8 Ways NXT System Might Be Setting Up New WWE Superstars To Fail

6. Less Exposure Is A Good Thing

By 2013, Sheamus had wrestled 305 televised matches. In his entire career, Austin managed 270. Hulk Hogan only managed 191. How do these numbers make sense? During Austin's heyday, there was two hours of WWE wrestling on TV every week. Just RAW, and that's it, with maybe a few specials thrown in. Nowadays, WWE have three hours of Raw, two of Smackdown, one of Main Event, one of Superstars. That's a whopping 7 hours of televised wrestling every week. That's enough to sate even a rabid fan's hunger, and then some, and then some more, and then more after that. By comparison, NXT is one hour every week. Apart from the quarterly specials, that's it. The superstars on NXT are much MUCH less exposed sometimes going a week or two without being televised, which helps them to craft auras of mystery, fine-tune their skills, work on their move-set. It also means that fans are left permanently wanting more, which creates more excitement in the shows they do get to see. This impacts on gimmicks as well. Adam Rose's party gimmick was a blast because we didn't see him and his Rosebuds every week. When the party was in town, it felt more special. Now that he's featured every week on the main roster, often more than once, it feels much less special. It almost gets irritating to see him so much.