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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat
Also doesn't help that a lot of NXT's big stars are around a similar weight to the Cruiser division. If WWE went by their old lightweight system, Cole would be considered as a cruiserweight and stuck on 205 Live instead of being given as big of a spotlight he has received in NXT.
Same for someone like Finn Balor who would be one under the current weight system.
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That's what I meant... there are so many guys they have now, especially being back on their "toy collecting" shit, but how many of them are being promised the moon only to be vetoed by Vince no matter how much they may have going for them otherwise? It took them forever to actually follow through with Daniel Bryan. Shinsuke Nakamura has been IWGP champ more times than AJ Styles, and we were all shocked that WWE pushed his little ass as an exception to the rule (feud with James Ellsworth notwithstanding), in spite of already knowing he was world champ almost everywhere he's been. If Sami Zayn got the same treatment on the main roster that he did in NXT, he'd likely be considered a main-event gatekeeper by now.
It's like the opposite of when Shane Helms was the Crusierweight Champion without a cruiserweight division. Now, most of the combined roster would technically fit the bill, but most of them have more to offer than the specticle spot-monkey purple belt.