7 mistakes WWE made on Raw this week (18 February 2019)

#5 There are Better Ways To Showcase NXT Talent

What on earth was this?

NXT talent has not had the best track record when it comes to staying afloat on Raw and Smackdown Live, aside from a few exceptions like Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch. There are a plethora of other NXT breakout stars right now that are either lost in the shuffle or are not even in the shuffle at all.

NXT standouts like Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Bray Wyatt, and Sanity are some of the hottest stars NXT has ever produced but on Raw and Smackdown Live most of them are struggling to stay on TV at a consistent basis.

And now WWE has brought on more NXT stars to the forefront, as Heavy Machinery, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, and EC3 are newest additions to the roster, but can WWE use them in a way that makes them stars?

Well, so far it seems like that is not the case, as this week on Raw, the creative team didn't know what to do with some of their newest recruits. From confusing promos that made little to no sense to debuting four of the hottest stars from NXT in somewhat lackluster fashion, WWE could have done much better with the NXT stars this week, but they sadly did not.