7 Ways WWE Can Save The New Reality Era

For every hardened member of the WWE Universe who says the company must "make new stars," the "New Reality" era has (for the most part) solidly sucked in doing so. It's not as if the company isn't trying. Since 2013, well over a dozen fresh faces have debuted in WWE, with varying levels of success. Of late, the success-to-(early) failure ratio has been less than ideal. More than anything, this lack of success should cause a period of awareness to ensue regarding what makes the New Reality era different on a plethora of levels. In covering what makes this era different, as well as ideas to make it a success, here's seven ways that World Wrestling Entertainment can salvage its latest new talent initiative.

7. NXT Spotlight Matches

There should be an award given to any member of the WWE Universe who can currently sit through five hours of Raw and Smackdown on a weekly basis without taking a nap between 9:30-10:30 PM on Mondays, and 8:30-9 PM on Fridays. The WWE midcard is in a position where the talents therein have been in the same position, with or without titles for the better part of 3-5 years. As opposed to the 1980s wherein the Junkyard Dog could be a midcarder forever because the company did not have globally accessible television available to all markets at the same time, WWE fans have seen R-Truth as a mid-card competitor for well over five years, with less midcard time for similarly stale competitors as Curtis "Michael McGillicuty" Axel, Wade "Bad News" Barrett, and so many more. Regarding the "New Reality" era, as compared to WWE's current worldwide cable broadcasts, NXT (from whence the New Reality is emerging) is a fresh and exciting alternative. With this fountain of new and exciting wrestlers available, why hasn't there been a greater emphasis placed on showcasing the developmental brand? It's not to say that NXT should have one match on the show every week. That's overkill and limits the effectiveness of NXT as its own separate signature brand. Rather, the idea of, once a month, a feud getting "so hot" in NXT that the "whole WWE Universe needs to see it," would be exciting. Ideally, NXT commissioner JBL could be shot discussing the idea with Triple H and Stephanie, and in totally playing a sycophant to The Authority, end up getting the opportunity. Injecting Raw with say, Sami Zayn versus Tyler Breeze, or even something like Kalisto versus Adrian Neville could break up the monotony on the program, introduce the WWE Universe to forthcoming talent and possibly even spike a few Network subscriptions. Operating in a similar manner to WCW pushing the cruiserweight division, NXT's mix of athletic wrestling and over-the-top gimmickry could give WWE's "New Reality" era a space to be of great benefit to the company overall.