It's Official: WWE NXT 2.0 Already Sucks

by Michael Sidgwick
Bron Breakker
WWE

Bron Breakker's intimidating energy jumps the f*ck off the screen, Odyssey Jones just rules, Tony D'Angelo boasts enormous potential as a meme, if nothing else.

Duke Hudson can talk and is charming, the poker player bit is not too awful to haunt him, and they'll bin it off within months anyway. It's basically more Florida Championship Wrestling than Deep South Wrestling, which isn't that much of a compliment, and while FCW developed Roman Reigns and Big E - the best pair of World Champions WWE has promoted together in forever - there are two problems. Vince McMahon being Vince McMahon spent far too long failing them before they made it, and there's no Dr. Tom Prichard to train them. It doesn't matter if Duke Hudson has a good or a bad hand. He's going to be staring at them regardless.

NXT 2.0 takes every cynical thought you ever dreamed up about a Vince McMahon-ran NXT and actually puts it on national television.

It's (mostly) every bit as bad, perversely amusing, and counterproductive as that.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!