3 NXT call-ups underutilized by WWE on the main roster at the moment

NXT is officially WWE's developmental brand. The yellow and black brand has a vital role of molding up Superstars and preparing them for their main roster debuts - on both RAW and SmackDown LIVE.

Superstars like Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks are the examples of a few NXT Superstars that have gone on to make a tremendous impact on the main roster.

However, not all Superstars can boast of a similar success story like the ones mentioned above. There have been various NXT Superstars and factions that have been entirely underutilized by Vince McMahon and the main roster creative.

Even though these Superstars had been the cornerstone of the success of NXT during their period with the yellow and black brand, they aren't seen in the same light on the main roster.

In this thread, we will take a look at a few NXT call-ups that have been squandered by WWE Creative.

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#3 Bobby Roode

Bobby Roode is now a part of Glorious Gable

Bobby Roode was a solid heel during his days with NXT. The Glorious One had a strong showing during his mid-card run in NXT. When the time came for Shinsuke Nakamura to get "promoted" to SmackDown Live, Roode stepped up and became the new NXT Champion at NXT Takeover: San Antonio, on the night before Royal Rumble 2017.

After dropping the NXT title to Drew McIntyre at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Roode followed Nakamura to SmackDown LIVE.

However, his days on the blue brand was nothing but stale. Even after being known as an effective heel, the WWE officials debuted the Glorious One as a babyface. Roode quickly became nothing but an extravagant entrance.

Even though he became the United States Champion at Royal Rumble 2018, Roode had to drop the same to Randy Orton at Fastlane. Roode's switch to RAW killed the air time he got on the Blue Brand.

Now, Roode is in the tag team division with Chad Gable.

#2 Asuka

Asuka was never the same after WrestleMania 34

Triple H built Asuka as a killing machine by putting in humongous time and effort. One year ago, Asuka had an undefeated streak from 2015 to 2018, ranging a mammoth 914 days. However, all good things must come to an end, and WWE did the same by tapping Asuka out to Charlotte's Figure 8 leg lock at WrestleMania 34.

Since then, the main roster creative team became bewildered and had no other plans for The Empress of Tomorrow, as they had Asuka lose to the likes of Carmella repeatedly. It took Asuka more than six months to recover from her first defeat in WWE.

When Asuka finally captured the SmackDown Women's Championship in the main event of TLC 2018, the WWE Universe was hopeful about the future of Asuka in WWE. However, after retaining her title at Royal Rumble, Asuka was abruptly taken off WWE TV and was not given any major rivalries.

Now, with less than two weeks to go for WrestleMania 35, the WWE Creative team wrongly booked her again by taking the title off her.

#1 Sanity

Sanity was a promising faction

Sanity comprises of Eric Young, Killian Dane, Alexander Wolfe, and Nikki Cross. However, Nikki Cross was drafted separately to the main roster.

Sanity was one of the best stables in NXT. They had some of the most amazing matches in NXT history. After all, who can forget the fantastic War Games match between Sanity, The Undisputed Era, and the team of Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong?

So when Sanity made their main roster debut, the WWE Universe was ecstatic and thought that WWE would finally pull the trigger on three-person tag teams. WWE had New Day, the Shield, and other promising three-person teams on the main roster.

However, Sanity was used just as fodder for other teams on the main roster. They lost their debut match. Barring the win against the New Day on the SummerSlam 2018 pre-show, Sanity has done nothing worthwhile on the main roster.

On the recent episode of SmackDown LIVE, Sanity came as part of the security team for Shane McMahon, which only contained jobbers of the blue brand.