Tiffany Stratton and Bron Breakker both started 2024 as members of the NXT roster but were officially called up to the main roster by the Royal Rumble in late January. As the year progressed, Stratton became Ms. Money in the Bank and Breakker captured the Intercontinental Championship twice.
Coming into 2025, it was already assumed they’d have massive years, and they definitely haven’t disappointed.
Stratton cashed in her contract to clinch the WWE Women’s Championship on the very first SmackDown of 2025 and has held the gold ever since. Although Breakker lost the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania 41, he has remained a main-event fixture on Raw as part of Seth Rollins’ new group, The Vision.
Jey Uso falls into this same category in that, while he won his first WWE world title this year after reigning supreme in the men’s Royal Rumble, he was well on his way to main-event stardom prior to 2025. He’s had no issue maintaining his immense level of popularity, but his biggest breakout years were 2020 through 2023 when he showed what he was capable of on his own in The Bloodline.
All three of them will be significant cornerstones of the company for years to come, but 2025 was not when they technically “arrived” as top talent.