4. You Never Know Where NXT Wrestlers Are Going To Appear
Sami Zayn's appearance at an Evolve show and that weird era where Samoa Joe was just seemingly kinda wrestling for anybody whenever he wanted make NXT INCREDIBLY different from the main roster. There was once a time when ECW and the WWF had a loose talent exchange occurring that allowed things like Jerry "The King" Lawler going from ringside at Raw to caning Tommy Dreamer in the testicles at the ECW Arena. WWE's main roster talent aren't going to say, appear on Impact Wrestling or wrestle Shinsuke Nakamura anytime soon. The idea that Finn Balor could wrestle AJ Styles at Korakuen Hall for either New Japan or on a WWE Network special, though? Somehow that actually seems entirely possible. NXT's got the wrestling world by the balls right now, while many people think WWE's main roster presentation sucks balls. That's a problematic difference.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.