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Old 12-09-2021, 01:52 PM   #2926
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Originally Posted by #1-norm-fan View Post
When the show first moved to USA they even moved Charlotte to NXT and had the NXT roster go over Raw and Smackdown in the main event of Survivor Series. It made no sense.
That was handed to them by circumstance. The Saudi shenanigans happened, so NXT talent were brought in to fill up SmackDown. This was right around Survivor Series. It was a one-off story, where had they had NXT lose, people would have complained that NXT was buried.

I still don’t see where this idea that having Charlotte go to NXT for a brief spell was loading it up. If they really wanted to load up NXT, they could have used Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Kevin Owens, Asuka and a whole bunch of other main roster talent that the hardcore audience values more. The narrative that WWE really tried their hardest to stomp out AEW just doesn’t hold up.

As for NXT: The show brings in money from USA. It may not do gangbusters, but they also wouldn’t want to overexpose their young talent. It’s a tightrope act. I’d rather they moved NXT back to the Network and/or Hulu and used the USA slot for a different show. But given that NXT does have a presence on the Network, it’s quite possible the show isn’t the complete failure for WWE and NBC Universal that Meltzer and minds make it out to be.

If they wanted to keep NXT on USA without going back to the boutique hardcore fan servicing product, I think there’s a line between black and gold and 2.0 that they can hit. Mix in young developmental guys with experienced vets, like NXT initially was. I used to love it when Aiden English would wrestle Rob Van Dam and Sheamus. Or that brief stint you got Cesaro down there. But that might be the way they are going with them just promoting the old Black and Gold as babyfaces in the War Games match, apparently. They could be resting the concept and introducing elements of it being developmental before they steer it in a more synthesized direction.
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