Surprise main-eventers

Dr. Giganto

This year's Wrestlemania was highlighted by main events that featured two very surprising main eventers: JBL and Batista.

One year earlier, at WM 20, JBL was in a filler tag-team title match with no storyline (or crowd heat), and Batista was the odd man out in a 3-on-2 handicap match with 3 legends and a seemingly up-and-coming star.

So now, if WWE were again to have two people come out of nowhere to main event WM 22 (one from each brand) who do you think it would be? And try to avoid people who are obviously headed toward main-event stature like Christian or Carlito. I mean guys who would really come out of nowhere

From Raw, I'll say Robert Conway. Last year, they thought Rene Dupree was gonna be the break-out star of La Resistance, but it didnt really work out. Conway has a decent look, good in-ring work, and seems adequate on the mic

From Smackdown, I'll go with Charlie Haas. Very solid in-ring performer, and has a believable gimmick, thanks to his amateur background.

Any thoughts?

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For RAW I'm going to say Chris Jericho. Yeah he's been on top before, but he's sliding hard now and I think any main event push for him would have to be considered a surprise at this point.

I don't get UPN on my yokel cable setup so I can't really offer a decent guess for Smackdown, so I'll just say I like your Haas idea.