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Let's face it. WWE is not going through their best time. The ratings are down and they are falling every week. The feuds just don't gain momentum, some are just bottom line boring. Some guys are pushed while the others who have already been superstars are now turned into jobbers which just doesn't make sense anymore.
To add to this, WWE is also suffering from injuries to the best of their wrestlers. Braun Strowman is out of action, Becky Lynch was punched out by an errant Nia Jax who consequently ended up getting the push of her career out of it, Alexa Bliss is out, so are many more.
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The SmackDown talent pool looks too depleted while there doesn't seem to be much effort put into making good storylines out some potentially great characters. On the other hand, Raw has become an exercise of shoving characters down out throats will we finally accept them. WWE needs new blood, it needs new talent and there are many that could be the answer to the plight faced by WWE.
#1 Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes has really transformed the perception that the world had of him ever since he moved out of WWE and set foot into the other avenues of wrestling. He's done very well for himself ever since.
He joined New Japan Pro Wrestling and proved to be a reliable performer. He's had great matches against the likes of Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada who are two of the biggest names in NJPW.
In recent interviews, Rhodes has given suggestions and dropped a few hints of coming back to WWE. If something like this happens it could be a huge boost for the roster.
#2 Bray Wyatt Reuniting with Bludgeon Brothers and coming back
What did Bray Wyatt lack when he was featuring on the Live shows? Was it the Gimmick? No, was it the Storyline he was part of? No, or Was it his in-ring ability? Nope. What Bray Wyatt lacked was credibility. The credibility that came from winning.
Pretty much every feud that Bray Wyatt was part of had great mystique attached to it. Everything was performed to the point except the final part when during the match Bray Wyatt lost almost everytime.
Currently, both Bray Wyatt and the Bludgeon Brothers(the ex Wyatt Family) are both off TV bringing them together again and this time letting them win and develop a momentum as well as credibility around them could go a long way in making the shows interesting as well.
It would be a welcome change from the boring monologues by huge men everytime one switches on RAW.
#3 CM Punk
Not many wrestlers or past wrestlers can lay a claim to something like this. It's been years since CM Punk parted ways from WWE and despite that, somewhere or the other the chants of "CM Punk" start roaring through the arena.
Did CM Punk and WWE part on amicable terms? No. But is it something that can't be fixed? WWE is in a spot of bother right now and the numbers are stuttering and falling again and again without fail.
What WWE has in its favour is a huge chequebook and an ability to sometime bend over backwards and get things done. The name CM Punk still brings in a reaction from the audience and no doubt when CM Punk comes back that is going to be the biggest POP of the entire year. Maybe it's about time they bit they brought him back. They really need it.
#4 Neville
One thing WWE needs to accept after all this time is that they did not use Neville properly when they had him in the ranks. Even then in the limited chances that Neville had he proved himself to be a once in a generation wrestler.
The things that Neville could do in the ring, not many could replicate that. He came in as a face and was able to get over. Then he was a heel and a cruiserweight champion. He literally carried the division on his shoulders and was by the far the most impressive in that roster.
What was obvious was that Neville was a notch above the cruiserweights but he was never given a chance to showcase his talent. When ultimately his ideas and management's didn't match up, he was written off.
Neville is a star who deserves to be on either SmackDown or Raw among the big boys. It's high time WWE bring him back and boost their stable.
#5 Kenny Omega
Let's rewind the clock to the day AJ Styles' music hit the stage for the first time during Royal Rumble. He received probably the biggest POP of the night when he walked out. If ever, Kenny Omega walks out on the ramp of the WWE arena then the ovation that he is going to get will be second to none.
Without a doubt, right now he's the best wrestler in the world and currently the face of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and in so so many ways the solution to the monotony that WWE is facing right now.
Although with the treatment meted out to Shinsuke Nakamura and Finn Balor it would require a lot of persuasions and a lot of freedom creatively for Kenny but with the deep wallets that WWE has you can never say never. And in the current scenario, WWE really needs someone like Kenny to stop the rut they're in.
