Ranking 20 WWE Debuts And Returns In 2019
12. Nikki Cross
When she was announced for the main roster in December 2018,
Nikki Cross felt like a can’t-miss prospect.
Cross is a more-than-capable wrestler with a unique look, dedication to her character and a charisma that can’t be taught. She showed up in January, had a handful of matches, and then disappeared until May.
Upon returning to action, Cross entered a strange storyline with Alexa Bliss, where it initially appeared that Bliss was using Nikki to win the Raw or SmackDown Women’s Championships. But that soon gave way to the duo winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. All the while, Cross was portrayed as slipping to the “dark side” with Bliss.
But once they won the tag titles, that was dropped and both became faces. Bliss & Cross lost the tag titles in October, and Nikki spent the past three months losing a feud with Bayley but picking up the periodic win on SmackDown.
It’s been a mixed bag for Cross, but she’s in a better position than most of her fellow 2019 callups.