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NXT has become a fantastic foundation for the careers of some of WWE's biggest stars, the alumni of the developmental brand includes the likes of Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Big E, Xavier Woods, Drew McIntyre, and Charlotte Flair but it appears that for all the successful stars who have gone on to find their feet on the main roster, there are others who haven't been as lucky.
WWE has a conveyor belt system where many stars are added to the main roster and others are released on a regular basis, which means that there are many stars who should not have been promoted when they were. The timing of their jump to the main roster could be one of the reasons why they have been lost amongst the shuffle over the past few months.
#5. Apollo Crews
It feels as though Apollo Crews wasn't on NXT TV for very long at all, as soon as he reached his stride at Full Sail it was decided that he would be promoted to the main roster and he then made his debut the night after WrestleMania along with a number of other stars and was able to defeat fellow alum, Tyler Breeze.
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Crews haven't been able to push himself into the main event scene during his two and a half year run on WWE TV, with his alliance with Titus Worldwide being the biggest thing he has been able to accomplish but even that has now come to an end.
Crews could have benefitted from spending some more time down in NXT so that he could work on his character since he is now embroiled in a feud with Elias, who's someone that WWE is hot on right now.
#4. Sanity
Nikki Cross is having a ball down in NXT on her own after Alexander Wolfe, Killian Dain and Eric Young were promoted without her a few months ago, but WWE has done nothing with them. There were so many options for the team that lives off the chaos of others and still there is nothing on SmackDown for any of the three men to sink their teeth into.
Sometimes it appears that WWE has to promote some stars at certain points in the year and some of them feel that they are ready for the main roster, but the main roster isn't actually ready for them. It's a completely different creative team and they can make or break teams, which is why Sanity have seemingly been MIA in recent weeks.
It will be interesting to see if Sanity are able to bring back the chaos that they once had in NXT so that they can make an impact on the SmackDown brand in the future.
#3. The Ascension
Konnor and Viktor probably look at their WWE career and wish that they were never promoted to the main roster. There was a time when The Ascension were one of the best tag teams in NXT and are still the longest reigning Tag Team Champions, but they haven't had the same kind of effect on the main roster.
Much like many teams that were once stand out's in NXT, The Ascension became something completely different on SmackDown and now on Raw and they have been unable to find their feet. Their most recent feud has seen them pick up a number of wins against Chad Gable and Bobby Roode, but this is at the expense of two other former NXT stars and it's unknown where this is heading for either team.
It's obvious that the creative team on the main roster have no idea what to do with The Ascension, so why don't they head back to NXT and allow Triple H to take control?
#2. Tyler Breeze
Tyler Breeze was kept in developmental for so long because it was thought that WWE was looking for the perfect storyline to allow him to make his debut on the main roster. Breeze was then promoted to SmackDown Live as part of a pre-recorded episode where he entered a feud with Dolph Ziggler.
This was the last time Breeze was part of a feud of this magnitude since he has been lost amongst the shuffle on the main roster and has spent much of his career moving back and forth back to NXT because it's obvious that this was the last time he was happy with the direction of his character.
Breeze is being used as enhancement talent on Monday Night Raw right now since his tag team partner Fandango is out injured, but even when Fandango makes his return, his future on Raw doesn't look any brighter.
#1. Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke has been struggling on the main roster for a number of years, she was promoted alongside Emma when the duo was still seen as two of the best female wrestlers in NXT, but the Women's Revolution on the main roster was too much for them to keep up with, but Dana has still been kept around.
The former fitness model has shown improvement in the ring over the past few months and has been able to slot into a number of gaps on Raw, but this doesn't change the fact that she could have benefited from remaining in NXT for a few months longer so that she could work on her ring awareness and some of her flare moves.
Brooke has been targetted by many members of the WWE Universe because of her lack of experience in the ring and if WWE didn't put her under a microscope so soon, then her career might have been different.
