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Shawn Michaels admits WWE NXT often scrambles over main-roster call-ups

Posted: Nov 3rd 2026 By: Shounak Chakribarti

WWE main-roster call-ups are a real thing and often has the people working in NXT on their toes.

Just days after WWE’s Shawn Michaels opened up about NXT scrambling over main-roster call-ups, Cruz Montana was called up to WWE RAW, where he joined Royce Keys’ 946.

Speaking on Busted Open NXT Halloween Havoc Preview, Michaels opened up about the brand scrambling over call-ups and how it often gets tough.

“You just learn not to sell too much and understand that those things are gonna happen. If you’re going to be here and work in NXT, you just kind of get used to that possibility happening,” Michaels added.

“If an injury happens on a main roster standpoint and they were going towards certain storylines and a major person went out and they need somebody in there … they could pull out a person and boom, they’re there and then they’re done, and you don’t get an opportunity to finish up a storyline or something of that nature. So those are always real possibilities.”

“We are at least allowed to be able to go out there and say, from a television standpoint, ‘This happened, so-and-so was called up,’ and there you have it. But we have to also then have the backup plan when those things do happen.

“We find ourselves scrambling a lot, but that’s the joy of the job, to be perfectly honest. It’s tough sometimes, but it’s also exciting because it keeps you on your toes,” Michaels added.