Many people have been speculating about how many stars from NXT will get called up when RAW and Smackdown split. It is obvious that the WWE is going to need a lot of talent for the brand split and the logical option for the WWE draft is to promote from within. The great thing about running such a successful developmental system like WWE is doing with NXT is that plenty of stars are ready to make the jump if needed.
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Bryan Alvarez on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Live (subscription required but recommended), says that from what he is hearing, 6 names are likely getting called up from NXT to the main roster for the 2016 WWE draft. In the professional wrestling world (especially in WWE) things are known to change but that is the rumored plan right now is 6.
6 is a fairly significant number. I think it is easy to automatically assume Finn Balor and Bayley will be 2 of these rumored 6. There has been heavy speculation over the past several months that they would be getting a call up but it never came to fruition. With the Brand Split, the WWE would be fools not to include them as they are more than ready.
Speculation:
Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Asuka and American Alpha are all names that could be moving up. Joe and Asuka are currently champions so it might hold them back a bit, but I expect a couple of these names to be included.
The other options are recently brought in talent from TNA: Bobby Roode, Eric Young and Austin Aries could all be promoted. They have been wrestling for a number of years and are past the need for developmental.
Other names possible: The Revival? Hideo Itami? Nia Jax? Alexa Bliss? It is too difficult to predict.
Let us know who you think will be promoted to the WWE main roster and be included in the 2016 WWE draft from NXT in the comment section below.
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what about carmella i know she wants to be nxt womens champ but she could make an instant impact with enzo and cass and be a huge player in the divas division .
I am going with logic and I read the NXT takings spoilers for the coming month and a few names was missing which may indicate that they will be elsewhere soon.
The biggest missing name was Finn Balor.
I think it is a sure bet that Balor will be one of the 6 call ups. Balor has been removed from the title picture in NXT and has achieved what he can there, there is nothing else for him to achieve there.
Another missing talent from the tapings was Nia Jax.
I think with the main roster women’s division being fairly thin on numbers right now I am expecting that at least 2 of the 6 NXT call ups will be women.
Nia Jax is still fairly new but has improved decently in that short time. I still think rehiring Kharma would be better but I do understand why a monster female powerhouse would be brought in to shake up the division.
Austin Aries was also missing from the tapings. I personally think Aries will quickly become a afterthought on the main roster though, he lacks image to stand out and there are talents that are far more exciting to watch in the ring in a stacked talent pool on the main roster.
I would think American Alpha surely are due to move up also hence them dropping the NXT belts. They would be a great addition to the tag team ranks for sure.
I personally would love for Samoa Joe, Asuka and Bayley to be brought up however they all was strongly involved in the NXT tapings. However that does not mean that they can’t still work the main roster live as NXT is taped anyway.
I’m sure many fans want to see Shinsuke Nakamura to be one of the call ups but I don’t see it after reading the NXT tapings spoilers.