10 Lessons WWE's Main Roster Is Slowly Learning From NXT's Success
9. Wins And Losses Mean Something
Instead of being treated like an undercard act that lost a ton and then *suddenly* were able to string some victories together and become top stars, the tag team of Jason Jordan and Chad Gable have been presented on TV as a unit that hit a hot streak of confidence because of coming together as a team because they were focused on winning the Dusty Rhodes Invitational Tag Team Tournament. The losses incurred by the team on television have come when Jordan was with other partners or when Gable and Jordan have wrestled in singles competition. When together as a tandem, they make sense, their weaknesses are hidden, and they win. Actually, every win Gable and Jordan have had as been presented as mattering, and thus, instead of being a team of midcard jabronies, the duo are rather seen as talented threats. Perception is always reality.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
