Shawn Michaels Explains How NXT Works Out WWE Main Roster Appearances

NXT has gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of years, largely due to its emphasis on newer and younger talent. While they got rid of the black and gold for a while, it was brought back under Triple H’s rule. Be that as it may, quite a few main roster talent have worked in NXT for the past year already.

While NXT is a battleground for younger talent, a lot of established main roster talent have worked there lately. This includes Dolph Ziggler, AJ Styles, Natalya and others. Most recently, the New Day are now set to compete at Deadline for the NXT Tag Team Titles against Pretty Deadly.

While speaking during the NXT Deadline media conference, Shawn Michaels talked about NXT’s process when it comes to how they work out main roster appearances.

”We have a lot of main roster talent who have NXT roots, and a lot of them like to come back and help out. Usually, the process is something that, if we’re thinking from a preview standpoint, then we get ‘X’ date, I do everything I can to get on the horn – that Hunter approves and see what the possibility is.

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There is some, where I take advantage of, you know, I don’t know, the cool titles and other stuff and like ‘Hey this is a quick one out of the blue, but this is a quick one that we need, can we get somebody on the quick?” Obviously, that is more difficult, and we can get you somebody, but we’re not sure who. So, it is a number of different ways, and we’ve done every one of them. It’s not a formal process, it takes all forms.”

We will have to wait and see how WWE will incorporate more main roster talent into NXT in the future. After all, the influx of main roster talent has certainly given rise to more compelling storytelling.

Transcription by Ringside News

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