5 stars who struggled in NXT but are soaring on the main roster

#1 Alexa Bliss

No-one could have predicted Alexa Bliss' WWE career

Well, it was a close one, but there was only ever going to be one winner.

When Alexa Bliss was drafted to SmackDown Live at number 20, not even on the main show, who would have thought she would be where she is today?

Little Miss Bliss is one of only two women to have held both the RAW and SmackDown Women's Champions, and she's the first, beating Charlotte to the crown.

Bliss is currently the longest reigning RAW Women's Champion, too, and looks set to face Asuka at WrestleMania if she can keep hold of her championship in the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber Match.

Bliss had a fair few matches in NXT but was best known as the manager of Blake and Murphy, helping them win the NXT Tag Team Championships - prior to this, she had even worked as an unnamed ring announcer on the developmental brand.

Again, Alexa Bliss did have a handful of chances at the NXT Women's Championship but always seemed to fall short and never quite looked like the complete package. Since joining the main roster, the current RAW Women's Champion's rise has been meteoric - with her promo skills being hailed as some of the best in the business right now and her in-ring work is pretty solid too.

No matter what happens at Elimination Chamber, Bliss' first 18 months on the main roster have been pretty monumental - and there's no doubt for me that she's proven to be the true dark horse of NXT, not only stepping up when drafted to SmackDown but making a massive leap and becoming one of the most consistent talents on the main roster.