WWE had three interesting NXT stars backstage at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida for Friday Night SmackDown and that was NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed, WWE NXT Champion Karrion Kross, and Scarlett.
Originally, it wasn’t known as to why they were there, but Pwinsider.com later reported the reason they were backstage was so WWE could see them compete in a dark match.
It was added that there have been talks in the last week of Kross and Scarlett being moved from NXT to the main roster.
Reed became the North American Champion when he defeated Johnny Gargano in a steel cage match a month ago. At the WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House event this past weekend, the NXT North American Championship and NXT Tag Team Titles were on the line in a winner-take-all six-man tag match when Reed and MSK successfully retained the titles against Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde).
At this same show, Kross successfully defended the NXT Championship in a Fatal Five-Way Match Kross successfully defended the NXT Championship in a Fatal Five-Way Match.
Kross won the NXT Championship from Finn Balor at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver.
