Simply put, if you cant enjoy NXT, you might want to stop watching WWE right now. The companys developmental territory is the main (if not, only) pipeline for future WWE superstars, and weve seen during the past couple years just how great some of the talent that has come through the territory really is. The members of the Shield, Paige, Bray Wyatt, Rusev and others all have come through NXT. NXT has given us Kalisto, Neville and Kevin Owens during the first half of this year, with Sami Zayn getting a major spotlight as well. Meanwhile, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami, Samoa Joe, Tyler Breeze, the Vaudevillains and others fill the ranks of NXT, waiting for their opportunity on the main roster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nAU_a5c388 And thats not even touching the NXT women. Three of them made their debut in the second half of this year just on Monday (Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks), but you still have Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Carmella and Dana Brooke plying their trade in NXT. The one-hour weekly program on the WWE Network is an enjoyable diversion from the usual goings-on of Raw and Smackdown, with different characters and different presentation. Its one of the biggest high points of the year, hands down.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
