3 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon expected to fail and 3 he tipped to succeed

#5 Vince McMahon tipped Drew McIntyre to succeed

It is rare for Vince McMahon to tell WWE fans on television that they are about to witness one of the company’s top stars of the future, but that is exactly what he did in 2009 when he introduced Drew McIntyre to the SmackDown crowd.

“This man, ladies and gentlemen, is going to be a future World Heavyweight Champion. This man’s attitude can be summed up by the phrase, ‘He is simply bada**.’”

Dubbed “The Chosen One”, McIntyre initially struggled to live up to Vince McMahon’s hype. Granted, he won the Intercontinental Championship during his first spell with WWE, but he looked a long way from becoming a World Heavyweight Champion after joining forces with Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal in 3MB.

After returning to WWE in 2017, McIntyre spent one year in Triple H’s NXT brand before rejoining Vince McMahon’s main roster in 2018. Within two years, the Scot defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 to win the WWE Championship.

Speaking to Sportskeeda’s Alan John, McIntyre reflected on his bizarre ‘Mania moment in front of an empty Performance Center and discussed his happiness at fulfilling Vince McMahon’s 2009 prophecy.

“I think for Vince and Hunter [Triple H] themselves, they were just very happy to see that I have finally kind of grown up and realized the potential they had seen in me all those years ago.”

It may have taken longer than anticipated for McIntyre to reach WWE’s main-event scene, but it is fair to say that Vince McMahon was right to have so much belief in his Superstar.