Thread: Your most "Against The Grain" opinion on wrestling
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Old 08-07-2016, 06:01 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Maluco View Post
But is that not the point though? Guys like Tyler Breeze, Ascension, and now, Vaudevillians have been in their comfortable NXT enviroment and it has failed completely to prepare them to get over on the main brand. The guys that are getting over are the guys that are coming in ready from their years on the indie circuit.

Even the females, like Paige, Becky, and even a very young Sasha, started their training outside WWE and were having regular matches for different promotions before they came in.

Charlotte is the only 100% WWE/NXT made star on the roster...and she just happens to be Ric Flair's daughter. Its safe to say she could have learned anywhere and that her name opened doors. (Although I think she is great so wouldn't deny her being able to say she earned it herself)

Basically, does NXT do anything that wrestling for smaller promotions doesn't?

I would argue the opposite, I think the NXT bubble actually hinders performers and doesn't adequately prepare them for what's to come, or for what works in big arenas on the main roster. When it comes to sinking or swimming, they sink and they don't know how to change it up for stop the slide.

The guys who swim were swimming for a long time and in many different places before they arrived in WWE. They know how to adapt, react and work crowds.

Up to this point in time, NXT is a failure in what it set out to be.
There is some truth to this, and I recently found myself questioning if NXT has achieved anything OVW/DSW/FCW hadn't already been achieving in past years (albeit with an enhanced production giving us a great hour of wrestling every week).

But there's also a lot to be said about how the guys are presented when they arrive on the main roster. Owens, Zayn, and now Balor were all given purpose and a push; Owens went over Cena in his first match! Where as the likes of The Vaudevillains, and Breeze quietly debuted on SmackDown (NotLive) and were never given any sense of purpose; there were so many things they could have done with Breeze to establish him as a character prior to an in-ring debut and subsequent jobber status.

I think guys like Zayn, Owens, et al know how to "maximise their minutes" because of all their experience elsewhere, but WWE help by putting them a step ahead of other NXT graduates.
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