Which Current Superstars Will Be The Future of The WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment has many superstars that are up and coming and are said to be the future of the company. Many of the current stars are getting up their in age and the WWE has to start thinking about who their future superstars are going to be.

Dave Batista is known as The Animal by his fans, yet The Animal seems to be stepping it down a notch lately. Dave is headed to his 41st birthday in the upcoming years and this is an age when bodies start to break down for professional wrestlers.

Dave has faced many injuries as of late and it is hard to imagine that he will still be wrestling in two years or if another serious injury happens, a year.

I know that he is over big with the crowd, but the extended breaks he keeps taking from the company are beginning to feel like he spends more time out of the ring then in it.

Jeff Hardy is one of the most loved wrestlers in the company but Hardy has had past issues that could come back to haunt him. Jumping off of ladders, crashing through tables, and getting hit by steel chairs in the head will start to catch up to you after performing it for so long.

Hardy has had personal issues as of late, with his house burning down and losing most of his possessions. Hardy has also faced two different penalties for the Substance Abuse Policy implemented by the WWE, and the third strike means your out.

Kane, Undertaker, and The Great Khali are all three of the bigger men in the WWE. Although Khali is somewhat new to the E, he is already in his upper 30's and big men usually can't stick around long in a business like professional wrestling.

Kane and The Undertaker are both in their 40's and it seems like their times in the WWE could be coming to a close, at least in the wrestling standpoint.

Both men have faced numerous injuries during their careers and eventually these things will catch up to you and force you out of action and it seems like it will be that time soon for all three of these big men.

Although the WWE may be losing main eventers in the near future due to injuries, the E can also start pushing younger wrestlers in hopes that they get over big with the crowd and that they become the new face of the promotion.

CM Punk is one of the most beloved faces in the federation right now and it seems like every time he comes to the ring, the crowd explodes and go wild. Punk has been giving a push every now and then but he always seemed to fall back into the upper mid-card whenever they were going to start giving him a chance.

If the company really wants Punk to go over more with the fans, I suggest they give him another title run to see how the crowd reacts.

MVP is another wrestler who is over big-time with the crowd. I know I'm not the only one who noticed the crowd reaction he got when he came out to confront Randy Orton on Raw a couple weeks ago.

MVP still has his United States Championship but this is somebody that I can see being the face of the company in a couple of months.

John Morrison was one of the best tag teams in recent years with The Miz, except they were on ECW, which meant they never had much of a chance to showcase their talents fully.

Morrison has since been drafted to Smackdown and it seems like the company is also going to be giving him a chance to run the show most likely in hopes to give the show a new feel after being talent-raided in the draft.

On the "villain" side of the standpoint, it seems like Jack Swagger has been getting rave reviews from many people and he has impressed me with the matches I have been able to see on ECW.

His lisp makes it even more easy for the fans to hate him as he flaunts it every time he comes out to the ring.

Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase are also two guys I can see being future stars in the company, even more so if they keep up with the Legacy storyline that has brought both men into a more featured role in the company.

Rhodes is 24 years old, and isn't too bad in the ring although his mic skills aren't as highly remarked as DiBiase, who also has a wrestling family background. With the growing number of faces that I expect to see be big names in the company, guys like Rhodes, Swagger, and DiBiase are going to be needed for feuds in the future.

The biggest name in this article is about to be featured, and although many fans will say he already is the face of the franchise, I still think that...Randy Orton will raise the bar of a heel in years to come.

Orton has the swagger of a champion, can put on a good match anytime he comes out, and has the mic skills that are hard to match. Orton has been given the WWE Championship, but I still feel that Vince regards guys like Cena, HHH, and Batista above Orton, even though he is an all-around better wrestler in my opinion.

Although the company may falter for a few months after a couple of wrestling retirements, in five years, when all of these names mentioned are being featured in big roles in the company, the ratings will go higher, the fans will be happier, and the company will go back to the respect it had during the Attitude Era.