I hope KO wins and Zayn gets moved up. Hard to believe he's been in NXT for almost TWO YEARS. I think NXT is a great idea, but they keep talent in there way too long. Zayn is 30. Balor and Itami are 33. Are they going to be 35 before they appear on Raw? People like Rock, HHH, Cena, etc. won the championship in the mid to late 20s, and that's after several years of TV appearances. Many others like Austin, Punk, Bryan, Del Rio, Hardy, Edge, etc. won it in their early 30s after years of being stuck in the midcard. I'm trying to think of the oldest person to win a world title for the first time. I think Batista won it when he was 35 or 36.
Again, NXT is a great way for wrestlers to work on their gimmicks and get experience, but I feel like not everyone needs to go through the system. Or at least not for years at a time.