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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla
Just because you couldn't see it doesn't mean it wasn't happening. You could watch it online. In a comprehensive list about NXT, it would be silly to not include Seth Rollins. Neville was not the first NXT champion. That's just false.
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I know Seth was in NXT, and I know he was in the first NXT Champ. My point is that it was NXT before it was a 3rd brand. He was long gone before they had takeover specials.
Neville won the first title match aired to a nationwide audience. Yes technically Bo walked in champ, and yes Neville is technically the 4th NXT Champion, but the brand grew its rep starting when it became widely available, and Neville was the guy at the start of that time period.
I have watched every episode of NXT, but Rollins is certainly not the 3rd biggest star in NXT. I am not talking about what he became, but what he was in NXT.
If he was the 3rd biggest NXT star, he wouldn't have been unknown when he debuted in the WWE with the Shield. Him and Roman both came in with a totally new gimmick (Ambrose wasn't on NXT TV until after the Shield debuted in WWE), and 99% of the audience was none the wiser.
Seth was already in WWE for 15+ months when the Network launched.
Seth is included due to the legacy and what not, but again, barely responsible for what NXT became.