{"id":118945,"date":"2023-04-26T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=118945"},"modified":"2023-04-25T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:06:32","slug":"nxt-draft-call-ups-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/04\/26\/nxt-draft-call-ups-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE &#8220;Main Event&#8221; Points to NXT Draft Call Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Several NXT stars have appeared on WWE Main Event in recent weeks. NXT talent appearing on Main Event isn\u2019t rare as it\u2019s an opportunity for management to see them compete with main roster acts. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This could be a signal of which NXT stars are being considered for a call-up during the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/04\/14\/superstars-benefitted-most-wwe-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Draft<\/a>. We take a look at how WWE Main Event points to NXT Draft call-ups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Potential NXT Draft Call-Ups:<\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tyler Bate &#8211; <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Lost to Dolph Ziggler, Main Event on 04\/13\/23<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If one point of WWE Main Event is to see if NXT performers can hang with WWE talent, then <strong>Tyler Bate<\/strong> smashed his opportunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bate and Ziggler had a superb match that got a &#8220;this is awesome chant&#8221;. Wrestling Twitter also took a brief hiatus from crying about <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/04\/03\/the-curious-loss-of-cody-rhodes\/\" target=\"_self\">Cody Rhodes losing at WrestleMania 39<\/a> or speculating about <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> to share clips from the match. A clear sign this match was well received.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The match was good enough for Raw or SmackDown, so don\u2019t be surprised if you see Bate drafted to either show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Estimated chance of a draft:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a060%. It\u2019ll happen but maybe not now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isla Dawn &amp; Alba Fyre perform a Full Moon Ritual: NXT Roadblock, March 7, 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u4JCw75GwoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Isla Dawn &#8211; <\/span><em>Lost to Nikki Cross, Main Event 04\/20\/23<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Being one half of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/04\/01\/isla-dawn-alba-fyre-nxt-tag\/\" target=\"_self\">NXT Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions<\/a> it could be seen as a weird time to bring Isla Dawn to the main roster. But bringing someone with a championship to the main roster would add a sense of chaos to the Draft. Dawn lost to <strong>Nikki Cross<\/strong> on Main Event on 4\/20\/23. Her NXT tag partner is <strong>Alba Fyre.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Perhaps Dawn could buddy up with fellow Scot <strong>Piper Niven<\/strong> on the main roster. \u00a0Her supernatural act isn&#8217;t for everyone. But she has managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/10\/31\/isla-dawn-nails-supernatural-character\/\" target=\"_self\">nail the trick<\/a> and it has a place on the main roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Estimated chance of a draft: <\/strong>50% &#8211; we will see<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Joe Gacy &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lost to Dexter Lumis, Main Event on 04\/27\/23<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Joe Gacy<\/strong> wrestled <strong>Dexter Lumis<\/strong> on the most recent Main Event taping &#8211; set to air Thursday 27 April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gacy has been prominent on NXT with his <strong>Schism<\/strong> stable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, Schism teammates <strong>Rip Fowler<\/strong> and <strong>Jagger<\/strong> <strong>Reid<\/strong> revealed on Twitter (in now-deleted posts) that their requests to leave WWE have been denied. They will see out the rest of their contracts and depart in October. This means it\u2019s certainly time for Gacy to do something new. Why rebrand him on NXT? Send him to the main roster and let him start again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He could certainly add something different to the main roster with his politically correct character being a perfect heel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Estimated chance of a draft:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a075%. Before Fowler and Reid revealed they weren\u2019t happy in NXT this would have been lower. But that\u2019s forced WWE\u2019s hand to do something with Gacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BE7wjqBR6j4<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cora Jade &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>Lost to Nikki Cross, Main Event 04\/27\/23<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Cora Jade<\/strong> is a main roster talent. She\u2019s cool. She has a unique look that clicks with a lot of the fan base. Her partnership, fall out and feud with <strong>Roxanne Perez<\/strong> was genuinely engaging for months on NXT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Still only 22, she could be the answer for a WWE Women\u2019s division that definitely needs a bit of a shake-up. There&#8217;s a chance she only made her appearance on Main Event as it was in her hometown of Chicago. But it&#8217;s more likely WWE wanted to see her in front of its main roster crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chance of a draft:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a080%. Why wait?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the <\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on WWE SmackDown and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several NXT stars have appeared on WWE Main Event in recent weeks. NXT talent appearing on Main Event isn\u2019t rare as it\u2019s an opportunity for management to see them compete with main roster acts. This could be a signal of which NXT stars are being considered for a call-up during the WWE Draft. We take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":76865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7299,2653,4412,762,472],"class_list":["post-118945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-universe","tag-cora-jade","tag-isla-dawn","tag-joe-gacy","tag-nikki-cross","tag-tyler-bate"],"modified_by":"Dominic Padula","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}