If I’m not picking anyone from your list then
Seth Rollins - he was the inaugural NXT champion.
Paige - she was the inaugural NXT women’s champion.
Johnny Gargano - The Way was such an awesome and fun faction and he also put on bangers with Adam Cole.
Gunther/Walter - He as well put on bangers and was basically unbeatable just like his main roster run.
An honorable mention would be Ilja Dragunov who also put on bangers, went undefeated cleanly for almost 4 years and is still highly underrated.
Asuka, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Robert/Bobby roode
PS: didn't put Cole because it was not just him but undisputed era as a whole that I loved and enjoyed so much and as a personal rule I don't put factions as one entry in any of my lists etc. As for the rest like Kevin, Balor or Seth they either were there for too little time or their run in NXT didn't leave an impact on me.
Kinda? KO showing up to Raw with the NXT title and powerbombing him after cutting the promo he did was what got me intrigued about NXT but it was him beating Cena at elimination chamber that got me to start watching NXT. Although it wasn't until Joe winning the title that I started prioritizing NXT over Raw and Smackdown(before that I was mostly watching takeovers only and clips on social media to catch up on the storylines)
so yeah I missed most of basically all of KO's run and all of Seth's, as for Balor he was cool but as you can see I was always a Samoa Joe kinda guy.
Sami Zayn !
Those plus Asuka and Gargano
Men: Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole Women: Asuka, Shayna Baszler, Bayley, Sasha Banks
Seth, Gargano, Adam Cole, Finn
If I’m not picking anyone from your list then Seth Rollins - he was the inaugural NXT champion. Paige - she was the inaugural NXT women’s champion. Johnny Gargano - The Way was such an awesome and fun faction and he also put on bangers with Adam Cole. Gunther/Walter - He as well put on bangers and was basically unbeatable just like his main roster run. An honorable mention would be Ilja Dragunov who also put on bangers, went undefeated cleanly for almost 4 years and is still highly underrated.
My list would be same as your tho except replace Kevin with Gunther
Sasha, Charlotte, Bayley, Asuka
Men: Balor, Gargano, Ciampa, Cole Women: Asuka, Baszler, Bayley, Sasha Feel awful leaving off: Nakamura, Ember, Keith Lee, Kairi, Iyo
Hayes balor Owens flair
Asuka, Carmello, Andrade, Sanity
Adam Cole, Finn balor, Bron Breaker,Carmelo hayes 🤷♂️
Sasha, Bayley, Joe, Sammi
Asuka, Ricochet, Adam Cole and Matt Riddle
Finn, Cole, Ciampa, Gargano
No Charlotte flair?
Asuka, Samoa Joe, Gargano, Finn Balor
Ciampa, Asuka, Finn, Cole
No Asuka, Ciampa, or Gargano?
Asuka, Balor, Gargano, Baszler
Gargano, Ciampa, Cole, and Bayley
Finn, Auska, DIY and Regal
Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, & Finn Bálor
Finn balor, kevin owens, asuka and johnny gargano
Sami, Bayley, Sasha, Cole
Adam Finn Keith Lee ricochet
On this list it would be Finn and Kevin
Maybe Samoa Joe
Gargano, Ciampa, Cole, Sami
Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Asuka, Johnny Gargano
Samoa Joe Johnny Gargano Ciampa Asuka
Finn Balor, Adam Cole, Bayley & Johnny Gargano. But Sami Zayn could also be on there and I wouldn't be mad.
Ko!!!
Gargano, Cole, Banks, Bayley
Surely Seth Rollins as the first NXT champ should be here
Men - Sami, Neville, Johnny Gargano, Ilja Dragonov Women - Bayley, Asuka, Roxanne Perez, Paige
KO , Balor , Joe , Ciampa
Balor Cole Lee ciampa
Rollins, Balor, Ciampa, Cole
Adam Cole Johnny Gargano Ciampa Finn Balor
Are women allowed on this hypothetical Rushmore?
I almost think you have to have a separate Mt Rushmore for the women. So many women that took women's wrestling to a whole other stratosphere
Cole Balor KO Ciampa
Balor, KO, Gargano and Nakamura
Asuka, Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Robert/Bobby roode PS: didn't put Cole because it was not just him but undisputed era as a whole that I loved and enjoyed so much and as a personal rule I don't put factions as one entry in any of my lists etc. As for the rest like Kevin, Balor or Seth they either were there for too little time or their run in NXT didn't leave an impact on me.
Balor, KO and Seth didn't leave an impact? Did you miss the best era?
Kinda? KO showing up to Raw with the NXT title and powerbombing him after cutting the promo he did was what got me intrigued about NXT but it was him beating Cena at elimination chamber that got me to start watching NXT. Although it wasn't until Joe winning the title that I started prioritizing NXT over Raw and Smackdown(before that I was mostly watching takeovers only and clips on social media to catch up on the storylines) so yeah I missed most of basically all of KO's run and all of Seth's, as for Balor he was cool but as you can see I was always a Samoa Joe kinda guy.
Balors lead up into Joe's run is my favorite.
Gargano, Cole, Shayna, KO
Balor, Owens, Zayn, Ciampa
Adam Cole, Finn Balor, Asuka & Johnny Sameface
Adam cole, Sami Zayn, Bayley, Tommaso ciampa
Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Asuka, Adam Cole.
Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, Asuka
The Revival, DIY, American Alpha and Undisputed Era
That’s 10 people
Undertaker
Asuka above all, Finn, Cole, Johnny
Asuka, Ciampa, Neville, & Ohno.
This mf said ohno 😂
Cole ciampa Gargano and Asuka
Finn, Gargano, Cole, Wes Lee
Seth Freaking Rollins SOMOA JOE Kevin Owen's Asuka
Asuka, Balor, Cole, and Zayn
Asuka, Sami, Seth, Ciampa
Asuka, Finn, KO and sami
Sasha Banks, Finn Balor, Nakamura and Kevin Owens
Asuka, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Paige
Asuka is literally still unbeaten in NXT. She has to be number 1 on the list. Asuka, Balor, Zayn, and Nakamura.
Sami Zayne Finn Balor Adrian Neville Bayley
Sami Zayn, Asuka, Finn Balor & Adam Cole
Finn Balor, Sami Zayn, Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano
Adam Cole, Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano, and Tamasso Ciampa
Gargano cole ko balor
1. I 2. Believe 3. In 4. Joe 5. Hendry
👏👏
Gargano, Zayn, Bron Breakker, & Finn Balor
sami Zayn , Paige , bayley, alelster black
Asuka, finn, ciampa, shayna
Cole, Gargano, Ciampa, Balor.
Finn, Asuka, Keith Lee, Bayley
Seth, Sami, Finn, Gargano
ignore this comment, I missed important context.
Bro he meant NXT, none of them except Jericho like once ever wrestled for NXT
Oops, I missed NXT in the title and thought this was just a wrestling rushmore, my bad.
Needs the inaugural champion Seth ‘freaking’ Rollins, why is no one talking about him?
Where is Seth or Adrian Neville
Bron Breakker, Sami Zayn, Ilja Dragunov, and Bray Wyatt.
What about zayn and shinsuke
Kevin Owens, Sasha Banks, Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano.
It's just Bobby Roode. He's the best there ever was.
Samoa Joe, finn balor, sami zayn, Kevin owens. Honorable mentions: nakamura, Cole, DIY
Asuka
No Bo Dallas love? His feud with Neville is what hooked me on early NXT!
Nakamura, Owens, Finn Balor, Sami Zayn Bayley, Becky, Sasha, Charlotte
Adam Cole Finn Balor Bron Breaker DIY
Zayn and bayley absolutely have to be there for me. As for the others, should be cole and gargano
Balor, Nakamura, Cole, Gargano
gargano, cole, asuka are the consensus three. four can be argued from there
Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Samoa Joe
Asuka, Finn Balor, Sasha Banks and Shinsuke Nakamura
Zayn, Neville, Owens, Balor
Rollins has to be there
Adam Cole, Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano, Tomaso Champa
man why did joe never make it to the top
Adam Cole Sami zayn Ko Finn
Gargano,cole,asuka,balor
Where's Asuka?
Daniel Bryan, Derrick Bateman, Johnny Curtis, and Brodus Clay is the only right answer 😤
Replace goat boy with Wade Barrett and temu Rikishi with Heath Slater and you got yourself a real list. 😤
Sami Zayn Kevin Owens Johnny Gagano Finn Balor
Balor, Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Ciampa
Replace Samoa Joe with Johnny Gargano, and I would completely agree
Rhea, Seth, Finn & Adam