Who do you think will be the next "Cena"?

[Damian Rey]

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott Truthfully, we can't know. It's likely someone we don't know... or may not have even broken into the business yet, kinda like Edge watching Mick Foley wrestle, or Mick Foley watching the Funker wrestle... Even WWE likely doesn't know. Again, remember Cena and Orton's initial pushes were "experiments". *They* weren't even sure they wanted him to main event, let alone pictured him being the face of the company. Honestly, when he debuted, did you really say to yourself "I can see this John Cena fellow getting overexposed and becoming a cash cow". The truthful answer is absolutely not. You would have thought he may have got a couple of matches on Heat, then been future endeavored. Conversely, most of all of the "sure things" somehow fall off the map. Sean O'Haire? Mohammed Hassan? Shelton Benjamin? Exactly.

Two of those last three names bring tears to my eyes.

And yea, I don't think WWE themselves knows who's going to be there next guy. Every now and then, you have your special ones, like Lesnar, that roll through and you just know they have it.

But I think the next guy is going to come along much like Austin or Triple H did, in that they're brought in as solid mid card talent and somehow find a way to not only connect with the fans, but also elevate themselves to the level both men have achieved.