7 Troubling Signs For WWE's NXT Call-Ups

5. Long-Term Plans

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Along those lines, what are the plans for these guys? They all just randomly showed up on Raw Monday night with minimal fanfare (or as much fanfare as you can build up in a couple hours) and all had their debut matches.

Thankfully, all four men won both their bouts this week, but you have to wonder what the immediate future holds for them? Given that the original plan was for Ricochet to face Finn Balor (a no-win, Kobayashi Maru situation if there ever was one) and the fact that Triple H wasn’t clued into the call-ups, then it’s safe to assume that they weren’t called up to the main roster with any plans beyond this week.

If that’s the case, that’s very concerning. We’ve seen this show before, where NXT superstars are called up without any semblance of a plan for them. Remember how Apollo Crews was brimming with talent in NXT? Where is he today?

Granted, the four men called up this week are arguably more “complete” superstars and are too talented to fail, but the lack of a strategy for how to utilize them is only going to hinder them.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.