WWE Needs To Eliminate NXT

by Michael Sidgwick
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NXT isn't a third brand that takes a battering most Wednesdays. It's meant to shape the very future of the company, and that company is failing quite drastically to secure viewers for its own. The median age of the average WWE fan should terrify investors.

How many seminal, unforgettable promos has NXT yielded, really? It's a dream match factory, and in a further indictment of a very expensive system that is meant to act as the foundation of WWE itself, those legends of the TakeOver stage didn't train in the Performance Center, which, since its 2013 opening, has produced a damningly small crop of in-house talent.

In the modern era of TakeOver, the humble, expressive confines of EVOLVE and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla shaped the card. Wrestlers get over better by working in front of discerning, demanding, taste-making crowds than they do under the watch of a select group of coaches and from one specific - and passé - style guide. The future isn't now.

The future, and this has proven itself twice over during Vince McMahon's day, lies in a wider wrestling industry in moderate health.

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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 surefire Undisputed WWE Universal 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!