The NXT Class of 2016

[Stu]

Who had the overall best first year on the main roster? I say overall, because obviously everyone showed up at different periods and wasn't exactly active for the same amount of time. Take into consideration the length of their run and what happened during that time.


After reading my post, I suppose that would technically be Finn Balor, considering he was only around a few weeks and still won the Universal Championship. Otherwise, tell us who had the best first year.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

In terms of exceeding expectations, I'd have to say Alexa Bliss is up there with Balor. She was largely expected to make up the numbers on SmackDown, but instead she's found herself as a top title contender and top heel off the back of strong mic work and a well-booked feud with Becky Lynch.

[lemonyellowson]

If best equals most over then it's enzo and cass. If best equals most successful then Finn.

[The Yes Man]

For success, Finn which is sad since he only had 3 matches.

For performance, Sami.

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Balor and Alexa Bliss for being the top heel of SD's women's division for a long time.

[________ has left the building]

Dec 2, 2016 22:31:47 GMT -5 The Yes Man said:

For success, Finn which is sad since he only had 3 matches.

For performance, Sami.

My exact thoughts. Finn won the Universal title and beat Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins clean within a month. Sami for making up for lost time due his unfortunate injury and being a regular mainstay on tv and ppv.

[mrbananagrabber]

Crowd reaction - Enzo
Success - Balor

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I'm absolutely no fan of the guy but it's Finn Balor. They clearly see money in him. They threw a brand new title lineage at him after no time whatsoever. Even having been injured ever since nobody else managed that.

I will say that I wish it was someone else as I think I prefer maybe 50% of the people on that list.

[The Kevstaaa]

Finn Balor would have most likely been number one but he'd get an "incomplete" grade. I'm going with Alexa Bliss. There were times when it didn't seem like was main roster ready but since the callup, she has been gold.

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Who are the two guys who voted for the Vaudevillians?

[pegasuswarrior]

You know, it's not wrong, but what's sad is how Bayley has 0 votes. On the NXT roster, she's got merchandise flying off the shelves to main roster viewers like there is no tomorrow. The stars are perfectly aligned in 2016 for her to be the female version of Sting in the modern era. And they've managed to screw that all to h*** somehow.

She's not my favorite female wrestler, but it's just true. Absolutely brutally stupid and incompetent on WWE's part.

[Bo Rida]

Enzo and Cass. They're over everywhere they go, popular with the pretty much every demographic and can bring dead crowds to life, that's rare these days.

Plus they could lose to Shining Stars in the opener one week, battle Rusev in the mid-card the next and be credible in the main-event against Jericho and Owens the week after that.

It's just a shame that some of the best work has come during ratings lows, doing their spiel without the mic is one of those moments that should be enshrined in WWE history but will probably be largely forgotten.

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okay who voted for Mojo?