5 most likely first opponents for EC3 in NXT

#3 Andrade "Cien" Almas

Perhaps EC3 will enter himself right into the NXT Championship picture...

The story of Andrade "Cien" Almas in NXT has been nothing short of incredible, going from a white-meat jobber-to-the-stars to quite possibly the most valuable performer on the yellow brand.

So perhaps EC3 would like to begin his NXT career by taking the "top guy" down.

To me, when EC3 was the last one to be introduced at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, it implied that he was the "biggest signing" to be revealed that night. It suggested that WWE sees EC3 as a top-level talent that could be thrust into the NXT Championship picture right away.

If this is so, there are two ways that they could do this - they could have Almas lose the NXT Championship to Aleister Black at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, only to have his revenge plan intercepted by a debuting EC3...or, they could have Almas retain against Black and assign EC3 as his next challenge. Personally, I think that the latter of these is more likely, but both are still possible.

Sure, Almas' last feud in NXT will probably be with Aleister Black, but then again, maybe not.