10 Worst First Days For WWE NXT Call-Ups
9. The War Raiders
For the longest time, Triple H cast himself as the babyface equivalent of his own father-in-law in an effort to reframe what the future of WWE might one day look like.
Unfortunately for this pair of former Tag Team Champions, 'The Game's influence was on the wane by April 2019. Or (and from every soundbite you've ever heard about working with Vince McMahon, this feels logical) 'Papa H' didn't pick this particular hill to die on for a couple of his NXT kids.
The War Raiders were at long last getting the call, but taking an L on that big W-word was the least of their concerns. Hanson & Rowe were suddenly Ivar & Erik, and there'd be no raid to join for The Viking Experience.
It was a label so utterly rotten that nobody could possibly concentrate on anything else to do with their debut on the April 15th edition of the show.
It's impossible to summon the details of their opponents or any details of the match (they teamed with The Revival to take on Ricochet, Aleister Black, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, which really shouldn't be so forgettable), but the moniker was so utterly risible that it was uncharacteristically tweaked by the company the following weekend.