10 Booking Steps For WWE NXT (25 Sept)

5. Establish The Integration With Other Brands (Or Don't)

Last week's NXT show saw an appearance by a faction from NXT UK, including its champion, and a number one contender's match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. If this is to be the melting pot for all of WWE's "other" brands then cool, but if it's not then they need to avoid making it feel like it is. 205's future is currently up in the air with conflicting reports about it being folded into NXT and it possibly given its own Friday night slot, but we have a champ, and we have a challenger, so we can at least press on.

Arguably, switching 205 to NXT bloats the roster too much, but by the same token having them perform in front of dead crowds after main roster TV tapings is never, ever, ever going to work in the long run. Plus, the idea of a two-hour weekly show somehow having to fit in the NXT Championship, NXT Women's Championship, NXT Tag Team Championship, North American Championship, plus potentially the NXT UK Championship, NXT UK Women's Championship, NXT UK Tag Team Championship and now, on top of all of that, the Cruiserweight Championship?

Something has to give, and whatever it is needs cleared up quickly.