10 Reasons WWE Was Great In 2016
6. Success Of The NXT Brand
NXT has continued its trend of excellence into 2016 with 4 successful, sold out Takeover PPV's and a touring brand with both veteran and upcoming young superstars. The recipe that has made NXT so successful and such a hot product is simple: easy to follow stories where there are personal issues driving the narrative. Heels vs. Baby Faces.
NXT is successful because it does not attempt to reinvent the wheel, so to speak. It uses the basic principles of professional wrestling to get its talent over and allows for a certain amount of organic reactions from both superstars and fans.
Boo Andrade Cien Almas? No problem, he turns heel. Just like in any other era in wrestling. Not at the main roster level (as seen with Roman Reigns) where there is still a certain level of stubbornness in terms of creative direction. Treat Shinsuke Nakamura as a huge, baby face star in his debut? Great, make him an undefeated (until TakeOver Toronto) champion who takes on all comers. This brand is simple, no nonsense, and old school booking at its best. Their success will lead to success at the main roster level once some executive changes take place. Sorry Vince, their product is better and Trips is doing a better job.