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For many years John Cena has been the number one guy in WWE. No-one has even come close to taking that title away from him but for me at least it seems like the position of the number two guy in WWE has changed a few times over the past few years. I am not talking about the best technicians or just the best promos I am talking about the whole package. Who are the best draws and who are the biggest names in WWE right now? Also don't include HHH, Lesnar and Undertaker since they are only part time.

So who do you think are the top five guys in WWE?
 

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I would rank Sheamus above Bryan, but my list is identical to Scott's other than that.
 

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Zack Ryder

Sad state of affairs looking at that.

Nobody else really, could place Jericho in there or Rey when he gets back.
 

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Zack Ryder has been irrelevant in god knows how long... So him being any close to the top ten is nonsense.

Looking at the way WWE is at the moment... It's a tough call to name the top five guys in WWE because some many people are being moved about, fifth spot is completely up for grabs, depending on how you look at everything, most people will have a different number fifth guy, just sometimes it's more well thought out than others.


Cena, Orton, Sheamus & CM Punk.

Then depending on people's perspective... You can could possibly have Lesnar, Ace, Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho, Santino Marella or the Big Show. Probably Wade Barrett will be there, depending on whether or not he gets pushed and this whole money in the bank shebang happens.
 

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This spot is extremely debateable and shaky. For right now, I'll go with Bryan. But Mark Henry, Big Show and Del Rio could all make claims for the fifth spot
 

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Zack Ryder has been irrelevant in god knows how long... So him being any close to the top ten is nonsense.


He has a fanbase and sells merch, which is more than Daniel Bryan has going for him.

Cena and Orton are the only real 'draws' in the company working full time.
 

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He has a fanbase and sells merch, which is more than Daniel Bryan has going for him.

Cena and Orton are the only real 'draws' in the company working full time.

Santino is top five by that logic then.
 

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lol Bryan doesn't have a fan base? Without the fans the day of and after 'Mania he'd be floating around in mid-card limbo definitely not getting title shots.
 

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They got a chant over, well done to them.

Daniel Bryan is still mediocre. Theres still time for him to be back on Superstars when his 15mins of fame are up, Jack Swagger was a World champion once and look at him now.

Also, yes, Santino is mos def up there.
 

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lol Bryan doesn't have a fan base? Without the fans the day of and after 'Mania he'd be floating around in mid-card limbo definitely not getting title shots.

Die-hards are the ones who remain after Mania, they are usually the most vocal crowd of the year and most people are sheep who will just do something that looked cool on TV. I don't think Bryan is as big of a star as most think.

Kind of like how ECW wasn't as big of a promotion as most thought back in the day.
 

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Cena, Punk, Orton, Sheamus, Bryan. Jericho is leaving again soon and I don't know about his future. I'm going by guys that I know that will be here for the long haul. Bryan barley makes it and I'm not sure if he should even though I love him a lot. He just doesn't strike me as a top guy because of how poorly he's been booked.
 

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1. Punk
2. Cena
3. Bryan
4. Orton
5. Sheamus

I placed Punk in front of Cena so I expect some questions. I just feel at this point in time Punk is more over with the fans, live, and IWC then Cena. Making him the bigger star. None of us can speak for merch sales unless we actually work there because we have no idea who sells what as we have no information of that. We can only guess. And I think at this point in his career, Punk is selling more.
 

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Punk and Cena could be debated but no shot in hell Bryan is over Orton. Orton still is one of the major guys that get huge pops and gets major pulled. I'm happy for D-Bryan a lot but he's been booked poorly and I don't think he's a full main eventer yet. He reminds me a lot of Punk in 2009 when he just hit his heel run and reached top level for a bit. He fell off though and that could happen with Bryan. I hope not of course but you never know.