This is evidence for a fandom more than a ship! I nominated WWE and NXT as separate fandoms and while the pairings themselves were accepted the fandoms were merged together into WWE. NXT doesn't have a distinct fandom tag on AO3 but it should - it is it's own distinct thing under the larger WWE umbrella. It has its own branding, its merchandise is separated into it's own section on the WWE online shop (http://shop.wwe.com/nxt/), it airs on the WWE streaming channel and has its own specials, has its own titles, etc. When an NXT wrestler comes to the main WWE shows like Raw and Smackdown it's considered a debut.
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Date: 2016-06-11 01:19 am (UTC)It's also been considered its own fandom in other exchanges! Here's the evidence post from last year's Yuletide: http://yuletide-admin.livejournal.com/188088.html?thread=7981752#t7981752.
Thank you for the consideration!