Broken Matt Hardy In WWE - What Went Wrong?
Seriously, what could go wrong? The question wasn't hypothetical so much as it was realistically pessimistic.
The manner in which WWE has scythed through almost every "can't miss" NXT prospect over the last few years has been so depressing that it's actually butchered the enjoyment of the otherwise-excellent weekly broadcast. NXT's 2014-15 golden era wasn't just fantastic at surface level; it was augmented by an overarching feeling of hope for just about every performer on the show. Yes, there had to be television time for a Baron Corbin or a Nia Jax, but dark-days-WWE dorks like those two were merely rule-proving exceptions, surely never destined to take up masses of time on Monday Nights.
Beyond that blandness, NXT was the breeding ground for the elite - a place that WWE presumably hoped would render the independent scene OBSOLETE, just as it had Impact Wrestling years earlier.
There was hope, before all was lost.
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