Austin Aries Is Officially In NXT

Only a couple of days after we reported that Austin Aries was possibly in talks to sign with the WWE this week, we get a huge pre-Royal Rumble surprise:

#NXTSpoilers Regal out to introduce AUSTIN ARIES pic.twitter.com/2RqsAUBJew

— Benjamin Tucker (@BTuckerTorch) January 23, 2016

And he's already in a feud with Mr. Indy Killer Baron Corbin:

#NXTSpoilers ARIES IS ASSAULTED BY BARON CORBIN! End of Days on the floor! pic.twitter.com/rFCjKj1sVn

— Benjamin Tucker (@BTuckerTorch) January 23, 2016

With the debuts of Rich Swann, Johnny Gargano, and Tommaso Ciampa, as well as the impending addition of the Bullet Club (and possibly Shinsuke Nakamura) to NXT, the yellow brand is already looking loaded as fuck. A roster that's getting much too big for its britches is not going to stay caged in a one-hour TV show for very long, so we're expecting that much-awaited expansion to happen much sooner rather than later.

WWE isn't even waiting for the NXT episode to air:

How excited are you for NXT's 2016? Let us know what you think in the comments!