NXT has become another WWE brand since moving to the USA Network. NXT when it was still NXT was good because it felt different, and the wrestlers wrestled different and the show was produced different to the other shows. WWE's uniform feel, standardization and production is such a negative imho. They have a cooler arena, and the lack of the abhorrent LED lights is a positive, but they've really gutted NXT too.I hate to sound like a typical Chicagoan, but WWE has gone downhill ever since CM Punk left.
It's hard to watch Raw. It's so long and they really fucked the show up. When it becomes a chore to watch a show, it's a problem.
NXT and PPVs are really the only things WWE can do right.
Thank God for NJPW and AEW
NXT has become another WWE brand since moving to the USA Network. NXT when it was still NXT was good because it felt different, and the wrestlers wrestled different and the show was produced different to the other shows. WWE's uniform feel, standardization and production is such a negative imho. They have a cooler arena, and the lack of the abhorrent LED lights is a positive, but they've really gutted NXT too.
I just don't understand why the developmental brand needed to be on national television. Isn't the point of NXT to be a low-pressure situation for guys to gain experience, improve their ring and promo work and learn without the fear of intense scrutiny by a national audience? If WWE wanted to combat AEW, they could've just made a third brand, take 1/3 of the midcarders from SmackDown, 1/3 from RAW add Balor and Charlotte and throw in a bunch of NXT guys and have it be the pure 'wrestling' show. The AEW audience would readily watch a show with the likes of Akira Tozawa, Chad Gable, Kalisto and others drowning in the midfield.
WWE had a very quick resurgence in 2016, after the brand-split. It basically died again right after the 2017 draft, which is when I lost interest after an almost constant viewership from even before I can remember, around 2001.I stopped watching the day after mania
Lesnar vs Goldberg w/Austin as ref
I just couldn’t watch wrestling for years after that.
I heard Brock had returned and had to see what he was up to in the wrestling world and instantly was side swept by the women’s division in WWE mainly Charlotte Flair
Knowing her father by rep and being a huge fan I had to see how good she was and if she could live up to the family name
Now I just see her as the greatest women’s wrestler of all time and don’t link her to Ric as she doesn’t need the family name to trade on
She created her own legend over the years so much so you might start to ask
Is Ric now trading on her name on screen haha
Well seeing as he is probably the goat , I think a lot of people will shoot down that comment.
Since then I have watched every nxt episode and caught up with all the major story lines of past years and find myself wishing I had caught the CM Punk era and Daniel B but life takes priority and time was not something I had during my 20s
Now I find myself with a lot more time on my hands so wrestling has become my obsession once again
2004 - 2016 was quite a hiatus and thanks to the network ,I found myself binge watching years of wrestling in the matter of weeks
Now I find myself hooked on AEW and NXT but I only catch up with raw and smack down before major PPVs to see what story lines they are running but most of the time I’m bored senseless
AEW can be hit and miss but I love the roster there and want to see more matches between Rey Fenix and Kenny Omega
By far the greatest match they have gave us to date
Instant 5 star classic
Rey should get a push to face Cody at some point though
I would love to see him draped in AEW gold