Some of the recent NXT call-ups wrestled before RAW and Smackdown went on the air this week. EC3 defeated Curt Hawkins and Lacey Evans lost to Natalya before RAW started. Heavy Machinery also defeated The Colons before this week’s episode of Smackdown.
There were rumors that these matches were being taped for upcoming episodes of WWE Main Event. This was a bit confusing for fans. Why would WWE hype their main roster call-ups, just to use them on Main Event right away?
We have an update for you.
According to John Pollock of POST Wrestling, these were all dark matches and were not taped for anything. As a result, they will not count as EC3, Lacey Evans or Heavy Machinery’s main roster debuts:
This is good news for any fans of the call-ups. Looks like WWE hasn’t given up on them already, which some fans feared.
On a related note, here are our predictions on which brands the 6 new call-ups from NXT will go to.