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I actually can't remember the last time that happened in WWE, NXT call ups only happen when they already drop the belt nowadays instead of the beginning where they are still Champion.Until they get that big name indie person and decide to have them debut on NXT with it to raise their profile from the get-go, then they just carry it around for the better part of the year as a hood ornament until no one really cares.
Not that this is exactly a new phenomenon, but it tends to be rather boring when new talent comes in and their first storyline is "I want to trade up for a nicer looking championship than the one I've already got".
Still better than the reverse, when they made Dean Ambrose Intercontinental Champion at the end of 2016 just cause he finished his losing feud with AJ Styles over the WWE Championship and gave him the IC Title as a consolation prize completing screwing over The Miz work for the title in the first place