One aspect where WWE deserve real praise is for their handling of NXT. Stripped down to small arenas, the show comes across like an old-school territory, complete with exclusive belts, events and stars. It's exactly what a development league should be, and the fact it's available on the WWE Network for hardcore fans is the icing on the cake. Men such as Tyson Kidd have toiled for years, becoming lost in the shuffle on shows such as Raw and Smackdown. On NXT, the last graduate of the infamous Hart Family Dungeon appears motivated, and has room to breathe. Adding to this success, newcomers have the essential rub of working alongside men and women WWE fans are already accustomed to, and the result is an unbelievably entertaining show, one which gets it right more often than not. If Smackdown needs a revamp anyway, why not scrap it, and afford the air time to NXT? Wrestling fans all over the world are raving about those three letters, and it would certainly shake up WWE's TV week. Besides, the crowd packed inside Full Sail University may be small, but they genuinely care about what's being presented, which would make a welcome change from the increasingly-bored Smackdown audiences, and negate the need to pipe in crowd noise during post-production.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
