#6 Bo-lieve in Dallas
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NXT has undoubtedly been responsible for making stars in the WWE. Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, whilst all having some pre-WWE credibility in their own right, successfully used NXT as a way to introduce themselves to the WWE Universe and went on to become champions on the main roster.
But for every Seth Rollins, there is a Bo Dallas. After Bo’s NXT Championship run, and a brief feud with Wade Barratt at the Royal Rumble, it looked as though another future main eventer was coming our way. Dallas was initially given the gimmick of a motivational speaker who would tell you anything is possible if you just ‘Bo-lieved’.
It was a strange gimmick to get over, seeing as he had to be a heel in the process, and therefore nobody was really sure if he was asking people to believe in themselves, or in him.
One thing the gimmick did have going for it, however, was that his promo segments would normally lead to matches that he would win either accidentally or through underhand tactics. Bo would then do a victory lap around the ring and say he was 1 and Bo, or 2 and Bo, etc.
Like most of the other gimmicks on this list, there was real potential for stardom at work here. Bo was believable enough as a character to play the role well, and the audience seemed to care enough to at least react every time he’d come out.
Sadly, the whole thing ended on a throw-away episode of RAW when Dallas was defeated by R-Truth. This led to a short feud between the two and kicked the ladder completely out from Bo’s legs in the process.
