5 Current stars who would have been great in the Attitude Era

#2 Elias

Elias's musical promos could be even better with some Attitude edge.

Elias is a big guy with a fairly distinctive look—qualities that could get him a foot in the door with WWE at just about any time. He is a competent, but not a spectacular worker from bell to bell, which has limited his progress and kept him firmly in place as a mid-card act. However, unlike other middle of the pack guys, Elias seems to have good job security and a groundswell of support from fans on account of his musical promos. Playing the guitar and singing songs about the local crowd, his opponents, and his partners has lent Elias a distinctive persona.

In the Attitude Era, Elias’s song stylings would be all the more prone to set him up for a big run as an upper mid-card face. No, he probably wouldn’t ever compare to stars like The Rock or Steve Austin, but he could carve out a nice niche on the scale of someone like The Road Dogg or The Godfather—iconic characters that fans remember well to this day.