Many people have been speaking about the latest NXT Takeover special in a very positive light given the performances of talent, the passionate crowd and the logical storylines which have been designed to get stars over.
In comparison, Monday night Raw continues to struggle in its three-hour time slot. There are an abundance of issues ranging from storylines which don’t make sense, talent being continually buried in short meaningless matches, and of course the duration of the show.
The comparison is night and day, and that is not good news from a talent relations point of view. WWE talent are frustrated when told they are underperforming in comparison to top acts within NXT, whilst NXT stars who are clearly ready for the step up are becoming disillusioned in waiting for their call up to WWE’s main roster.
On yesterday’s Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez confirmed the above isn’t just speculation and openly discussed how many WWE wrestlers are upset with their treatment on television in comparison to their NXT peers who are given the chance to shine:
“I mean there’s discontent on the main WWE roster over NXT and the sense that all of these NXT performers are getting a chance to go out there and have great wrestling matches during these specials, and meanwhile the Raw roster has to go out there and have short matches on TV in nothing matches, particularly if they are the women.”
In addition, Dave Meltzer has backed up this opinion on his subscriber only message board, adding that NXT stars are also frustrated at waiting for their opportunity to be called up to main WWE programming:
“I get DMs from people on the main roster always after those specials.
It’s a common frustration.
The top NXT performers are frustrated they aren’t on the main roster making money. Then they will get more frustrated when they realize their dream.
WWE guys are frustrated they aren’t having the matches guys in NXT are when they know if they can perform before 400 fans in longer matches they can tear the house down.”
