At this time, WWE is heavily promoting the debut of Lars Sullivan. We have not received any confirmation about when it will actually happen. But the intensity in the promos indicates that this NXT Superstar will get a huge push upon his debut on the main roster. This is why WWE commentators are hyping him up as the ‘hottest free agent in sports entertainment today’.
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The vignettes around Lars Sullivan began from Survivor Series onwards. He stopped performing on the NXT brand in order to gear himself up for the big league. Recent reports from Wrestling Observer Newsletter hinted when the debut could actually happen. Additionally, it declared that the original schedule of airing those promos was slightly different.
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Officials thought of airing the video packages of Lars Sullivan from TLC 2018 onwards. This would have continued for more than a month until the debut happened at Royal Rumble 2019. But Vince McMahon saw the video package and it impressed him so much that he decided to put it on TV at Survivor Series.
This certainly gave more timespan for the commentators to hype up the debut. The source continued that it is still likely to happen at Royal Rumble 2019, (courtesy wwfoldschool.com)
“WWE would’ve then promoted Lars’ debut for over a month and he would’ve finally debuted at the Royal Rumble 2019 PPV, where he would’ve revealed his decision of which brand he’s going to be on. WWE still hasn’t revealed any date for Lars’ debut, so it’s still possible that he makes his debut at Royal Rumble 2019.”
WWE Raw and Smackdown have been bidding their best to get this behemoth under their banner, as per storylines. The source also gave updates that Lars Sullivan would make the first appearance at Royal Rumble and then choose the preferred brand, all by himself.
This led to another potential debut at Royal Rumble PPV. The same source hinted another NXT recruit is waiting to enter the mainstay league. He is none other than the former NXT Champion, Aleister Black. These two might decide to show up on the main roster, consecutively. The current plan is to have Lars Sullivan on Raw and Aleister Black on Smackdown.
Both these superstars are physically rare specimens. Especially, Lars Sullivan is a behemoth much similar to that of Braun Strowman. Vince McMahon always has a special investment in these bigger superstars. So Lars Sullivan can consider himself to be lucky. Proving his potential could establish him as the next big thing on either Raw or Smackdown.