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With all of the recent releases that WWE has made, which include former world champions and other titleholders, the company's RAW and SmackDown rosters are looking a little thin on the ground.
With that in mind there's been a lot of talk about WWE calling up several Superstars from NXT to replenish its blue and red branded shows and freshen things up a bit.
We've even seen evidence of this in recent weeks with several NXT talent making appearances in dark matches during RAW and SmackDown, and some even technically already making their main roster debuts on WWE Main Event.
So, let's take a look at the 5 NXT Superstars who are likely to be called up to WWE's RAW and SmackDown rosters any time now
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#5. Former WWE NXT UK Women's Champion Toni Storm
Toni Storm has been described as one of the most promising female talents that WWE has signed in quite some time and at a young age she's already had a decent amount of success in WWE, winning the NXT UK Women's Championship and also the second-ever Mae Young Classic Tournament.
She's currently on NXT where she's had intermittent appearances, although she is set to take on newcomer and Japanese icon Sarray on this week's episode of the yellow brand.
However, there's a chance the match with Sarray will be her last match in NXT as Toni Storm was recently spotted backstage for last week's WWE SmackDown, where she competed in a dark match. Storm allegedly wrestled a fellow possible NXT call-up who will be on this list a little later on in that dark match.
Toni Storm being moved to the main roster without having a decent run in NXT may be a surprise to some, but it's arguably the best thing for her at this stage in her career. She's had a lot of stop-starts and being moved straight to the main roster might be something she needs to really start building momentum again.
#4. Former WWE NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed
WWE's Bronson Reed wasn't NXT North American Champion for long after losing the title to Hit Row's Isaiah 'Swerve' Scott in a great match during last week's episode of NXT.
However, it seems extremely likely that the reason why WWE NXT made the decision to have Reed drop the title is because they plan to have The Colossal appearing on either RAW or SmackDown in the near future.
Prior to his title loss, Reed had been making backstage appearances for RAW and SmackDown, competing in a dark match against Robert Roode before the blue brand's show, and beating Drew Gulak for WWE Main Event before the RAW tapings.
Bronson Reed certainly has a unique size and physique that will add something extra to wherever he ends up, be it RAW or SmackDown. It certainly doesn't look like it's going to be long until we find out where that is either!
#3. Current WWE NXT Champion Karrion Kross
Like Bronson Reed, Karrion Kross has been backstage for several tapings of RAW and SmackDown since the most recent round of WWE releases and has taken part in dark matches and even a match on WWE Main Event.
However, unlike Bronson Reed, Karrion Kross, who is the current NXT Champion, has not dropped his title belt, so his callup to the main roster seems less clear cut. Although, WWE has had the NXT Champions appear on the main roster and NXT previously.
Kross looks set to be taking on Johnny Gargano at NXT's next big show, The Great American Bash later this week, and although nothing has been made official yet, it's likely it's going to be an NXT Title match. The result of that possible match will be very telling.
If Gargano somehow topples Kross then we can probably expect him to move to RAW or SmackDown, but even if he doesn't take the title off of the unpinned champion, there's every indication that Kross could still be showing up on the main roster.
#2. WWE NXT Champion Karrion Kross' partner Scarlett
Naturally, the assumption would have been that Scarlett and Karrion Kross would remain a package deal in WWE when either of them moved on from NXT to either RAW or SmackDown as they just work so brilliantly together.
However, when Kross made his technical main roster debut for WWE Main Event, he did so without Scarlett taking part in his entrance or accompanying him to ringside. This really helped demonstrate how crucial Scarlett is to Kross' allure.
Scarlett has also been appearing backstage on SmackDown without Kross, which suggests that WWE are seriously looking at the possibility of calling both NXT Superstars up but separately.
There are many people, myself included, who feel that splitting up Karrion Kross and Scarlett would be a mistake, especially at this early stage in their WWE careers and especially before they've been able to establish themselves on the main roster.
However, Scarlett is a very talented wrestler in her own right and would make a great addition to the RAW or SmackDown women's rosters.
#1. Former WWE NXT Women's Tag Team Champion Shotzi Blackheart
Shotzi Blackheart has so much going for her in WWE. She's a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. She has an extremely unique look, especially when compared to the other WWE Superstars in the main roster women's divisions and she has the fun gimmick with the tank.
That's probably why she's been picked out as one of the WWE NXT women that the company seem to be getting ready for a callup as she's been joining Toni Storm and Scarlett backstage for RAW and SmackDown in recent weeks.
Like Storm, Blackheart has been a big part of NXT's women's division but doesn't feel absolutely crucial or pivotal to it like some of the other stars there. She's also not necessarily involved in any ongoing NXT storylines, so a move to RAW or SmackDown wouldn't be a massive deal or a huge loss to NXT.
But I feel it would be a massive boost to WWE's main roster with Shotzi Blackheart offering a wide range of fresh matchups, something very different to anything else they currently have and a much-needed injection of fun.
