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NXT is about developing talent. Triple H's recent strategy has been to sign talent that have already gotten world and television experience and put them in great showings against each other to get the brand over. Sure, it helps Wesley Blake to wrestle Shinsuke Nakamura at an NXT house show, but ultimately there are a lot of guys in NXT that are ready to make money now. Calling them up to a unified roster is just going to get them lost in the shuffle. There's a lot more room for the likes of Joe, Balor, Nakamura, Roode and even Aries with a brand split in place. You can still do what NXT used to do and have main roster talent head down and work special spots on NXT television to keep it hot. Sheamus, Rob Van Dam, Dolph Ziggler and I think even Chris Jericho all made NXT appearances at different points. The talent only need to make one set of tapings and can possibly film a backstage segment, an in-ring promo and then work a match and you're done. Meanwhile guys like Tye Dillinger, Elias Samson, No Way Jose and whoever else you want to debut/use more strongly can get that exposure in front of crowds and hopefully develop into TV-ready talents.
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