#2 Curtis Axel
As the son of Mr Perfect, there was always going to be a great deal of pressure on the shoulders of Curtis Axel. For the most part, he’s failed to live up to the reputation that his father initially set, but there are a few bright spots in there which, includes a semi-entertaining run as Intercontinental Champion with Paul Heyman by his side.
Axel is moving into the back end of his career now, and in order to get himself back on the map, he desperately needs a new breath of fresh air. He clearly isn’t going to find that in the WWE, where he’s so far down the pecking order that we briefly forgot he was even employed. Build him up as a midcarder in TNA, and the success will come.
Millions of dollars.