10 Times Wrestling Ruined What You Loved

4. NXT (Again)

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Technically, wrestling didn't ruin NXT. But the cruel mechanisms of the wrestling business and the billionaires that run it absolutely did.

Vince McMahon doesn't and will not consider WWE wrestling, but the sudden prospect of another wrestling company existing was enough for him to jack NXT up beyond its means, dump it onto the the USA Network and slaughter it's credit, credibility and kudos all to try and dilute that rival organisation's success.

That strategy failed profoundly and was one of the first objective measures of just how out of touch the former Chairman was becoming, but the show's panic booking, stunt-casting and melodrama overkill served to expedite the decline of Triple H's pet project being something the discerning audience genuinely loved too.

A need for more major matches than the brand could theoretically provide ultimately harmed the prestige of the TakeOver branding, clattering it from a hard-earned pedestal as the most reliable offering in the industry.

 
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