Drew McIntyre
While NXT is supposed to be a developmental territory for new wrestlers, it wasn’t the case with Drew McIntyre. After a failed run on WWE’s main roster from 2007 to 2012, McIntyre made his return to the company in 2017, following a strong run on the indies. McIntyre would wrestle on NXT first, and he became the NXT Champion shortly after. Even though his reign wasn’t long, it served its purpose of re-establishing McIntyre before his jump to the main roster.
His main roster run was pretty rough, though, as he failed to find his footing once again. That changed in 2020, when he defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36. He had a very good reign as champion, leading the company through the rough times of the pandemic. He had another run as the WWE Champion. Also, he won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL, only to lose it to Damian Priest immediately after.
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