Top NXT Stars Officially Moved To Raw (WWE News)
Ethan Page and Joe Hendry are officially WWE Raw superstars.
Following plentiful speculation in recent weeks and months, both Ethan Page and Joe Hendry have been formally moved to WWE Raw.
Two former NXT Champions, those moves were made official on last night's Raw. Historically, the Raw - and SmackDown, for that matter - after WrestleMania has often seen an NXT talent or two be called up to the main roster, and that was indeed the case for Page and Hendry.
In the case of Ethan Page, All Ego appeared in a backstage segment with Adam Pearce, Je'Von Evans, and Intercontinental Champion Penta last night, with Pearce announcing Page as a new addition to the Raw roster. That in itself led to a match between Page and Evans, and the Canadian would get the win after interference from Rusev.
Rusev put a post-match beating on Je'Von, only for Penta to make the save. Unfortunately for Penta, though, Ethan Page had stuck around to swing the balance in the favour of the Bulgarian Brute, who ended the segment standing tall. And with that, Page has immediately established himself in the Intercontinental Title mix with Penta, Je'Von Evans, and Rusev.
For Joe Hendry, he did not appear directly on Raw, but there was a graphic advertising a celebratory concert from Hendry for next week's Raw, as Michael Cole confirmed that, yes, Joe Hendry is officially a Raw superstar. This comes on the heels of Joe being a part of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on last week's SmackDown, and he'll now be calling Monday nights his new home.
Another NXT talent making their presence known last night was Sol Ruca, who made a surprise appearance to confront new Women's World Champion Liv Morgan. After a verbal back-and-forth, Adam Pearce would make a match between the two, with that resulting in Morgan eeking out the win after Zaria attacked Sol. While this was not a call-up for Sol Ruca, it feels as if that main roster move is imminent, and her Last Woman Standing bout against Zaria on NXT tonight could well be a fitting swansong for Sol in the developmental brand.
A huge congratulations to Ethan Page and Joe Hendry on their extremely deserved call-ups. Two fantastic all-round talents with so much upside, the pair are sure to be great additions to the Raw roster.