10 Main Roster WWE Superstars Who Would Be Great In NXT
4. The Ascension
What makes NXT great is that it operates like a tiny 80s territory while WWE operates like the 80s WWF. Thus, there's wacky things that work in tiny territories that just don't translate to a larger global brand. In a manner similar to "Playboy" Buddy Rose being a top heel in Portland and being the "Blowaway Diet Guy" in the WWF, The Ascension as killer faces in NXT just doesn't translate to them as cocky Illuminati bad guys on Raw. That's why they deserve an occasional NXT return every now and again. What we should ideally want to see is Enzo Amore and Colin Cassidy as NXT Tag Champs wrestling The Ascension. Enzo and Big Cass are the second tag team to truly get embraced by the crowd at Full Sail, with Konnor and Viktor being the first. Building to a "dream match" between the two teams is something that could be a draw that for the TV presentation of the NXT product could create a raucous crowd and true "big fight" feel.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
