10 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Sept 25)

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The new NXT is here.

With last week's uneven but at-times thrilling debut, the black-and-gold brand announced approximately half of itself as the show to watch on Wednesday nights for at least two weeks. Externally, the company could fire off all sorts of reasons why they were willing to split the show between USA and their own Network, but an attempt to take an early advantage in the impending Wednesday Night War was the obvious motivator. Triple H wouldn't have put over the fans as being in his "foxhole" if the narrative didn't command it.

A very very strong first hour followed by a passable second helped the show achieve the better part of 1.2million viewers - a stunning achievement all things considered, but a lofty target for week two. This is, however, the life they've chosen. Expectations could and should remain high. This is not a cup of coffee in the big time, no matter how likely it is Randy Savage would have enjoyed much of the meshing of old school action with modern era technicolour.

This is NXT as we know it, for now and the near future at least. How would the establishing job continue as the group aimed to make the most of their final week unopposed?

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett