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Who will become SmackDown's Dark Horse?

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After the draft last year, Miz stepped up to make the Intercontinental Championship and Ziggler relevant. He became a top player on Smackdown Live despite most of having written him off. He even gained a large following here that wanted to see him win the WWE championship.

Post shake-up everyone is putting their bets on Shinsuke Nakamura - he is not the dark horse since he is in lead. Hopefully he succeeds in the same vein we expected AJ to succeed. However, do you have a dark horse in mind?
 
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Re: Who will become Smackdown's Dark Horse

Half of my heart says Sami Zayn, but the other says Rusev.

Why can't it be both?
 
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Re: Who will become Smackdown's Dark Horse

After the draft last year, Miz stepped up to make the Intercontinental Championship and Ziggler relevant.
That's a stretch, but ok.

I'm not sure how Nakamura is a "dark horse" considering most hardcore fans think he's the most charismatic wrestler in the world and he's already more over than the rest of their roster.

It all depends on who's pushed. It's possible that Rusev or Zayn get a career resurgence, but they're the only two I can think of that would fit the criteria. I know who it isn't gonna be, that's for damn sure.
 
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Rusev as WWE Champion is what's best for business and if you don't agree, then this is my face right now: :rusev
 
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Luke Harper or Sami Zayn, I think. It would be really nice to see a WWE/US Title run from either one of them in the future. :)

A Harper v. Zayn/Owens/Styles feud could be very entertaining actually. :aj3
 
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Jinder is love.

Jinder is life.


Also, Rusev. I just can't get into Shinsuke's character to see him as a main event guy. Enjoyed his feud with Bobby Roode tho.
 
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ok Jinder Mahal was a dark horse and Sami Zayn is not a dark horse, now Sin Cara there's a dark horse or Erick ( I haven't won a singles match ever ) Rowan those are dark horses


though I'm saying Carmella on the women's side and James Ellsworth on the men's side
 
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I personally don't see Luke Harper as a dark horse I think he will get a push, just a matter of time.

Who I see as a potential dark horse is Sami Zayn, when it comes to utilizing of talent on current roster, he is by far the most underrated talent on the Smackdown roster to me and I expect a ton of amazing matches from him and I hope he gets rewarded for it, it's sad to see him as enhancement talent to me
 
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I hope The Miz comes back to SDL somehow. Although his run on Raw has been decent so far, I fear he'll be lost in the shuffle in the long-term and will lose all the momentum he's gained this past year unless he's given a long reign as Intercontinental Champion but since the Universal Championship isn't going to be a regular feature, the IC title may be put on guys like Rollins, Joe, Ambrose etc. Miz and SDL need each other.
 
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