10 Biggest WWE Developmental Success Stories

10. Alexa Bliss

The current Raw Women's Champion was brand new to pro wrestling when she signed her developmental deal in May 2013.

Reporting to NXT first as a ring announcer/wrestler-in-training, the former bodybuilder grasped the basics quick enough to earn a televised debut as part of the 2014 Women's Title Tournament.

Spending her first year as a cheerleader/Disney-inspired babyface (commentator Rich Brennan noted how she was a 'Graduate from the University of Bliss with a Major in Bedazzling'), she found her calling in 2015 after turning heel and partnering with Wesley Blake and real-life fiancé Buddy Murphy.

As her character work soared, her matches gradually improved. Battles with Carmella over-delivered, and a televised title shot against Bayley highlighted her rapid improvement.

Alongside Nia Jax and 'The Princess of Staten Island', Bliss was one of only three women elevated to the main roster in the 2016, and leapfrogged veterans Becky Lynch, Natalya and Nikki Bella to become the most prosperous superstar in a well-booked SmackDown Live! female division.

Her success on the blue brand was 'rewarded' with a switch to Monday Night Raw in April's 'Superstar Shake-up', where she again confounded expectations by dethroning Bayley in her first attempt at the title. Confident and competent, Bliss remains an idyllic all-rounder on Monday Nights, in spite of the show's at-times woeful creative.