WON 8/1/2022 NXT To Undergo Changes

WON 8/1/2022 NXT To Undergo Changes

Here's what was said in the Observer this week about NXT:

"In NXT, the belief was that the product will revert back somewhat to Levesque’s previous vision of it. The belief was that while they will continue to heavily recruit top tier athletes, a process Levesque has been a key player in over the past year, that they would be more open to use more experienced wrestling talent as well, and that going forward the door would be more open to better wrestlers who weren’t as big or as good looking as McMahon wanted on the roster."

My thoughts:

It's really sad news and a real loss for the wrestling business.

NXT has been extremely successful in developing talent over the last year. It has produced one of the best rookie classes ever and they've produced more people in the last year then HHH did in the last few years. I just cannot fathom why you'd change it unless you are hunting for bigger TV ratings.

NXT has also been such a breath of fresh air in wrestling. There is just no other show like it with the various over the top characters and the really fun non-wrestling segments. It's a lot like the Hogan era of WWF and it's been so much fun to watch.

And as we've already seen, there's no use in pandering to the reddit and Meltzer types. The last version of NXT had good matches every week and had all their favorites on, yet they abandoned it the second AEW came around. Then they had the nerve to bitch about the change even though they never watched it and even though they absolutely refuse to watch NXT UK, which is exactly what their favorite era of NXT was.

I legitimately think HHH is going to send wrestling back a decade if he gets his hands back on this show. After one year, NXT has produced some great rookies like Tony, The Creeds, Bron, Tiffany, Damon Kemp plus they got a ton out of people like Waller, Hayes and Chase, who HHH did nothing with. And that's just after one year and not counting some of the 2nd class of NXT guys like Tatum Paxley, Myles Borne and Soul Roucka who all look like they have significant potential. Just imagine what this show might look like 5 years from now if they can keep producing like this. They'll have enough talent for multiple brands.

The only good thing that can come out of this is if HHH can continue with the NXT expansion plans. I've always enjoyed WWE Developmental and I like having more new content. I would just love to see what NXT Asia, NXT India and NXT Middle East would have looked like. Even if it didn't work, it would have just been something different.