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For the first time in WWE Survivor Series history, NXT will be a part of the tri-branded warfare alongside Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown.
While NXT is officially WWE’s third brand, it has been largely seen as a place where developmental talent grows, before improving and moving on to either RAW or SmackDown. Although the consensus used to be that NXT was the minor leagues of the WWE, that quickly changed once they got their own weekly show on the USA Network every Wednesday night.
With news spreading that NXT was going to be featured at the Survivor Series PPV, the Superstars of the Black and Yellow brand started getting more attention, and it intensified after they both RAW and SmackDown brands the previous two weeks, as well as being involved in the main event of both shows.
Here are three ways how NXT can sustain their momentum and prove to be a major brand at WWE Survivor Series and beyond:
#1 Seth Rollins joins NXT and challenges Adam Cole for the NXT Championship
The star power of Seth Rollins would be a major boost to the NXT brand if he returns to the brand where his WWE career began.
“The Architect” has a long history with NXT, being the first-ever NXT World Champion back in 2012. Rollins was on the Black and Gold brand for almost a year before he joined Monday Night RAW and formed The Shield with Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns.
Rollins has accomplished everything in the WWE, winning the World Title four times, being the eleventh Grand Slam Champion, as well as claiming the Money in the Bank and winning the 2019 Royal Rumble, but a return to NXT might be what he needs to regain the momentum he has lost in the past few months.
While Rollins was announced as the team captain for Monday Night RAW’s men’s team for the traditional 5-on-5 elimination tag team match, there is a chance that he could turn on Team RAW and join NXT.
#2 NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defeats RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley
The NXT women’s division is often the highlight of the brand, with the female talent always putting on great matches. While not all wrestling fans are familiar with the women’s NXT roster, it might be the best of all the wrestling brands and companies out there.
The division is ruled by the current NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, and her style is similar to that of Ronda Rousey, who was a former sparring partner and friend. Baszler was also the first NXT Superstar to declare war on the other two brands, attacking the SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley, followed by an attack on the Raw Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch, a week later.
A victory by Baszler over the two biggest female stars in the WWE would make a huge statement to the WWE Universe on where the best female wrestling is and it would legitimize NXT as must-see.
#3 NXT invasion interrupts World Title Main Event
Unlike previous Survivor Series PPVs, the 2019 one will not be headlined by a World Champion versus World Champion match, meaning we won’t see the World Champions of all the three brands in action in the same match.
Instead, we have Brock Lesnar defending his WWE Championship against Rey Mysterio on the card, while the other two World Champions have not had opponents announced yet.
For wrestling fans to talk about NXT, something memorable needs to happen to close the show, and the best way for that to happen is to have NXT have an invasion style ending during the world championship match that will presumably main event the PPV.
A finish that sees the majority of the NXT brand take out both the champion and challenger, while standing tall in the middle of the ring. This can lead to feuds with both Raw and SmackDown Superstars on future WWE PPVs.
