Every Former Singles NXT Champion Is Now on the Raw Roster

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Mar 29, 2017

Reddit user beybladeparm has pointed out an interesting piece of trivia. Every single NXT singles champion (both men and women) that has been called up to the main roster is now on the WWE Raw brand.

NXT Champions

Seth Rollins
Big E
Bo Dallas
Neville
Sami Zayn
Kevin Owens
Finn Bálor
Samoa Joe

NXT Women’s Champions

Paige
Charlotte Flair
Sasha Banks
Bayley

The Tag Team Championship situation is actually pretty much the opposite, with most former champions who were called up now wrestling on the SmackDown brand.

NXT Tag Team Champions

Neville and Oliver Grey (Raw)
The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper)
Neville and Corey Graves (Raw)
The Ascension
The Lucha Dragons
The Vaudevillains
American Alpha

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