NXT Should Be On Primetime TV

By Scott Fishman

This week Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins competed in one of the most critically acclaimed matches on Raw this year.

The "cool kids" of the WWE Universe see this type of action by flipping on their computers and watching NXT on a regular basis.

More often than not the company's developmental territory delivers better programming than what we see on TV on Monday or Friday nights.

NXT gave us the likes of the Shield, Big E Langston and countless others. Before the Wyatt family was coming to WWE, they were getting people talking on NXT. Their shows have an old school feel to it. It's almost a throwback to the territory days with current WWE superstars coming in from time to time to work with the talent and help draw a good house.

They tell stories and have well thought storylines. Each TV taping appears exciting with the intimate crowd giving off great energy. The female performers actually have time to develop their personas and improve in the ring.

Steve Keirn, Triple H and the other staff who are responsible for the tremendous evolution of NXT, formerly billed as Florida Championship Wrestling, should be given a pat on the back. However, one must ask how a show this good can only be found on platforms such as Hulu Plus? Fans should be able to watch this on USA Network or another channel (And don't tell me to wait for the WWE Network because I'm still waiting on those WWE ice cream bars).

More times than not WWE will have the same match ups on its shows every week. I understand they have so many hours to produce, making it hard to create fresh and interesting contests all the time. With that said, why not give an hour to NXT? If Raw is three hours on USA Network, why not dedicate 8 p.m. to the future superstars of tomorrow.

It's hard to imagine me saying this a few years ago given what NXT was in its infancy. NXT was really a unique concept that debuted on SyFy and introduced us to a number of today’s top WWE performers. Eventually, the program lost its way by the end of the first season. Then by the third cycle featuring divas in training it became hard to watch. In their defense, they did introduce the WWE Universe to most of the female roster today, including the entertaining AJ Lee. The show's run ended on the network, and it faded into WWE.com obscurity.

NXT in its current form deserves to be seen by as many fans as possible. Therefore WWE should seriously consider talking to USA Network in making NXT the lead for Raw. If not an hour-long, then maybe a half-hour. You could even call it an “NXT Showcase”. I’m sure the program can spare a few minutes less of pushing the WWE APP and the Great Khali dancing to squeeze in some gold old fashion wrestling from the up-and-comers.

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