10 Worst First Days For WWE NXT Call-Ups
8. Emma
The problem with Emma wasn't that her character was completely changed or even bastardised under the scorching hot lights of WWE's main roster. The problem was that nobody internally gave a single sh*t about her enough to explain why she was the way she was, and audiences that had never seen NXT promptly followed suit.
Emma's quirky persona was carefully curated over months of matches that quietly helped build NXT's women's division from the ground up. Her dorky dance just one of several key components of an act that very gradually captured hearts in a way that contrasted her impressive in-ring style.
WWE, from her risible February 3rd Monday Night Raw debut, simply forced audiences, announcers and fellow babyfaces to laugh along with this stranger doing strange things.
Before wrecking awesome black-and-gold runs became the rule rather than the exception, Emma was marked as an unfortunate victim of the main roster's slapdash approach when served up prime cuts of Performance Center talent. In reality, the entire process needed an overhaul and never got one. The charming and Full Sail-beloved Australian was just another victim.