With this yr’s WWE SummerSlam within the rearview mirror, all eyes are shifting in direction of the Royal Rumble in January — and who among the many “NXT” roster may very well be subsequent in line for a call-up. One potential candidate is two-time NXT Ladies’s Champion Roxanne Perez; nevertheless, will the identical perspective and presentation Perez at the moment shows every week carry over to the most important roster? WWE Corridor of Famer Bully Ray believes it would not harm “The Prodigy” to stay in “NXT” a bit longer.
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“So far as Roxanne Perez shifting on [to the main roster], I do not know … Until there’s a definitive plan, it may be disastrous,” Ray stated on “Busted Open Radio.” “Generally you solely get that one shot to make that first impression on the primary roster … Do I believe she’s prepared? I do not suppose it is going to harm her to hang around in ‘NXT’ for a little bit bit longer. I might moderately see her sit there, proceed to get comfy within the ring, to enhance in her psychology, her promos, her character.
“After which, when someone in inventive goes, ‘We now have one thing actual and definitive for Roxanne, the place we need to convey her up. And on night time one, we need to debut her with such a memorable second, and here is her story for the following three months,’ that may make me extra assured about bringing her up.”
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Following Perez’s title protection in opposition to Thea Hail final week at “NXT: Nice American Bash,” world icons Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer are ready within the wings for his or her shot on the title, which Perez lately acknowledged. Giulia is wrapping up her run in Japan earlier than heading to the US later this month; Vaquer, in the meantime, is familiarizing herself with the corporate after a profitable in-ring debut in Mexico Metropolis in opposition to Isla Daybreak.
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