On Tuesday Night we saw 7 NXT wrestlers realize their dreams and get drafted onto WWE rosters for the WWE Draft. Finn Balor and Nia Jax will be on RAW moving forward. American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) along with Mojo Rawley, Alexa Bliss and Carmella were picked by Smackdown. It appears like not only were wrestlers promoted from NXT during the WWE draft but an NXT ref will also be moving up the ranks!
NXT Referee Shawn Bennett will be making the move to the RAW brand!
During rough times @WWEGraves would sleep on my futon after watching #RAW by me. I’m ecstatic that now we’ll be on it together each week.
— Shawn Bennett (@BennettWWE) July 20, 2016
So as of last night, my 3+ years w/ @WWENXT comes to a close. Extremely proud & humbled to join the #RAW brand of WWE in the coming weeks.
— Shawn Bennett (@BennettWWE) July 20, 2016
Being a small part of @WWENXT‘s growth is something I’m very grateful for. Went from 20 people in Largo to 15k in NYC. & it’s still growing.
— Shawn Bennett (@BennettWWE) July 20, 2016
He was also congratulated by some familiar WWE names: Joey Styles and Scott Armstrong:
Congratulations Shawn @BennettWWE! Well deserved. https://t.co/0sl5aVUeSY
— Joey Styles (@JoeyStyles) July 20, 2016
Thank YOU Scott for opening doors for us and teaching us along each step of the journey! https://t.co/S0Kmfax4pz
— Shawn Bennett (@BennettWWE) July 20, 2016
Congratulations to Shawn Bennett and looking forward to seeing him on RAW every Monday!
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