From @andyclemo: The NXT tag match on Raw was the best thing WWE has done to promote the network in my opinion. Can you think of other good ways to promote network?
That's a great point and I agree with you. Doing something like that again would be a good start. We saw it once this past week with Zayn & Neville beating Kidd & Breeze, but why not do that more often? It doesn't even have to be an every week thing. It can be something they do on Raw every two or three months. Call it the "NXT Showcase Match" on Raw and let them do their thing for five minutes. It would be great to see a "60 Second NXT Recap" segment that aired during Raw. It would be a way to showcase the key segments from the previous week's edition of NXT and then plug that the show airs Thursday nights on WWE Network. Raw is a three hour show. There's a lot of filler on it every week as well as replays of things we've already seen. Why not spend one minute of the three hour broadcast to promote NXT? It would help NXT a lot. Another idea is to involve the NXT Champion in storylines on Raw & Smackdown. It could be something where WWE rewards the NXT Champ by putting him on the main TV shows. It's a reward for the NXT Champion. That way when there's a battle royal or something, the NXT Champion can be a part of it too. They could also run angles where that Champion beats an established main roster guy, then that person shows up on NXT, costs that guy the NXT Title and then there's a ready made feud right there. There are a number of great things WWE can do to promote NXT on Raw and Smackdown. Hopefully what we saw last Monday was just the start of it.
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