Who has main event potential in NOAH?

[El Fiasco]

It's well established that NOAH is at a serious lack of promising heavyweight stars to take over when Misawa, Kobashi, Taue and company are gone. So which guys do you think, if pushed properly, could emerge as the future stars of NOAH?

I think Takeshi Morishima shows a lot of potential, definitely moreso than Rikio. If he maybe developed his skills and character a little more he could do it.

Scorpio looks to be the best bet for top Gaijin in the future. Scorpio has been a solid junior for a long time, I think if he beefed up a bit he could make a great transition into the heavyweight division. Bison Smith is another Gaijin that I could see doing well if Misawa gives him a chance. He's not exactly consistent, but he does have the ability to play a big American heel.

I'm kind of torn on Akitoshi Saito. Sometimes he shows great ability and looks like he could indeed become a future star, but othertimes he's very lazy, slow and just relies on Akiyama to do all the work. I think if he really got serious, he could easily find a place in the NOAH main event scene.

Takao Omori was NOAH's best bet for a future legend (along with Jun Akiayama of course), but unfortunately Misawa's bad booking and petty grudges resulted in him quitting the company. Had NOAH used him properly, he would have been a grear edition to the GHC HEavyweight title picture.

Daisuke Ikeda has looked very strong recently, I would put him with Morishima as a guy that could be a star in a few years with some slight improvement.

I'm sure there's some more but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now...

[Peru-Yakuza]

I'd go with Morishima, Rikio, and Ikeda. Akitoshi Saito's getting old and there's not much he's to aim. Like just about everyone was in Heisei Ishingun as well as Hiro Saito. Muhammad Yone also has great potential, he just need to lose the hair.

I predict Kobashi and Akiyama sharing control of the heavies for a few years, then finally pushing these guys except Yone and possibly adding Honda (not my cup of tea, but Misawa will do that regardless of what I say anyway)