Joseph Staszewski Zilla Fatu’s WWE arrival is perfect cap to NXT’s roster overhaul By Joseph Staszewski Published Aug. 13, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET Zilla Fatu during his NXT debut on Aug. 11, 2026. YouTube/WWE Zilla Fatu was the cherry on top of NXT overhauling the main event tier of its men’s roster.
Let’s be honest — because Grayson Waller was during his “pipe bomb” segment three weeks ago. The upper half of NXT’s women’s division has much more star power remaining and developed after a wave of main roster call-ups — and still does even with Tatum Paxley making the jump and Lola Vice likely not far behind to join Sol Ruca, Fatal Influence, Jordynne Grace, Blake Monroe, Lash Legend and Giulia.
The men were stripped more bare as Oba Femi, Trick Williams, Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Ethan Page and JeVon Evans went up.
Tony D’Angelo was the best choice to give the NXT championship some stability and Naraku was a fine addition from New Japan, but WWE certainly saw it needed more — especially if you are going to counterprogram AEW pay-per-views with Worlds Collide and Heatwave.
