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

#2 Testing the waters on the next round of call ups

The Wild Card rule could provide a natural avenue to test drive call ups like Velveteen Dream.

NXT call ups are a mixed bag. Some click nicely and even do better on the main roster like Elias whose big personality jives better on Raw and SmackDown than it did with the NXT sensibility.

By contrast, despite an ostensibly similar aesthetic, No Way Jose immediately sank to the bottom of the main roster.

Some of it’s a matter of how guys are booked, but there are also certain intangibles at play when it comes to how they connect working with veterans and in front of a larger audience.

Positioning more advanced NXT talents as Wild Card visitors could offer a good opportunity to see how certain guys do when the lights are on bright, and who might need some additional work to transition out of developmental successfully.

Making NXT wrestlers guests on main roster shows could also help set them up to feel like bigger deals and build to their more permanent call ups by getting some buzz behind them in this context.