Backstage News On NXT Call Ups, Other Names That Were Thrown Around

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer talked about the next wave of NXT call ups to WWE and had a few interesting things to say about them. He reports that Triple H does not want any of the  big NXT call-ups to fail because that reflects badly on him and the NXT brand. However, the next wave of announced NXT call-ups are not considered to be big names so them flopping would not really be considered a failure to NXT. Lars Sullivan is the exception to this as he is expected to be getting a very big opportunity to make a name for himself so if he fails. it would be due to a lack of effort on his part.

Interestingly, Kairi Sane and Io Shirai were also potential names that could have been called up but many backstage officials felt that Vince would not know what to do with them and they would quickly get lost in the mix. An example of this is Asuka already on the main roster and doing well. Vince would likely only want one Japanese female star at a time.