10 Major Challenges Facing WWE In 2021
5. Setting Up The New NXT
Recent reports posited the prospect of an NXT sub-promotion launching in the near future that will look to separate the Wednesday Night USA Network roster from those still in need of significant training and seasoning.
This will do away with the bad faith actors that still refer to the black-and-gold brand as "developmental", but how exactly can/will it function as a successful television show?
If WWE's rationale is that the segments starring newcomers no longer works on a show losing a ratings war, then that's sort of their tough sh*t for starting it. Furthermore, if not enough people are watching those bits, why on earth would more tune in for another show featuring nothing but them?
NXT UK hasn't got much of audience, and thus already feels like the promotion their pitching on home soil. For every Walter/Ilja Dragunov, there's...every other match that's aired on NXT UK in the past two years. It's going to be quite the juggling act - an American version of whatever that show is would surely share its struggles, all while the original NXT needs a bit of TLC in its own right.
(Tender loving care. Christ, no more ladder matches on there for a while, please...)