 However, he was able to make several appearances on "Raw" and "SmackDown", but most of them were squash matches against the likes of Brodus Clay.When WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT, McIntyre was inserted into the Gold Rush Tournament to crown the inaugural NXT Champion, where he lost to Seth Rollins in the quarter-finals on 1 August episode of "NXT".McIntyre also participated in a number one contender fatal four-way elimination match on 7 November episode of "NXT", but was eliminated by Bo Dallas.