WWE Chairman Vince McMahon not impressed with record-breaking NXT champion

There have been a number of NXT champions who’ve moved to Raw and SmackDown prior to now a number of years. Some have loved momentous success like Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks whereas some cemented their place on the primary roster like Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Asuka, Kevin Owens or Samoa Joe. On the opposite hand, there are some wrestlers whose essential roster runs have been disastrous regardless of being prime names in NXT. The Revival, Neville, Adam Rose, Bobby Roode, Bo Dallas, Ember Moon fall onto this class.

Recently one other record-breaking NXT champion made her option to RAW. Shayna Baszler was considered the subsequent large factor within the WWE earlier than making her RAW debut. Her reign of terror in NXT lasted 416 days as she grew to become the sixth-longest reigning ladies’s champion earlier than being defeated by Rhea Ripley final 12 months.

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Baszler was even the frontrunner to win the ladies’s Royal Rumble in 2020. However, Charlotte was chosen because the winner as Baszler ultimately made her option to a Raw ladies’s title match towards Becky Lynch. But regardless of quite a few alternatives, Shayna has did not seize the second in crunch conditions.

Now, it seems to be like WWE Chairman Vince McMahon additionally has doubts relating to Shayna’s potential as a prime heel. Paul Davis of WrestlingInformation.co has reported that former NXT Women’s Champion hasn’t been capable of persuade the highest boss at WWE.

“I was told that Baszler will eventually move into the [Raw Women’s] title picture this year but McMahon is still not 100 percent sold on her as a top heel,” Davis wrote.

It was additionally reported within the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Shayna nonetheless won’t turn into the highest champion in WWE.

 

Shayna had confronted Becky for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36 however misplaced regardless of being the favorite to win it.

Then she was additionally talked about as a potential winner of the Money within the Bank briefcase however there additionally Asuka took residence the prize.

Now it seems to be like Shayna might need to attend a bit of earlier than ultimately shifting onto the subsequent stage on Raw. It stays to be seen if she turns into an enormous success on the primary roster or a footnote within the WWE. Her potential to be a prime heel just isn’t in query, nonetheless, it additionally will depend on her dedication to impress the person who issues probably the most.