One of the most important parts about being a professional wrestler is getting over with the fans, and that is something which is easier said than done. Not everyone manages it, but the ones that do all have one thing in common: they were put over by an older, more established superstar.
It is one of the unwritten rules of professional wrestling that you put over younger talent to ensure the future of the business is in good hands. Every WWE superstar who has ever made it big off of a veteran returns the favour when it’s time for a younger guy to make a splash.
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But, who are the best guys when it comes to putting over young talent in the WWE? Which of the locker room veterans are the most skilled when it comes to ensuring that a youngster is taken seriously by the WWE Universe? Well, that’s what we’re here to find out.
So, without any further ado, here is our list of 5 WWE superstars who are the best at putting over younger talent:
#5 Chris Jericho
If you look at Chris Jericho’s wrestling career, it is beyond impressive how he is managed to constantly reinvent his character and stay relevant in the business for such a long period of time. And, throughout his many incarnations, one thing has always remained constant – his ability to ensure younger talent can get over.
He recently did an amazing job with Kevin Owens to ensure that KO really connected with the WWE Universe. His last match against Owens just cemented the latter as someone to be taken very seriously in the business.
Even prior to that, he has played a major in part in the rise of a number of Superstars including Daniel Bryan. He might have won against AJ Styles at Wrestlemania 32, but the rest of that program was the perfect stepping stone for The Phenomenal One to go on to better things as well.
#4 Mick Foley
Mick Foley was the absolute acid test for any young wrestler looking to establish credibility during the Ruthless Aggression Era and even the Attitude Era prior to that. Both Randy Orton and Edge went through gruesome Hardcore matches against Mrs Foley’s Baby Boy to add a level of toughness and violence to their characters that no one else could provide.
Even Triple H and The Rock have benefited from Foley’s gift. The former had a crazy hardcore match of his own whereas Rocky drew an incredible amount of heat for those 11 unprotected chair shots to the head and then drew a lot of pops through The Rock N Sock Connection.
Foley absolutely knew what was required in order to make his opponents big.
#3 The Rock
If you want to win your first WWE Championship, there is no better person to win it from than The Rock. The Great One has allowed Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, Mick Foley, and Chris Jericho to win the belt off him making them instant stars in the process.
With the amount of prestige a title gains from being around Rocky’s waist, it’s hardly a surprise that he was chosen to be the man to pass on the torch and he did an absolutely smashing job of it every damn time.
Even his final contribution before the leaving the company for Hollywood was to put over Goldberg when the former WCW man made his WWE debut. Say what you will about him being a part-timer, The Rock has paid his dues to the business.
#2 Triple H
That’s right, the most infamous burier of talent has well and truly shed that image to do what is right by the business and promote younger superstars. Hunter has lost his last two Wrestlemania matches to Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns to help the former Shield Brothers ascend to the next level and let’s not forget him laying down for Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 30.
Even before all of this, Trips helped launch the careers of both Randy Orton and Batista who have gone to become household names thanks to their time at the top of the WWE. It seems really unfair that Hunter is saddled with this undeserving reputation considering the number of times he has put over younger superstars.
#1 The Undertaker
The Undertaker puts over people, no questions asked. That’s the amount of respect Taker has for the business and the way things are done in professional wrestling. He put over Maven by eating an elimination in the Royal Rumble and then lost the Hardcore title to him.
He put Jeff Hardy over in a ladder match on Raw. He put Randy Orton over at Wrestlemania. Both by not even losing the match. He lost to the likes of Vladimir Kozlov, Muhammad Hasan, The Great Khali, and even allowed The Streak to be broken by Brock Lesnar.
No one puts people over like The Undertaker.
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