#3 Aleister Black
Aleister Black won the NXT Championship at Takeover: New Orleans and proved why he is the hottest prospect of WWE. A 15-year veteran of the wrestling business, Black's debut in NXT received a thunderous ovation from the WWE Universe, and he has never looked back since.
2017 in NXT was the year of Aleister Black as "The Dutch Destroyer" had noteworthy feuds against Hideo Itami and Velveteen Dream. Arguably wrestling the best NXT matches throughout the year, he has quickly become one of the top babyfaces of the brand.
A deserved recipient of the NXT Title, Black is incredibly talented both in the ring and on the microphone. One of the unique personas in WWE today, Black is an unassumingly diverse and invariably thrilling performer, and his rule as the poster boy of NXT shouldn't be ending anytime soon.