10 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE NXT (Sept 25)
Limited Entertainment Interruption.
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?