5 most disappointing NXT call-ups

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Neither Emma nor Bayley have had the best of runs since being called up to the main roster

#5 Bayley

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A smiling Bayley, probably thinking about her NXT days

In some ways, it feels like Bayley’s main roster run has been doomed from the very beginning.

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First off, her actual debut was a bit of a head-scratcher. After showing up at Battleground 2016, she then didn’t officially graduate to the main roster for another few weeks. Sure, it got a good pop at Battleground, but it seemed to stilt her momentum slightly and made her proper arrival slightly less meaningful.

The second mistake then came shortly after when she was unsuccessful in multiple pay-per-view title matches after being hot-shot into the Raw Women’s Championship scene.

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She did eventually get her big moment by ending Charlotte’s undefeated PPV streak, but it went down at Fastlane in underwhelming circumstances, and less than 11 weeks later she’d drop the title anyway when she lost to Alexa Bliss in her own hometown.

Add in the odd cringe-worthy promo segment and a disastrously-assembled Kendo Stick on a Pole match, and the company’s somehow managed to turn fans against her, despite having been one of the biggest babyfaces we’ve ever seen during her stint in NXT.

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