Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5011123-20140413135357

Recently, there has been a rise in NXT wrestlers being featured on main roster WWE shows and events. This includes and I'm certain is not limited to appearances on the main roster made by NXT members Alexander Rusev, Emma and more recently the new WWE Divas Champion Paige. It seems WWE's test-running some of these NXT wrestlers. I don't think the audiences of RAW, Main Event and Smackdown are fully prepared to embrace these possible newcomers yet. Aside from Big E Langston in 2012, there hadn't been any other NXT alumni graduating to the main roster since that time. Now we have seen the faces of the three aforementioned individuals, however they still seem out of place and still needing to find their way if they are to truly merge into the talent pools of the Monday, Tuesday and Friday shows.

Personally, I wish they had written Emma a far better storyline than teaming her with that buffoon we know as Santino. It can't possibly be a pairing fans and audiences are interested in seeing, is it? I felt Emma had far more potential as a straight wrestler than just being a sidekick.

Rusev--Alexander Rusev, still seems quite rough. His gimmick seems as though he needs a considerable amount of improvement. And it's embarrassing to have a main roster PPV debut be made with an elimination at the Royal Rumble by every competitor in the ring at the time. Most would say..."CHUMP!!" Anyway, Rusev still needs work if he seriously wants to dominate the main roster.

Paige is truly quite refreshing. It was a dream come true to finally hear that the Divas championship changed hands. There needs to be more of that and not these 2 or 3-year-long title reigns. That was getting to be quite ridiculous. I wish Paige good luck in her title reign and sincerely hope her defenses are written reasonably well. Although I feel it's a sudden jump for her to transfer from NXT onto the main show after winning the title, clearly she must have made a high enough impression to be written in to challenge AJ for the title...and Win It.

I don't know who else they'll try to showcase from NXT on the main shows but I just hope when they do, they show they are worthy and ready to do so: mic skills, wrestling ability and charisma, all need to be top-notch. 