Are you enjoying this rebuilding phase of NXT?

[Deleted]

I'm enjoying the fact that it's giving a lot of previously underutilized guys like Steve Cutler and Angelo Dawkins an opportunity to build character and improve, and I love Nakamura as champion, but I honestly haven't sat down and watched a full show in weeks. I feel like right now is such a great time to be a WWE fan that it's almost like a comedy of riches because there's good wrestling on almost every single day between Smackdown, then CWC, (parts of) RAW, and all of the Network content. NXT just hasn't been something I've been clamoring to watch, given the hours upon hours of new content that's put out each week.

[lemonyellowson]

Nakamura, joe, Kenta busting fools, asuka, Aries, rooooooooo, Dillinger, tmdk, the revival, are all still around so I'm happy enough to watch some of the new guys get development time at the minute.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

No. On both the "Indy" and "homegrown" fronts it's a massive downgrade from the days of "Kevin Owens and His Amazing Friends". Nakamura, Joe, and Hideo and to a lesser extent Oney, and Swann are the only people I'm invested in. I've wanted WWE to push the homegrown talents for a while and they give me Angel Dawkins, Steve Cutler and Tino Sabatelli. That's like a middle finger dipped in a shit sundae.

[A Platypus Rave]

Absolutely, Jose is surprisingly better than his gimmick would have led me to believe.

Joe and Asuka are still the killers.

The Revival, DIY, are great tag teams.

Aries, Cien, TM61, and a few others are getting into their groove.

and of course Nakamura is the god damned man.

[ben:friendship frog]

I must admit I don't watch it religiously like I used to, I tend to binge watch before the Takeovers. In some ways that's better as all the storylines are fresh in my mind and there's no risk of me getting burned out like I do watching RAW's 3 hour crapfest every week.

[Deleted]

I've been strictly watching Takeovers for a long time. I don't really like NXT's weekly show at all.

[Mister Pigwell]

I enjoy them but like some others I binge watch them in bunches rather than keep up weekly.
There's some good stuff but it's not must see tv for me currently.

[abjordans]

I watch it and enjoy it. But, it doesn't have that special "these are our guys" feeling you got with Bayley, Sami Zayne, Enzo and Cass, Tyler Breeze, Sasha Banks etc.

[bearned]

It's still really good. Look at the level of talent on the roster now and it's still pretty stacked, apart from the womens division.

[Tea & Crumpets]

I'm more tempted now than ever to shell out for the Network for NXT, in honesty. The last few years it's been Dream Mega Indy, but after the recent callups and incoming signings like Roddy Strong, it's now sort of...Dream Mega Indy of 2005-07, which is when I was most closely following the indies. It's bizarrely more my scene atm.

[FAR5222]

I only watch Takeovers and and certain things from weekly NXT if I want to see it.

[Perfect Timing]

More jobber type showcases but I have no doubt the show will get better.

[Mayonnaise]

Times like this I wish they even 15 more minutes just so they could highlight one or two more people. Other than that, yeah, it's fine.

[Allie Kitsune]

Sort of. I like the idea of the rebuilding, but Steve Cutler and Liv Morgan aren't doing it for me at all.

[Deleted]

I don't watch every episode. I binge watch when there's nothing on TV.

[IMPRESSIVE knightwing1047]

I absolutely love the men's and tag divisions in NXT. The talent pool is insane.

In my opinion, the only thing about NXT that's taken a hit is the women's division, but there's so much potential there! I'm really interested to see how far Liv Morgan (who's shoot name is still more marketable imo) and Billie Kay can go and grow. I have a feeling, if done properly, Ember Moon could be huge for NXT and later WWE.

Makes me wonder, though why they haven't attempted to sign women like Deonna Purrazzo, Rachel Ellering and Santana Garrett with all the voids left in the roster. These women are excellent workers and have potential to be big deals fairly quick.

[A Platypus Rave]

Sept 15, 2016 16:57:41 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

I've wanted WWE to push the homegrown talents for a while and they give me Angel Dawkins, Steve Cutler and Tino Sabatelli. That's like a middle finger dipped in a shit sundae.

ok Seriously, Tino has had 1 match on TV and he lost.

Angelo Dawkins has never won a match.

Neither of those guys are being pushed.

[Scott]

It still reminds me of old school Saturday wrestling so as long as that continues, I'm there.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Just keep giving me more Aliyah and Rachel Ellering and I will be fine.

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Sept 15, 2016 21:41:29 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Sept 15, 2016 16:57:41 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

I've wanted WWE to push the homegrown talents for a while and they give me Angel Dawkins, Steve Cutler and Tino Sabatelli. That's like a middle finger dipped in a shit sundae.

ok Seriously, Tino has had 1 match on TV and he lost.

Angelo Dawkins has never won a match.

Neither of those guys are being pushed.

But they exist, and that's too much for some people. Angelo Dawkins has literally only ever jobbed, and Steve Cutler has exactly one win.

I'm enjoying the rebuild. It's great to see some of these people who have been signed for a while finally get their TV characters and a shot at being on weekly. No one is a finished product yet, but that's the point of NXT. Guys like Steve Cutler and Oney Lorcan are building their image and in a few months we could be looking at some seriously hot talents. Nakamura, Joe, Revival, Asuka, etc are carrying the brand, but there's a lot of space and time for these new guys to come in and do great things. Even TM61 and Andrade Almas are still trying to reach their full potential, and once they do, it's going to be awesome. Now you add in the CWC crew and you've got some much to work with and look forward to.

They really need to get fully behind Tye ASAP though. He's ready to play with the top NXT guys.