6 Superstars to watch out for Post-SummerSlam 2018

In professional wrestling, you can never accurately predict what might be coming. You can be confident about a certain upcoming angle but something totally different ends up happening. This is what keeps professional wrestling entertaining.

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For example, almost everyone was certain that Reigns would beat Lesnar at Wrestlemania 34, but Lesnar ended up retaining his title. This unpredictability also applies to the superstars.

Sometimes, a Superstar may be on a losing streak but suddenly, they would pick up a win and would be right back on the track e.g. MVP ended his losing streak in 2009 by defeating the Big Show and ended up winning The United States Championship shortly after.

Similarly, there are some superstars currently who aren’t being used properly or are being protected but it’s almost certain that these superstars will be involved in some significant story-lines in the near future. Here we will list those superstars who will be breaking out Post-Summerslam.

#6 The Bar

The Bar could have an important few months coming up

Ever since moving to Smackdown Live, The Bar has made limited appearances and have lost most of the momentum they gained last year.

Two weeks ago, The Bar returned to Smackdown Live after nearly two months and reached the finals of a tag team tournament to face The Bludgeon Brothers at Summerslam but lost to New Day.

WWE Universe was expecting The Bar to win as they were a fresh choice to face the unstoppable Bludgeon Brothers but it looks like they will be sitting Summerslam out.

Talents like Cesaro and Sheamus are too good to be wasted. Creative should have something in mind for both of them after Summerslam.

The logical choice would be to split them up as Cesaro and Sheamus can have amazing individual matches with any superstar of the SmackDown Live roster.

Whatever the creative has in store for them, one thing is for sure that Sheamus and Cesaro would be involved in some meaningful story-lines by the end of this year.

#05 Andrade "Cien" Almas:

Andrade Cien Almas put on some excellent matches with Johnny Gargano and Aleister Black earlier this year and after losing his NXT Championship, it became evident that Almas would be getting called up to the main roster but WWE Universe was worried that he wouldn’t be able to thrive on Raw.

During the Superstar Shakeup, it was announced that Almas would be joining the Smackdown Live roster. Ever since debuting on Smackdown, Almas has had some good matches with AJ Styles and Rusev but he hasn’t done anything special.

Almas is new to Smackdown and almost all of the major superstars are booked right now in meaningful story-lines so it seems logical for Almas to pick up momentum against some mid-carders to establish himself.

However, after Summerslam, expect big changes for El Idolo as Almas will likely get an upper mid-card push soon.

He may enter a feud with Daniel Bryan or even enter The US title picture but it's almost a guarantee that he will get his deserving push soon.

#4 Finn Balor

Enter — Balor will look to gain some momentum after his feud with Corbin

Finn Balor was immediately pushed to the top when he was called up to the main roster in 2016.

Balor ended up winning The Universal Championship at Summerslam but got injured during the match because of which, he had to vacate the title next night on Raw. He returned in April, 2017 and ever since his return, he hasn’t been involved in a proper story-line and has just been competing.

He has lost many meaningful matches and has lost much of his credibility. It is believed that he was receiving this treatment as he was considered injury prone but now the company believes that Balor is indeed durable and would soon enter a title picture.

It can be understood why WWE took this approach as Dolph Ziggler was also demoted after he got injured during his World Title reign but Balor has proven that he can hang with the best and it looks like he will finally start gaining momentum, after defeating Constable Corbin at Summerslam.

#3 Randy Orton

Randy Orton’s character became stale after losing his WWE Championship to Jinder Mahal last year. He was showing up regularly but nothing that he was a part of really mattered that time.

Earlier this year, Orton became a Grandslam Champion by winning the US Championship but lost it less than two months after winning it.

After Backlash, Orton took some time off to deal with a knee injury. Orton returned at Extreme Rules as a heel and attacked Jeff Hardy.

He continued his attack on Hardy the following weeks and explained his reasons that he didn’t think he was appreciated enough for all the hard work he had been putting for over 16 years and vowed to destroy every superstar who the fans will respect.

Orton isn’t currently booked for Summerslam but it’s likely that he would continue his feud with Jeff Hardy post-Summerslam as both of them are advertised to face each other at Hell in a Cell in September.

Orton works best as a heel and even fans take interest in him when he’s a heel. Orton’s current arc has been quite impressive and it remains to be seen how far he goes with it.

The possibility of some interesting story-lines with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan are high.

#2 Dean Ambrose

It was rumored that Shield returned last year for two reasons, 1. To boost ratings and 2. To turn Ambrose heel.

The reunion was a disaster as Reigns got sidelined due to an infection. When he returned, Ambrose got hurt and he hasn’t been seen for nearly nine months now.

Ambrose is set to return soon, most likely at Summerslam to help Seth Rollins against Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler. The two teams are set to feud after Summerslam.

Current plans are for Ambrose and Rollins to reform their tag team but plans do change frequently in WWE.

There are several story-line possibilities for Ambrose. He can continue to team up with Rollins, he can complete his much-anticipated heel turn by attacking Rollins or he can move to Smackdown to feud with Samoa Joe after helping Rollins against Mcintyre and Ziggler but one thing is for sure, Ambrose's return will change the landscape of WWE.

#1 Drew McIntyre

Mcintyre is destined to become a top Superstar

McIntyre was billed as the Chosen One in 2009 but due to some real life issues, he found himself in Vince’s doghouse and became a jobber.

Mcintyre left WWE in 2014 and found success on the Independent Circuit. McIntyre’s impressive Indy run caused WWE to rehire him and he joined NXT and quickly won the NXT Title but had to drop it to Almas because of an injury.

During the Superstar Shakeup, Mcintyre made his main roster return by joining Dolph Ziggler. Mcintyre has had an impressive run so far. He has become a wall standing before Ziggler that nobody can seem to get through.

The Scottish Terminator doesn’t have a match at Summerslam this year and would be standing in Ziggler’s corner during his match against Rollins.

Although McIntyre isn’t currently doing something big, it’s important for him to stay with Ziggler for some time so casual fans can get to know him.

He continues to impress whenever he is on Raw and the dominance he is showing can only mean amazing things for him in the future.

Mcintyre is destined to become a top Superstar and it’s just a matter of time before he brutally assaults Ziggler and begins his solo journey as the next big thing.