Original creative plans for some released NXT stars (Patreon)

There were creative plans for at least two of the releases. Fightful noted that Diamond Mine had been planned months ahead, and Arturo Ruas and Marina Shafir were a part of those plans. Until mid-June, Ruas was penciled in to debut with the Diamond Mine group, but was informed a few days ahead of time that plans had changed for him. There were also plans for Marina Shafir to be involved as a "female enforcer" of sorts, and many on NXT were under the impression that was still going to happen once they debuted, just at a later date.