History RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap / ProfessionalWrestling

** There's a reason that WWE's "[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]!" brand (even when it was just a second show for a unified WWF) has always been named after one of his {{catch phrase}}s.

* The famous Wrestling/NewWorldOrder stable was in a big part, a way to rescue the boring InvincibleHero Wrestling/HulkHogan from the Scrappy Heap. However, the NWO eventually managed to turn the entire WCW into a giant scrappy: they changed Hogan from boring InvincibleHero to boring InvincibleVillain, when what they should have done was ''removed the boring and invincible bits.''

* Titus O'Neil in Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} Season 5. Known as the one in season 2 who had the worst record, tripping during the barrel challenge, and "Make it a win!", before ultimately being eliminated first; in season 5 he returned and became a dominating force who easily became the most over rookie of the season and is ahead of everyone else in the standings by a mile.

* CJ Parker surpassed Bo Dallas as the resident X-Pac Heat magnet. He didn't get bad reactions as a generic jobber, but once he started winning and developed a neo-hippie gimmick, complete with long dreadlocks, fans outright hated him, bombarding him with [[LampshadeHanging Change Your]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall Gimmick chants]] and boos. Feuding with [[EnsembleDarkhorse the very popular]] Wrestling/TylerBreeze didn't help his cause either. NXT attempted to channel this heat into the right kind of heat by turning CJ Parker heel, into a smugly superior eco in towarrior character who holds up protest signs and bashes the fans for destroying the planet. This went over better, and he wasn't getting the "change your gimmick" chants anymore. Nonetheless, it never panned out for CJ and he was released in early 2015. Soon after that, however, he moved to the highly regarded Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, changed his name to Juice Robinson [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap and has since become one of the company's most charismatic and beloved babyfaces]], recently becoming the United States Champion in an excellent match against [[AxCrazy "Switch]][[SoftSpokenSadist blade"]] Wrestling/JayWhite and having standout matches against Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito and [[TheDeterminator Hirooki Goto]]. [[UpToEleven His stardom has risen to the point where many now see him winning the World title as not a matter of "if", but "when".]]

** Even more so in season 6 after it moved to the intimate Full Sail University and essentially became FCW's replacement. Nowadays it has been called the [[http://www.cagesideseats.com/2013/8/25/4656298/10-reasons-nxt-is-the-wwes-best-show best show WWE is currently making,]] thanks to a combination of multiple factors such as a more streamlined and less bloated format, the lack of invincible supermen and flat-out jobbers, an unbelievably talented and hungry group of Superstars (including indy darlings such as [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico/Sami Zayn]], [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Steen/Owens]], [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Fergal Devitt/Finn Bálor]], Wrestling/SamoaJoe, and [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Pac/Adrian Neville]]), a much more developed and respected Divas division (talented wrestlers such as [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille Tayla/Emma]] and [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Knight/Paige]] are only the beginning, with [[http://botchedspot.com/comic/turn-paige/ this comic]] highlighting how much better NXT treats its Divas, their matches and their championship, and how the change between NXT and the mains shows is mind-boggling), more interesting and various characters (Emma as a dancing goof, Tyler Breeze as a vain model, The Ascension as dark cult members, Bo Dallas as a fake nice guy, Enzo Amore as a Jersey boy, Sylvester Lefort as FrenchJerk incarnate, Adam Rose as an Aldous Snow expy) which in particular made the homegrown talent incredibly popular even things such as the entrance music is seen as better than what the main shows are doing.

* When he first debuted on NXT, Patrick Clark wasn't exactly given much attention, partly due to his background of coming from the most recent season of Tough Enough. Despite his indie wrestling background, his relative youth and inexperience made him stick out among a sea of hardened veterans. It got worse when he started acting effeminate, which led to him becoming repackaged as "The Velveteen Dream" with the promos reminding people in a negative way of Orlando Jordan in his disastrous run in TNA. As the gimmick persisted however, fans realized this would be ''nothing'' like Jordan, with Dream being less [[Main/DepravedBisexual Depraved]] AmbiguouslyGay and more flamboyant in the vein of Rick Rude. What really rescued him from the heap however was his feud with Wrestling/AleisterBlack built on the premise of the latter refusing to say his name, leading to a ''fantastic'' match between the two culminating in Black [[Main/ThrowTheDogABone finally acknowledging him as a]] WorthyOpponent by [[Main/SayMyName saying his name]], and the fans being behind all of this. Any remaining doubters would be silenced come 2018, with him putting up spectacular performances at New Orleans' Ladder Match and against the likes of Ricochet and Tommaso Ciampa. To think when he debuted people wondered "Why is this guy still here?" but now all they're wondering is "Why is this guy still not NXT Champion yet?"

* David Otunga was long disliked for his poor in-ring ability and dull personality, but more recently has been rescued by his new gimmick that plays up his real life Harvard law background and transformed him into an entertainingly slimy toady for Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis constantly sipping from a thermos of coffee and sporting a dorky bow tie. He has also improved enough in the ring to now be passable, so he's no longer painful to watch in a match.

* When he first debuted on NXT, Patrick Clark wasn't exactly given much attention, partly due to his background of coming from the most recent season of Tough Enough. Despite his indie wrestling background, his relative youth and inexperience made him stick out among a sea of hardened veterans. It got worse when he started acting effeminate, which led to him becoming repackaged as "The Velveteen Dream" with the promos reminding people in a negative way of Orlando Jordan. As the gimmick persisted however, fans realized this would be ''nothing'' like Jordan (especially his disastrous run in TNA) with him less [[Main/DepravedBisexual Depraved]] AmbiguouslyGay and more flamboyant in the vein of Rick Rude. What really rescued him from the heap however was his feud with Wrestling/AleisterBlack built on the premise of the latter refusing to say his name, leading to a ''fantastic'' match between the two culminating in Black [[Main/ThrowTheDogABone finally acknowledging him as a]] WorthyOpponent by [[Main/SayMyName saying his name]], and the fans being behind all of this. Any remaining doubters would be silenced come 2018, with him putting up spectacular performances at New Orleans' Ladder Match and against the likes of Ricochet and Tommaso Ciampa. To think when he debuted people wondered "Why is this guy still here?" but now all they're wondering is "Why is this guy still not NXT Champion yet?"

* When he first debuted on NXT, Patrick Clark wasn't exactly given much attention, partly due to his background of coming from the most recent season of Tough Enough. Despite his indie wrestling background, his relative youth and inexperience made him stick out among a sea of hardened veterans. It got worse when he started acting effeminate, which led to him becoming repackaged as "The Velveteen Dream" with the promos reminding people in a negative way of Orlando Jordan. As the gimmick persisted however, fans realized this would be ''nothing'' like Jordan (especially his disastrous run in TNA) with him less [[Main/DepravedBisexual Depraved]] AmbiguouslyGay and more flamboyant in the vein of Rick Rude. What really rescued him from the heap however was his feud with Aleister Black built on the premise of the latter refusing to say his name, leading to a ''fantastic'' match between the two culminating in Black [[Main/ThrowTheDogABone finally acknowledging him as a]] WorthyOpponent by [[Main/SayMyName saying his name]], and the fans being behind all of this. Any remaining doubters would be silenced come 2018, with him putting up spectacular performances at New Orleans' Ladder Match and against the likes of Ricochet and Tommaso Ciampa. To think when he debuted people wondered "Why is this guy still here?" but now all they're wondering is "Why is this guy still not NXT Champion yet?"

* Wrestling/{{Carmella}} struggled to connect with crowds when she first debuted on NXT. The problem was that she was the TokenEvilTeammate to Enzo Amore and Big Cass. Fans found her arrogant princess character grating, and felt she didn't fit in with Enzo and Cass's act. NXT seemed to change tack and Carmella TookALevelInKindness to be more openly supportive towards Enzo and Cass. She became a {{Face}} properly, showcasing herself as a PluckyGirl much better than an AlphaBitch. She now gets great reactions.

** Wrestling/TheMiz came back to scrappy territory for many...until August 23, 2016, where he chews on Daniel Bryan after the latter calls him a coward because of his simple style. Where Mizanin counters with him saying that his "boring WWE style" was the reason he wasn't injured and forced to go to retirement unlike Bryan. Combined with a feud against Wrestling/DolphZiggler which was liked by a lot of people a managed by his real-world wife, Maryse, has made The Miz back to be awesome for a lot of the fans.

* A return snipe that Wrestling/{{TNA}} fans usually only get from its more immediate rivals (ie CWF Hollywood, Wrestling/{{R|ingOFHONOR}}OH, PWS), the "Better than the divas!" chants generated by Wrestling/GailKim's matches with TarynTerrell and Wrestling/AngelinaLove in 2014 had fans of NXT putting forth Wrestling/{{Paige}} and Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} as counterpoints.

** Even more so in season 6 after it moved to the intimate Full Sail University and essentially became FCW's replacement. Nowadays it has been called the [[http://www.cagesideseats.com/2013/8/25/4656298/10-reasons-nxt-is-the-wwes-best-show best show WWE is currently making,]] thanks to a combination of multiple factors such as a more streamlined and less bloated format, the lack of invincible supermen and flat-out jobbers, an unbelievably talented and hungry group of Superstars (including indy darlings such as [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico/Sami Zayn]], [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Steen/Owens]], [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Fergal Devitt/Finn Bálor]], Wresting/SamoaJoe, and [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Pac/Adrian Neville]]), a much more developed and respected Divas division (talented wrestlers such as [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille Tayla/Emma]] and [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Knight/Paige]] are only the beginning, with [[http://botchedspot.com/comic/turn-paige/ this comic]] highlighting how much better NXT treats its Divas, their matches and their championship, and how the change between NXT and the mains shows is mind-boggling), more interesting and various characters (Emma as a dancing goof, Tyler Breeze as a vain model, The Ascension as dark cult members, Bo Dallas as a fake nice guy, Enzo Amore as a Jersey boy, Sylvester Lefort as FrenchJerk incarnate, Adam Rose as an Aldous Snow expy) which in particular made the homegrown talent incredibly popular even things such as the entrance music is seen as better than what the main shows are doing.

* Wrestling/TheNewDay debuted as the squeaky clean faces that while met with some initial support quickly turned sour as they were booed at nearly every appearance. A FaceHeelTurn led to them gaining more of a personality and also being allowed to introduce more ideas of their own. That combined with several good matches with TysonKiddAndCesaro made them one of the most popular teams in years. At the October 5th 2015 RAW they beat down home town hero Wrestling/JohnCena, fan favorite Wrestling/DolphZiggler and legends Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys to a chorus of "New Day Rocks!"

** Nikki has gone through the full cycle of this trope in her WWE career. She was always the more popular of the two for years. But around her heel turn in 2014 and eventual push as the longest reigning Divas' Champion, she developed a massive smark {{Hatedom}} - both due to initial {{Narm}} in her feud with Brie, accusations that she was getting pushed because of her relationship to John Cena and general ArcFatigue in her title reign. After taking time off to recover a neck injury - and fans growing tired of {{Wrestling/Charlotte}} (whose title reign created a similar ArcFatigue) in the spotlight, hatred towards Nikki died off. Her 2016 return was very well-received, especially when she stayed away from the title picture and put the up and comer {{Wrestling/Carmella}} over repeatedly in their feud.

* It might be shocking for fans to believe this but Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} was widely held up as the most useless NXT Diva after she debuted. Although playing a {{Face}}, she came across as a DesignatedHero and appeared to be being protected in the ring. Fans also worried that she didn't have any of her [[Wrestling/RicFlair father's]] trademark charisma — especially after her first pitiful attempt at cutting a heel promo. Then she had the NXT Takeover match where she defeated Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart to win the NXT Women's Championship. All the indifference was immediately forgotten and Charlotte was held up as a top Diva in the making. However, after being called up to the main roster in mid-2015 and eventually degenerating into a Flair clone, she has slid into BaseBreaker status. As of a FaceHeelTurn, she has shaken off some of her heat however.

* The whole concept of WWE "Divas" that emerged some time in the late '90s to early 2000s, including the "[[Wrestling/WWEDivaSearch Diva Search]]", was reviled by many wrestling fans who, while certainly not averse to looking at beautiful women, generally preferred to see actual wrestling matches using up the shows' airtime. However, some time around 2006, these "Divas" started to become actual wrestlers instead of just eye candy, which led to a revitalization of the women's division. The most surprising example of this was Wrestling/CandiceMichelle, who rose to fame as the model from the [=GoDaddy.com=] Superbowl commercials. Sure, they're still annoyingly called "Divas", a lot of them wrestle fairly predictable matches, the "Diva Search" continued to be [[{{Filler}} a waste of time]], and there are still pointless titillation matches that only serve to insult the intelligence of the male viewers, but the situation still improved drastically, with almost every "Diva" also trains to be a wrestler.

* A return snipe that Wrestling/{{TNA}} fans usually only get from its more immediate rivals (ie CWF Hollywood, Wrestling/{{R|ingOFHONOR}}OH, PWS), the "Better than the divas!" chants generated by Wrestling/GailKim's matches with TarynTerrell and Wrestling/AngelinaLove in 2014 had fans of NXT putting forth Wrestling/{{Paige}} and Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} as counterpoints. They pretty much agree otherwise though that "Diva" seems to still have a way to go before it's completely out off the heap.

*** Cena's year-long rivalry with The Rock also gave the WWE's flagship hero his hottest run as a character in ages. Whilst not turning outright heel, his brutal cutdowns and dislike of Dwayne Johnson lit a sizable fire under him. He even cut a few old-school raps when verbally shredding his opponent. Sadly, once the feud was over (Rock won a clean contest at Wrestlemania) Cena went back to his kiddy-pandering ways and it's led to unbearable television. Fans are hoping a renewal of his rivalry with CM Punk will salvage him again.

* The whole concept of WWE "Divas" that emerged some time in the late '90s to early 2000s, including the "Diva Search", was reviled by many wrestling fans who, while certainly not averse to looking at beautiful women, generally preferred to see actual wrestling matches using up the shows' airtime. However, some time around 2006, these "Divas" started to become actual wrestlers instead of just eye candy, which led to a revitalization of the women's division. The most surprising example of this was Wrestling/CandiceMichelle, who rose to fame as the model from the [=GoDaddy.com=] Superbowl commercials. Sure, they're still annoyingly called "Divas", a lot of them wrestle fairly predictable matches, the "Diva Search" continued to be [[{{Filler}} a waste of time]], and there are still pointless titillation matches that only serve to insult the intelligence of the male viewers, but the situation still improved drastically, with almost every "Diva" also trains to be a wrestler.

* When Wrestling/TheMiz came to the WWE, he was a very annoying Diva Search host who was so bad that he was blatantly reading his lines off his arms. Most felt that he hadn't paid his dues and was only there because of his ''[[Series/TheRealWorld Real World]]'' "fame". When he was put in the ring, he wasn't very good at that either. He started to show mild improvement as he got drafted to ECW, but most felt that the TV time should have gone to anyone more talented. Case in point, he was voted to be Wrestling/CMPunk's challenger for the ECW title at Cyber Sunday because the GenreSavvy fans knew that Miz would never win the ECW title. His rescue would start when he and Wrestling/JohnMorrison were randomly thrown together and won the WWE Tag Team titles on their first night as a team. A few weeks later, WWE.com posted the first [[http://www.youtube.com/user/WWEDirtSheet/videos?view=1 ''Dirt Sheet'']] and Miz and Morrison duo became a sensation almost overnight. The Dirt Sheet videos coupled with Miz's drastic improvement in the ring while tagging with Morrison turned Miz from a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] to a possible future main-eventer, United States Champion, and Money in the Bank ladder match winner who ultimately cashed in said briefcase on November 22, 2010 to become [[SmallNameBigEgo the most must-see]] '''[[ItsAllAboutMe WWE Champion]]''' [[SmallNameBigEgo in history]] [[CatchPhrase because he's the Miz and he's AWESOME!]]

* Wrestling/MichelleMcCool was previously the CreatorsPet for most of 2008 and 2009 as your basic bland heel and it didn't help being wooden and robotic on the mic. Then they paired her with Layla and created "Team Wrestling/LayCool", and she became a parody of the AlphaBitch and was involved in one of the more interesting women's feuds with Wrestling/MickieJames. She has a real gift for comedy and is now much more interesting to watch. Her Sueishness also took a hit when Wrestling/BethPhoenix started beating her regularly.

** Nikki's ring skills became much better-received by smarks by 2015. Her Hell in a Cell rematch against Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} may have evoked one of the biggest reactions of this, as it had many note how well she worked that match and some even opined that she outperformed NXT darling Charlotte.

** Wrestling/TheMiz came back to scrappy territory for many... until August 23 of last year where he chews on Daniel Bryan after the latter calls him a coward because of his simple style. Where Mizanin counters with him saying that his "boring WWE style" was the reason he wasn't injured and forced to go to retirement unlike Bryan. Combined with a feud against Wrestling/DolphZiggler which was liked by a lot of people a managed by his real-world wife, Maryse, has made The Miz back to be awesome for a lot of the fans.

* Neither Wrestling/NaoyaOgawa nor Gary Steele were well praised during their 99 reigns as Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Heavyweight champion, the former being called outright terrible either as a wrestler and or for destroying the Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}} career of the much better received Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto and believed to have only gotten the belt because he was the [[CreatorsPet Pet Project]] of Wrestling/AntonioInoki. Steele meanwhile was dismissed as unconvincing. Ogawa at least had a legendary career judoka and morality aside, going over a legit legend. Steele also participated in the sport prior to wrestling but did nothing notable and he won the belt in a three way. Ogawa's reputation would improve when he left New Japan and formed a TagTeam with Hashimoto, then became one of the front runners of the bizarre but beloved Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE. Steele would redeem himself in fans eyes through his work in the NWA's first European member, UK Hammerlock, which also involved encounters with Hashimoto.

* The famous Wrestling/NewWorldOrder stable was in a big part, a way to rescue the boring InvincibleHero Wrestling/HulkHogan from the Scrappy Heap.
** However, the NWO eventually managed to turn the entire WCW into a giant scrappy: they changed Hogan from boring InvincibleHero to boring InvincibleVillain, when what they should have done was ''removed the boring and invincible bits.''
* Wrestling/JohnCena was, for many people, way on top of the Scrappy Heap during his initial push (and subsequent WWE title reign), when he was booked as unstoppable. He was often booed even as a {{face}}, and the amount of heat he got on the One Night Stand PPV was brutal. Arguably it wasn't until his feud with Wrestling/{{Edge}} and a long series of subsequent good matches (and improved technical skills) that many Internet smarks warmed up to him. On the other hand, a lot of people took a perverse pleasure in some of the more virulent anti-Cena reactions, since the people who were booing him were also fuelling a massive rise in WWE attendance during that period.

** Wrestling/TheMiz came back to scrappy territory for many... until August 23 of last year where he chews on Daniel Bryan after the latter calls hhim a coward because of his simple style. Where Mizanin counters with him saying that his "boring WWE style" was the reason he wasn't injured and forced to go to retirement unlike Bryan. Combined with a feud against Wrestling/DolphZiggler which was liked by a lot of people a managed by his real-world wife, Maryse, has made The Miz back to be awesome for a lot of the fans.

* Wrestling/TrishStratus is rightly remembered as one of the greatest female wrestlers of the last decade. But, would you believe that when she first showed up in wrestling, she was generally detested? No wrestling ability (she ''botched a catfight'' once), somehow even less charisma, and those dorky cowboy hats. And she was managing T&A - Wrestling/{{Test}} and Albert. Fans used to joke that her gimmick was *wears a cowboy hat*. She started breaking out of it during T&A's feud with Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys. First, there was the table lingerie promo. Then, she earned some credibility by getting (legit) injured by a powerbomb through a table from Bubba Ray Dudley, and rehabbing it instead of just leaving the business.

* The Hart Dynasty in early 2010 were about as bland and average as it got when it comes to generic heel teams but their angle with Wrestling/BretHart and HeelFaceTurn made them go from dead crowds to standing ovations. While WWE dropped the ball by splitting them up, it did wonders for Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} who even got her hands on the Divas' title.

* Even Sean "{{X|PacHeat}}-Pac" Waltman can be rescued. On a few different occasions in WWF/E, he briefly overcame his heat just by finding his workrate and wrestling a good match. One was a singles match with Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and one was a tag match where X-Pac teamed with Wrestling/JeffHardy against two Alliance wrestlers. Later in 2011, Waltman decided to do three shows with Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. He reverted to the 1-2-3 Kid gimmick (even going so far as to shave his beard). He worked hard on all three matches. Lost his trios match although he didn't drop the fall, won a 4 way dance with Amazing Red, Obariyon, and Wrestling/{{Frightmare}} with a top rope X-Factor, and in his third match put over popular indy wrestler [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico]]. Afterwards he claimed he'd had more fun wrestling for Chikara than he'd had wrestling in years.

* Wrestling/JohnCena was, for many people, way on top of the Scrappy Heap during his initial push (and subsequent WWE title reign), when he was booked as unstoppable. He was often booed even as a {{face}}, and the amount of heat he got on the One Night Stand PPV was brutal. Arguably it wasn't until his feud with {{Edge}} and a long series of subsequent good matches (and improved technical skills) that many Internet smarks warmed up to him. On the other hand, a lot of people took a perverse pleasure in some of the more virulent anti-Cena reactions, since the people who were booing him were also fuelling a massive rise in WWE attendance during that period.

* Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} itself. It started as a competition with somewhat iffy matches and annoying, overly long challenges and was generally regarded as a poor replacement for ECW (a show/brand that was itself eventually rescued after being widely panned when it first started). Eventually most people lost interest and after Smackdown was moved to [[SciFiChannel SyFy]] NXT lost its slot in the middle of its third season and made Internet only. It got even worse during the fifth season that brought back previous contestants with the pointless stated goal of the winner getting on season 6 and seemingly having no ending; about the only bright spot was Wrestling/WilliamRegal on commentary. Eventually, however, any pretense of it being competition was dropped, Regal was made the matchmaker, everyone involved in the show went all-out on cheesy soap opera stuff and previously personality less bores managed to find new life (Johnny Curtis as a meatheaded creep who asks girls if they [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre wanna get weird]], Maxine as the scheming femme fatale and straight (wo)man to Curtis' bizarreness, Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks as a pair of brutish oafs, etc.). It's since started garnering a bit of a cult following.

** Even more so in season 6 after it moved to the intimate Full Sail University and essentially became FCW's replacement. Nowadays it has been called the [[http://www.cagesideseats.com/2013/8/25/4656298/10-reasons-nxt-is-the-wwes-best-show best show WWE is currently making,]] thanks to a combination of multiple factors such as a more streamlined and less bloated format, the lack of invincible supermen and flat-out jobbers, an unbelievably talented and hungry group of Superstars (including indy darlings such as [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico/Sami Zayn]], [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Steen/Owens]], [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Fergal (Prince) Devitt/Finn Balor]], Wresting/SamoaJoe, and Pac/Adrian Neville), a much more developed and respected Divas division (talented wrestlers such as Emma and Wrestling/{{Paige}} are only the beginning, with [[http://botchedspot.com/comic/turn-paige/ this comic]] highlighting how much better NXT treats its Divas, their matches and their championship, and how the change between NXT and the mains shows is mind-boggling), more interesting and various characters (Emma as a dancing goof, Tyler Breeze as a vain model, The Ascension as dark cult members, Bo Dallas as a fake nice guy, Enzo Amore as a Jersey boy, Sylvester Lefort as FrenchJerk incarnate, Adam Rose as an Aldous Snow expy) which in particular made the homegrown talent incredibly popular even things such as the entrance music is seen as better than what the main shows are doing.
** Likewise the brains behind of NXT's current form has also been rescued from Scrappy heap, which wouldn't be unusual if said brains was wasn't ''Wrestling/TripleH''. If you were to ask a smark in 2012 whether would they want Triple H, the King of Burials and the master of the Reign of Terror, to take over the WWE's operations, it would be either a confused or negative response. Now post-NXT and buring jokes aside, many are practically begging for Vince to step down have Triple H take over with Stephanie. But most of all, Trips and Steph's ascension to the throne would rid the company of Kevin Dunn, Vince's right-hand man, the creator of Katie Vick and the Diva Search and one of the most despised men backstage in wrestling and the current BigBad of Scrappies in WWE Creative.

* It might be shocking for fans to believe this but Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} was widely held up as the most useless NXT Diva after she debuted. Although playing a {{Face}}, she came across as a DesignatedHero and appeared to be being protected in the ring. Fans also worried that she didn't have any of her [[Wrestling/RicFlair father's]] trademark charisma - especially after her first pitiful attempt at cutting a heel promo. Then she had the NXT Takeover match where she defeated Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart to win the NXT Women's Championship. All the indifference was immediately forgotten and Charlotte was held up as a top Diva in the making. However, after being called up to the main roster in mid-2015 and eventually degenerating into a Flair clone, she has slid into BaseBreaker status. As of a FaceHeelTurn, she has shaken off some of her heat however.
* TheNewDay debuted as the squeaky clean faces that while met with some initial support quickly turned sour as they were booed at nearly every appearance. A FaceHeelTurn led to them gaining more of a personality and also being allowed to introduce more ideas of their own. That combined with several good matches with TysonKiddAndCesaro made them one of the most popular teams in years. At the October 5th 2015 RAW they beat down home town hero Wrestling/JohnCena, fan favorite DolphZiggler and legends TheDudleyBoys to a chorus of "New Day Rocks!"
* Carmella struggled to connect with crowds when she first debuted on NXT. The problem was that she was the TokenEvilTeammate to Enzo Amore and Big Cass. Fans found her arrogant princess character grating, and felt she didn't fit in with Enzo and Cass's act. NXT seemed to change tack and Carmella TookALevelInKindness to be more openly supportive towards Enzo and Cass. She became a {{Face}} properly, showcasing herself as a PluckyGirl much better than an AlphaBitch. She now gets great reactions.

* It might be shocking for fans to believe this but Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} was widely held up as the most useless NXT Diva after she debuted. Although playing a {{Face}}, she came across as a DesignatedHero and appeared to be being protected in the ring. Fans also worried that she didn't have any of her [[Wrestling/RicFlair father's]] trademark charisma - especially after her first pitiful attempt at cutting a heel promo. Then she had the NXT Takeover match where she defeated Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart to win the NXT Women's Championship. All the indifference was immediately forgotten and Charlotte was held up as a top Diva in the making. However, after being called up to the main roster in mid-2015 and eventually degenerating into a Flair clone, she has slid into BaseBreaker status.