NXT: 10 Worst Creative Decisions Of The Full Sail Era

Mojo Rawley has never been over during his two year run in NXT.

I'll preface this by saying that it's not entirely his fault. If anything he is a victim of the current state of WWE's developmental system, which is focused on fetching the hottest talents from the independents and Japan and combining them to create a super roster. 

As much as we love having Finn Balor, Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe and Apollo Crews on one roster, it actually hinders young men like Rawley who don't have the years of indie experience. NXT is a developmental system after all, and it should exist for rookies like Rawley, Baron Corbin, and Bull Dempsey, who actually need the training.

Because of the insane amount of talented indy stars, NXT fans tend to switch off whenever homegrown college football players enter the NXT arena, and as such Mojo Rawley found himself booed almost from the start. Having never worked in ROH or New Japan, and possessing no flashy moves (his finsher was a hip attack!), fans remained silent for his debut. 

The silence would escalate to "go away heat" when Rawley was given several squash victories and the announcers tried in vain to get his "Stay Hyped" catchphrase over.

Mojo was simply not ready for the push he very nearly received. Fortunately the powers that be recognized this and pulled the plug. Maybe we fans should be more open minded towards these non indy wrestlers, but at the time absolutely no one was "hyped" for Mojo.