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#3 WWE based the NXT call-up vignettes around him
One of the most surprising moments from the 2018 Survivor Series pay-per-view came when a montage of Lars Sullivan’s best NXT moments were shown during a short video package. WWE did not reveal which brand he would appear on or exactly when he would debut on the main roster, but the video ominously ended with the words, “Coming soon.”
Fast forward one month to December 2018, the night after the TLC pay-per-view, and WWE confirmed that several new faces – Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, Heavy Machinery and EC3 – would join Sullivan in making the switch from NXT to the main roster.
As it turned out, they all debuted before Sullivan, as did fellow NXT Superstars Aleister Black, Ricochet, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, while the future of “The Freak” remained uncertain after his debut-that-never-was in January 2019.
Although it took an extra few months for Sullivan to appear, it is still noteworthy that WWE chose him as the standout Superstar who the NXT vignettes were built around, starting with his solo montages in November and when he featured last in the vignettes with multiple Superstars in December and January.
That, along with reports that he was originally supposed to face John Cena at WrestleMania 35, suggests that WWE has big plans for him.
