What if the Wild Card Rule is applicable to NXT as well

#3 Robert Roode back in NXT

Bobby Roode could do well with a trip back to NXT

There’s an increasingly significant number of talents who thrived when they were working for NXT and have largely floundered on the main roster.

To varying degrees, names like Neville, Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sasha Banks, and Bayley all fil this pattern.

No one may have enjoyed greater success in NXT and sunk to a lower level on the main roster than Robert Roode. Roode was treated as a big deal immediately upon his debut in developmental, and had a lengthy reign with the NXT title.

Since his call up, after an early push in the US Championship scene, Roode spent most of the last year directionless, used sparingly, and ultimately working in a makeshift, dead end tag team with Chad Gable.

A guy like Roode could do well to have an excuse to go back to NXT where he’s respected and can put on some stellar matches with and mentor up and coming talent.