5 NXT stars who failed on the WWE's main roster
Triple H’s brainchild, NXT, has become one of the best things about the WWE these days. Offering a platform for lesser-known talent to hone their abilities, the professional wrestlers working down in Orlando, Florida all have high hopes of making it big on either Monday Night Raw or Smackdown Live.
And, why shouldn’t they? After all, the likes of Finn Balor, Samoa Joe, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, and countless others have used the facilities available at NXT to build a legitimately awesome main roster career.
But, these are the success stories. What about those that didn’t make it after their time in the WWE’s developmental brand? Unfortunately, not everyone can succeed on the big stage and there were a number of professional wrestlers whose popularity from NXT just didn’t transfer over to WWE’s major shows.
Today, we explore 5 such talents that just couldn’t cut it on the main roster. So, without any further ado, here are 5 NXT superstars who failed on the WWE’s main roster:
#5 The Vaudevillains
The Vaudevillains are an example of some rare booking mistakes on NXT. They were getting popular as babyfaces when they were randomly turned heel just after capturing the NXT Tag Team Championships. Everything went downhill from there.
They would soon drop the belts and go on to lose a number of high profile matches against the likes of American Alpha and #DIY. It was during this terrible run that they also received their call-up to the main roster. Predictably, things did not get any better and the duo was unable to gain any sort of momentum.
Things have rock bottom for the pair now as Simon Gotch recently secured his release from the company leaving Aiden English to continue on as a jobber who loves to sing Opera.