For those that have asked about the draft, we don’t have anything confirmed but I can tell you that Finn Balor and Nia Jax did not appear at the recent NXT tapings. They are also not scheduled for NXT TakeOver: Back To Brooklyn.
Balor’s name has been rumored for the main roster for many months and there were plans to bring him up shortly after WrestleMania but plans changed. It wasn’t outright said by the announcers but the match with Nakamura was played up like it was Finn’s swan song with NXT. Management is high on Nia Jax and they see potential in her. By all accounts, she has a great attitude and considering that she’s only been wrestling for about a year, she’s pretty good for her level of experience.
Austin Aries was also not featured but it looks like they are building towards an eventual match with No Way Jose for TakeOver so it looks like he is staying. The tapings from Wednesday covers them up to SummerSlam weekend and they won’t be taping at Full Sail again until 8/25. The 8/24 show will likely be taped in Brooklyn prior to the live Takeover show.
Eva Marie and Tye Dillinger were also not featured on the recent tapings. Eva Marie has been backstage at some of the recent Raw shows and season 6 of Total Divas is scheduled to start back up in a couple of months so they would probably want to move her back up to the main roster. Dillinger being moved up would surprise me because it seemed like they were starting to push him in NXT and I can’t see them doing much with him on the main roster.
I’m told that there will be at least a couple of surprises for the draft on Tuesday night.
