heath Slater and John Morrison

Right now, Kane is getting the biggest push of his career. He's actually been allowed to carry the World Heavyweight Title for more than a day, and he's been put over as this force that crippled The Undertaker and is now laughing in his face about it. Kane has never looked better from a kayfabe point of view.

Wade Barrett has been inserted into the main event, and it's been made to look like he belongs. Coming out of this Nexus storyline, Barrett is a pretty safe bet to remain a main eventer.

The Miz is getting a slow and steady push right to the top. The guy gets so much TV time, has been given a nice run with multiple championships recently, and he's Mr. Money in the Bank, which pretty much confirms that he'll be the WWE Champion within a year. The Miz is one of the surest things going around today, and a lot of that really comes down to his hard work. He could even fucking lose his MITB cash-in match, and somehow still look like a star. He's definitely looking too big to hold the US Title right now (but he still positions the belt in a way that makes it look like he is so honoured to hold it).

Alberto Del Rio has a perfect record, including a debut submission victory over Rey Mysterio. SmackDown! is doing huge in Mexico right now, I don't expect to see Del Rio's push halt anytime soon. He may not win the World Heavyweight Title tomorrow or anything, but he's been made to look nothing less than dominant and brilliant in the ring.

Justin Gabriel is my last pick, because Nexus has been the centre of storylines on RAW, and next to Barrett he is doing so well as a member. He's gotten wins over Randy Orton and John Cena and has also been made to look like he belongs. His 450 Splash has been put over as essentially the move that kills people, and has been the last thing we've seen Vince McMahon hit with. Gabriel is looking like a star right now, in my opinion.

Sheamus is in his second reign as WWE Champion, and he doesn't seem out of place anymore. His work is getting better and better, and he's looking more and more comfortable as a top star on the WWE's top brand. His whole shtick is that he's the current WWE Champion and that he put Triple H on the shelf, but it's working. There are quite a few other guys receiving big pushes on RAW, but Sheamus really hasn't been as lost as many other guys would be. I don't think his WWE Title reign is going to end at Night of Champions, and I think his feud with Triple H when The Game inevitably returns is going to be the centre of RAW storylines.

Randy Orton's push isn't higher just because he's always sort of getting pushed. He continues to build momentum, however, and is always RKOing shit. I think his chase to the WWE Title could last until WrestleMania.

Heath Slater is a weird one, but just look at who he has beaten in kayfabe: Bret Hart, Chris Jericho (three times), Edge (twice), Sheamus (the current WWE Champion). I think someone backstage really likes Slater, and regardless of how you feel about him, I don't think he's going down anytime soon. His push is a subtle one, but I expect it to swell up when this Nexus stuff changes.

John Morrison is more a "I think they're about to receive a push." Chris Jericho is always putting guys over, but very rarely is it with anything on the line. Morrison booting Jericho from the Six-Pack Challenge and then taunting him about it has probably done more for Morrison than anything in recent memory. Plus, he was just victorious in the main event of SummerSlam. He may seem slightly out of place, but when you consider the current face hierarchy on RAW, Morrison has solidified himself as the #3 guy behind John Cena and Randy Orton, really (although that will change when Triple H returns). His momentum could end tomorrow, though.