Best WWE NXT Pro Wrestlers that Were Not Drafted in 2016

The Top Ten
1 Shinsuke Nakamura Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to WWE competing on Smackdown Live. Nakamura is known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. His other accomplishments within the ...read more.
2 Bayley Pamela Rose Martinez is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed with WWE under the ring name Bayley, where she performs on Smackdown. She is the first ever women's Grand Slam Champion in WWE, winning the NXT Women's Championship once, RAW Women's Championship once, Smackdown Women's Championship twice, Women's Tag Team Championships twice alongside Sasha Banks, and Money in the Bank winner. She returned in 2022 from her ACL injury and formed a faction called "Damage CTRL".

She was drafted in 2016.

3 Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa, better known by his ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE and performing on NXT. He is most well known for his time in NXT, where he was a former two time NXT champion.
4 Scott Dawson
5 Austin Aries Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Austin Aries. He left WWE in July 2017. He's currently signed to Impact Wrestling.
6 Hideo Itami
7 Asuka Kanako Urai is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Asuka. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the RAW brand. She is a former Smackdown Women's Champion, RAW Women's Champion, Women's Tag Team Champion and a former and longest reigning NXT Women's Champion. ...read more.
8 Bobby Roode Robert Roode Jr. is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE performing on the Smackdown brand. He is a former Smackdown Tag Team Champion alongside Dolph Ziggler.

Yeah I know, but still big name.

9 No Way Jose
10 Tye Dillinger
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