5 current WWE Superstars who were almost fired while in NXT

#3 Current WWE Monday Night RAW star Elias

Elias is currently a part of WWE Monday Night RAW, where he has been teamed up with Jaxson Ryder in recent months. The Drifter has been able to make quite the impact on the main roster since his promotion and is even a former 24/7 Champion.

Elias has been able to run with the opportunities he has been handed on WWE's main roster. However, while appearing on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia, the former NXT star recently revealed that there were several occasions during his time on the brand where he was almost fired.

"One thing that I became very aware of when I got there [to WWE] was that the people that said no at my tryout were now running, they were now in charge of my job. And their minds didn’t change, you know what I mean? Their minds didn’t change. William Regal, he always had said yes, and he liked me, and he got me through. But the people that said, ‘No, this guy ain’t for me,’ well they were now running the show, and they’re in charge. I was put on the list to be fired multiple times in NXT for whatever reason. I was made aware two different times, which you can imagine, walking into work every day knowing that that guy right there wants to fire me, that really, it makes you, it’s just everything. You could be working on eggshells, you could be working extra hard because you’re like, ‘No you ain’t gonna take it away from me now.'”

It's hard to believe that Elias has already been on the main roster for almost four years. The current WWE star made his debut on Monday Night RAW back in April 2017.