10 NXT Stars Vince McMahon Will DESTROY On WWE's Main Roster
6. KUSHIDA
It's difficult to gauge KUSHIDA's developmental prospects at the moment. The former NJPW Junior Heavyweight ace has registered just three televised WWE matches so far, besting Kassius Ohno, Drew Gulak, and Kona Reeves as his NXT career takes flight. Though short, these bouts have allowed him to showcase the slick, MMA-influenced technical offence that made him a New Japan standout while showing glimpses of his palpable babyface affability, though we won't know how far NXT's writers plan on taking him until he's slotted into bigger feuds.
Regardless, KUSHIDA probably isn't going to be a main roster star. He's exactly the kind of wrestler who'd get thrown onto 205 Live and then forgotten about, as he's small (5'9", 187lbs), Japanese, and lacking in physical charisma, even though his bell-to-bell makes it incredibly easy to root for him. A shame, but performers of his ilk can't succeed until Vince McMahon overcomes his long-held hatred of managers not named Paul Heyman.
KUSHIDA left a good thing in NJPW to try his hand in North America, having come dangerously close to growing stale in his homeland. Let's hope he confounds your writer's prediction.