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Sept 1, 2015 11:09:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 11:09:28 GMT -5
It's high time that it just became it's own brand and stopped being referred to as "developmental". Great wrestlers like Sasha Banks, Paige, Kevin Owens, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and more are bought up to the main roster and at first, made to look great, but within a month, they look like scrubs.
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Owens - Gets a CLEAN PPV WIN OVER JOHN CENA. One month later, stuck in the mid card with no direction.
Paige - Wins the Divas Title on her debut. One month later, is put in a stupid angle with AJ full of pointless lesbian undertones.
Becky, Sasha, Charlotte - Debut by attacking the Champion and her crew and announce a "Diva Revolution". One month later, stuck in 6 minute tag matches with no direction.
Comparing the way that they're being handled in NXT to the way that they're being handled on the main roster is really no contest. Sasha had a ***** match with Bayley at TakeOver and the next night she lost a throwaway boring tag team match. Balor, Zayn, Itami, Bayley, Breeze, and others are 100% better off where they are. Getting "promoted" to the main roster is more like a demotion than anything else. NXT should be its own brand, like a modern day WWECW.
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Post by ZDB on Sept 1, 2015 11:10:41 GMT -5
It is the Developmental
Label it whatever you want but that's what it is at the moment, I don't have an issue with them calling it what it is
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 1, 2015 11:14:47 GMT -5
Finn Balor says he sees it as his own brand and even stated that he wanted to stay there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 11:19:16 GMT -5
Triple H also said over Wrestlemania weekend that NXT has become its own brand. Steph recorded and posted Triple H saying "Developmental? My ass!" at the NXT show that took place Wrestlemania weekend.
I view it as both developmental AND its own brand. For veterans like Rhyno, Joe and even Balor it's a brand. For new wrestlers like Corbin, Enzo, Carmella, etc. it's more developmental.
It'll never truly become its own brand until pay goes up. Although, Owens (I believe) said in an interview that once they started running more shows outside of Full Sail that the pay went up.
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Sept 1, 2015 11:31:15 GMT -5
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Post by Happy Pizza on Sept 1, 2015 11:31:15 GMT -5
I think they need to tweak the current setup. If their plan is to take it on the road as its own televised alternative to RAW, then I don't think it can remain a developmental territory at the same time. Right now expectations for anybody appearing on the show are through the roof. If you send a guy who's a little green out there to gain some experience he'll instantly get hit with "you can't wrestle" chants which could potentially derail a career. Right now they need like an NXT B-show.
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Post by J12 on Sept 1, 2015 11:35:53 GMT -5
I think at this point, the term "developmental" is changing.
If you're a pro wrestler looking to make it to the grand stage, WWE is the only game in town. With that mentality, any promotion that isn't WWE could considered "developmental." For most of the guys working in Ring of Honor who want to become WWE superstars, what is Ring of Honor doing for them? Developing their skills and honing their craft so that they can one day catch the attention of the big boys.
That's not to say it's every single wrestler's dream to make it to WWE, and that's certainly fine too. If you are striving for that, though, isn't everything just developmental?
NXT is a feeder system. It's a place where people can make mistakes and not be crucified for it, and also develop a feel for what it's like to have the pressure of television cameras, large audiences, etc.
What I'm getting at, I guess, is that NXT's label doesn't change. Our definition of the label does.
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Sept 1, 2015 13:03:55 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Sept 1, 2015 13:03:55 GMT -5
NXT is no longer developmental, it has become its own brand. I do agree that the NXT call ups have been handled badly, it's a shame because they are all really talented.
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Sept 1, 2015 13:24:37 GMT -5
Post by torriefan4life on Sept 1, 2015 13:24:37 GMT -5
NXT needs to be on in the place of Smackdown and be its own brand.
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Sept 1, 2015 13:29:16 GMT -5
Post by attitudesback on Sept 1, 2015 13:29:16 GMT -5
It's ass backwards that's for sure. Why these superstars are called up yet still care about this lower brand is beyond me. And then to go back down and lose? Stupid. It's making the guys from these "lower branded guys" look stronger than the guys who are supposed to be good enough to go in the main stage to become a legend.
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Sept 1, 2015 13:52:12 GMT -5
Post by Yambag Jones on Sept 1, 2015 13:52:12 GMT -5
Once again, proof that Vince running things has run its course. How many more careers does this guy need to ruin before WWE gets taken away from him? Steph and Triple H taking over can't come soon enough.
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Sept 1, 2015 14:30:23 GMT -5
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Post by Sizzle on Sept 1, 2015 14:30:23 GMT -5
Pfft, if I was an NXT Wrestler, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be called up to the Main Roster, seeing what happened to everyone else. This a reason why I don't want to see Enzo and Big Cass, who I am loving and have loved for a while now, get called up. It'll hurt them more than help them. They may get the eyes of more fans, but to me it isn't worth it.
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Sept 1, 2015 14:38:48 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 14:38:48 GMT -5
I feel like I only hear WWE staff refer to it as a "brand." I can't remember the last time they called it development.
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Sept 1, 2015 15:29:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 15:29:25 GMT -5
By "it's own brand" I was trying to say that it shouldn't be a stepping stone to get to the main roster, but rather it's own main roster brand.
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 1, 2015 15:32:56 GMT -5
I wouldn't wanna get "called up" from NXT. It's almost like a demotion lol.
I haven't looked at it as "developmental" for a while now.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 1, 2015 15:44:48 GMT -5
Finn Balor says he sees it as his own brand and even stated that he wanted to stay there. Easy for him to say when he's one of the few wrestlers in developmental that got signed to a big money contract. For most of them, the main roster is going to feed their families a lot better than the few hundred bucks a week in Florida. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 15:50:40 GMT -5
I call it it's own brand.
Developmental is at the performance centre
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Sept 1, 2015 16:55:02 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Sept 1, 2015 16:55:02 GMT -5
It is developmental. People always forget that just because they have people down there like Joe and Zayn and Balor and Itami and so on its still always going to be developmental, a way to establish a fan base for people before hitting Raw and Smackdown. And at the end of the day there's still people like Chad Gable and Bull Dempsey and Baron Corbin and Jason Jordan who are all still learning and that's why it's developmental and that should be at the back of people's minds...
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Sept 1, 2015 18:36:38 GMT -5
Post by Rontaro13 on Sept 1, 2015 18:36:38 GMT -5
NXT is still developmental no matter what Triple H or anyone else says. Now with how people have viewed those being called up from NXT. Saying Kevin Owens, Paige, and the 3 girls from NXT have no direction right now is basically equal to saying that they are stuck on Superstars and aren't being featured on Raw and Smackdown with a storyline, which is not happening to either of them.
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Post by Brad on Sept 1, 2015 22:29:57 GMT -5
No. It works as is. Don't fix what isn't broken.
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Sept 2, 2015 0:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by A-Rob on Sept 2, 2015 0:48:06 GMT -5
It's developmental anyway you look at it. But the way it's branded it feels like an indy promotion.
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