5 huge things WWE could be planning to do with the new crop of NXT call-ups

It is official!

Some of the top NXT Superstars - including the NXT Champion, Tomasso Ciampa - made their debuts on the latest episode of RAW.

Ricochet teamed up with Finn Balor to face the team of Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush. Aleister Black defeated Elias. The team of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, formerly known as DIY, defeated the RAW tag team champions, The Revival.

It was reported earlier that these four superstars were spotted backstage, but it was unclear why they were there until Triple H officially announced their debuts.

It's still unclear why these four superstars - especially the North American Champion Johnny Gargano and NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa - made their debut when they have obligations in NXT.

In this thread, we will take a look at a few impressive things WWE might be planning do with the newest bunch of NXT call ups.

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#5 Give the casual viewers a taste of NXT

Ricochet was really impressive in his debut match as he teamed up with Finn Balor

Even though NXT has been far superior to both WWE RAW and SmackDown LIVE in terms of match quality and storytelling, it does not garner as many views as its big brothers. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Aleister Black, and Ricochet, along with Adam Cole and the Velveteen Dream form the elite layer of the current WWE NXT roster.

So, introducing four of their top superstars to the global audience - and subsequently showing their full potential would grab some attention and may convince most of the humongous amount of casual fans to subscribe to the WWE network and follow NXT.

So far, these four superstars - especially Ricochet - have done an excellent job at grabbing some mainstream attention.

#4 Add some variety to the main roster

WWE might be planning to add some variety in matchmaking

The biggest problem with WWE's main roster is that the matchmaking tends to get repeated and stale throughout a few weeks. If you remember, we just saw Braun Strowman taking on Baron Corbin at the Elimination Chamber 2019 in a No DQ match.

Within 24 hours, we saw yet another match between these two superstars - this time in a table match. None of these matches were above mediocre - so we can't compare them with matches like Stone Cold vs Rock - which happened more than a few times, yet managed to grab our attention.

Introducing four new members into the main roster will certainly help to freshen things up a bit. However, we also need to keep in mind that WWE is doing nothing with other call ups like EC3.

#3 Promote brand wars and international superstar shakeup

The international superstar shake-up will take place on April 15 and 16

If you have paid attention to Triple H's promos, you would hear him mention NXT as WWE's third global touring brand - the first and second being RAW and SmackDown LIVE respectively. Thus, WWE is clearly looking to promote NXT as the third brand rather than just as a developmental brand.

Earlier this month, WWE leaked that they were doing an international superstar shake-up for April - which was later confirmed by WWE. On April 15 and 16, WWE will organize the first ever international superstar shake-up at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

This shake-up may involve the superstars from the red brand - RAW, the blue brand -SmackDown LIVE, NXT, and WWE's newest "global touring brand" - NXT UK. So, before the mega event takes place, WWE may want the audience to get acquainted with talents from other brands.

#2 Do Interbrand storylines

John Cena and Kevin Owens had an amazing string of matches in 2015

One of the most brilliant storylines in 2015 was the one between the then United States Champion, John Cena, and the then NXT Champion, Kevin Owens. Owens represented NXT, put the yellow-and-black brand over, and belittled the main roster.

The prizefighter went as far as stomping the United States title. In the 2015 edition of Elimination Chamber, Owens took on Cena in a non-title match and defeated the 16-time world champion - thus shocking WWE fans.

WWE may want to repeat something similar with the current crop of NXT talents as well as main roster talents who have been sitting idle on the roster without getting any storylines or air time.

Having a few of those storylines would benefit everyone involved, and will be a win-win situation for WWE.

#1 An invasion

When Wade Barrett led a bunch of NXT rookies to interrupt the main event match between John Cena and CM Punk on the 7 June 2010 episode of RAW, no one knew what was coming.

The group, which identified itself as The Nexus, interrupted the match and attacked everyone in sight - even including the officials and the timekeeper. Such an angle garnered massive heat and propelled Nexus as one of the most dangerous groups in WWE history - or at least it seemed so. WWE messed up the storyline and derailed their momentum with bad booking.

WWE may want to repeat a similar storyline, and this time, do things right. With Triple H leading the pack of wolves from NXT, we may see an invasion angle that could be perfect.

The four new call-ups, along with a few more could form a strong alliance and invade both RAW and SmackDown LIVE - building up an intriguing storyline by the time SummerSlam comes around.