Yet performed at the level he did in NXT? Hero never clicked with the WWE/TV style it seems. His two best matches in NXT where 15 minute+ and with Regal and Harper, two of the best guys down there. In a standard TV timed match he phoned it in a lot. If you're in developmental, then prove that you want to advance and you will.
His best work is in long matches. So in a sense I'll be happy seeing him out on the indys and possibly in Japan. Seems like a much better environment for him to work in. And having been in WWE opens up more doors for him. Japan pays well so if he can get with one of the big feds over there he can still live very comfortably off of wrestling. And he can possibly go to TNA but that would still require wrestling shorter matches, but the environment may still suit him better than WWE.