5 Women Who Could Main Event WWE PPVs In The Next 5 Years

#3 Io Shirai

Io Shirai has risen to the next level with her heel character.

Io Shirai impressed in her Mae Young Classic run and went on to become one of the top favourite characters in NXT.

Little did most fans predict that she would be even better as a vicious heel character who used her aerial talent less to inspire awe than to wreak havoc with moves like a steel chair assisted top rope moonsault.

Shirai’s match at the most recent TakeOver opposite Candice LeRae was something of a coming-out party for her as the two went all out in a show-stealing performance.

Shirai’s victory would seem to suggest that NXT is serious about her. It’s unlikely that, as a fellow heel, she will end up challenging Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women’s Championship.

However, if Baszler does drop the title to move up to the main roster soon, Shirai will be well-positioned to take her spot as the top heel on the brand and to set herself for an eventual run toward the top of RAW or SmackDown’s women’s division herself.