The official cast of WWE’s “NXT”

The official cast of WWE’s “NXT” was announced last night on ECW. “NXT” will be a hybrid reality/live event show used to help upcoming wrestlers to become WWE Superstars. The cast is made up of eight “Pros” and eight “Rookies” and divided into two teams of “Faces” and “Heels”. The “Pros” are made up of popular WWE Superstars and the “Rookies” are made up of some wrestlers from the FCW promotion:

• Faces:
  Matt Hardy will be mentoring Justin Gabriel
  MVP will be mentoring Skip Sheffield
  Christian will be mentoring Heath Slater
  R-Truth will be mentoring David Otunga

• Heel:
  Chris Jericho will be mentoring Wade Barrett
  Carlito will be mentoring Michael Tarver
  The Miz will be mentoring Daniel Bryan (aka Bryan Danielson)
  CM Punk will be mentoring Darren Young

“NXT” will debut on Tuesday, February 23^rd at 10 pm ET on the Syfy channel.

Go to WWE.com for more information about “NXT”.