WWE NXT Prospects Most Ready for Promotion to Main Roster After WrestleMania 31

Once WrestleMania 31 ends, a new season begins, one where WWE has its pick of spectacular rookies to pluck from NXT.

WWE has made a habit of introducing new faces post-WrestleMania. This year, the level of available talent to call up is unprecedented. The company can welcome a world-class high-flyer, a bruiser who is just as intense on the mic as he is in the ring or a man who connects with the crowd like Daniel Bryan.

Which NXT prospects are most polished at this point? Who can WWE depend on to deliver between the ropes and make impressions in terms of persona, presence or trash talk?

The following is a look (in alphabetical order) at the wrestlers at NXT who best meet that criteria. If thrown into the spotlight on the Raw after Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar go to war, officials can be plenty confident that these grapplers will thrive.

On the Cusp

• Tyler Breeze
• Charlotte 
• Bayley
• Hideo Itami 

A number of NXT competitors are just a tweak or two away from being among the best talents at WWE's developmental brand.

Breeze has certainly found a groove with his gimmick. As the self-involved model/wrestler, he has flourished. His mic work is up to par, but WWE will likely want to see his ring skills improve before promoting him.

At times, he's one-dimensional in the ring, relying too much on the same moves. In recent action, he has clearly been working on that, adding weapons to his arsenal. Should he continue to do so, he will get his shot on the main roster before long.

Charlotte is a better in-ring performer than many of the Divas on the main roster but is still learning. Her ceiling is tremendously high. More experience will allow her to reach it by polishing her mat game.

The charismatic Bayley is behind Charlotte in terms of ring work but isn't far from being top-Diva material. She needs to strike better and smooth out her offense.

It's more a case of tidying things up than going back to wrestling school, though.

Itami's issues have to do with his transition from Japan to the U.S. Still learning to work the WWE style, he does not look nearly as good in matches as he did back home.

WWE would likely prefer to wait for that adjustment to progress and for Itami to improve his English-language skills.  

Finn Balor

• Height/Weight: 5'11'', 190 lbs
• Signature Move: Coup de Grace (diving double foot stomp)
• Pro Debut: 2000

Smooth, strikingly handsome and plenty experienced, Finn Balor isn't going to stick around at NXT long. His stint at New Japan Pro Wrestling showcased just how fun he is to watch in the ring. It hasn't taken him long to translate that success to NXT.

He sells well, flies with the best athletes around and has a presence that compels fans to take notice of him.

He's just fine a talker, an skill in which WWE will presumably be eyeing his progress closely. Balor has already blown fans away with performances against Kevin Owens and Adrian Neville. The only reason to keep him at NXT is to have him experiment with filtering his persona into his mic work.

As it stands, he's so good in the ring and so eye-catching during his entrances that WWE can afford to call him up and let him find his voice as a talker over time.

Sasha Banks

• Height: 5'5''
• Signature Move: Bank Statement (crossface)
• Pro Debut: 2010

Insert Sasha Banks into the Divas division on the main roster today, and she will compete for the top spot right away.

Her ring work is reminiscent of Alberto Del Rio's. She's aggressive and fluid, a technician with plenty of showmanship. She adds impressive outings each week, impressing against Charlotte, Bayley or whoever NXT throws at her.

Banks has found her ideal persona—a sassy, overconfident heel with flair. That helps her connect with the audience and adds depth to her ring work. She works her gimmick into her offense, mocking and torturing foes.

She is NXT's best female performer and will learn far more from competing on the main roster than by staying where she is now.

Adrian Neville

• Height/Weight: 5'10'', 194 lbs
• Signature Move: Red Arrow (corkscrew shooting star press)
• Pro Debut: 2004

Adrian Neville entered NXT as a top-tier high-flyer. He has since expanded his game, becoming a more well-rounded performer in the process.

In addition to being cartoon-quick and an athletic marvel, his in-ring storytelling has gotten better over time. As NXT champ, he had excellent matches with every opponent. He showed off a consistency that has to have WWE excited to see what he can do on the main roster.

As a talker, he is still below average but has improved in that area as well. Neville has become more comfortable with a mic in hand. His performances have become increasingly natural and believable.

This is likely his ceiling as a mic worker. More time at NXT isn't going to turn him into Dusty Rhodes.

WWE would be wise to bring him in right away and let him wow with his ability to defy gravity. 

Kevin Owens

• Height/Weight: 6'0'', 266 lbs
• Signature Move: Pop-up powerbomb
• Pro Debut: 2000

The current NXT champ rose to the top of the developmental brand in just a few short strides. Kevin Owens has shown in his brief time at Full Sail University that he will be a force on the main roster.

He's imposing and unsettling, making fans believe that he is the predator he promises to be.

Impressively athletic for his size, explosive, at home in a slugfest and a ring general, he has to have WWE officials mulling over ways to introduce him soon. Add to that the fact that he's a tremendous talker, and it's hard to imagine him being at NXT for long.

Holding the NXT title makes his move to the main roster a touch tricky, but that and his knee injury are the biggest things holding him back from a call-up, not anything he's lacking as a performer. WWE can write a story to dethrone him any number of ways. His presence and power make him a valuable asset, one the company shouldn't wait long to showcase at a higher level.

Sami Zayn

• Height/Weight: 6'1'', 205 lbs
• Signature Move: Helluva Kick (running big boot in corner)
• Pro Debut: 2002

Like Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn has a foundation that he forged on the independent circuit, Ring of Honor and around the world. And like the man who beat him for the NXT Championship, he has fit in perfectly in his new home.

Zayn has always been a fluid, fun, athletic performer, but he usually worked under a mask. No one had any clue that he was a master of facial expressions, able to evoke powerful emotions with his grimaces and stares.

He has produced some of NXT's best matches ever against men like Cesaro, Owens and Adrian Neville. Zayn has nothing left to prove in the ring at this level.

His mic work has come along nicely as well. Much like Daniel Bryan, he has an understated interview style that comes off as genuine, allowing him to grab the audience's attention when he turns up the intensity.

Nursing a shoulder injury, Zayn's call-up would have to wait for a few weeks at least, but during the summer, when WWE is in need of added electricity for the product, it need only turn to Zayn.