10 Problems WWE Caused Themselves With NXT
4. It's Become Too Big
Making your WWE debut must be an intimidating moment. It can make or break you and a lifetime of training can't prepare you for that. Which is why a developmental territory makes so much sense, as it allows for your first time in a WWE ring to take place in a small venue with a small crowd far away from the prying eyes of a TV audience. Except, NXT doesn’t do that.
Instead, the likes of Oney Lorcan are thrown on to a brand that a lot of wrestling fans prefer to Raw and SmackDown. A brand where wrestling excellence is seen as key. How the hell is that supposed to work? How are you meant to learn when you are already expected to be brilliant?
There’s nothing wrong with wrestlers putting on great matches in NXT. With the talent there it would be impossible to stop them. But, by getting as big as they have, they’ve raised the pressure. They’ve made entering developmental as big a step as being promoted to the main roster. You’re no longer playing to a crowd of hundreds like you would have in FCW or OVW but instead one of thousands, and that’s got to be scary.