History YMMV / WWENXT

** Seems to be happening ''[[RuleOfThree again]]'' with Mojo Rawley. The takeaway is that the NXT Universe does not seem to like smiling, old school style babyfaces.
*** Apart from the fact that Sami Zayn is exactly that, and perhaps the most popular man on the show. Of course, his excellent wrestling and humble charisma make it easy, he doesn't need to rely on weak tactics like cheap pops.

* ToughActToFollow: Season 1 was by far the most successful set of Rookies, with the end result (Wrestling/TheNexus & [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and later on Wrestling/WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Ryback}}) meaning that whoever were the next Rookies had their work cut out for them. As evidenced by the end results of a failed attempt to replicate the formation of the Nexus, it did not pan out well.

* ToughActToFollow: Season 1 was by far the most successful set of Rookies, with the end result (Wrestling/TheNexus & [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]) meaning that whoever were the next Rookies had their work cut out for them. As evidenced by the end results of a failed attempt to replicate the formation of the Nexus, it did not pan out well.

** Sami Zayn and Paige are considered this as well. '''Especially''' Paige. It was commented at least once that there were more signs for Paige in the crowd than anyone else, male or female.

** Kassius Ohno, Sami Zayn and Paige are considered this as well. '''Especially''' Paige. It was commented at least once that there were more signs for Paige in the crowd than anyone else, male or female.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Leo Kruger is actually friends with Paul Lloyd, Jr. (whom WWE fans would know as Wrestling/JustinGabriel) and broke into wrestling with him in South Africa during their teen years.
* TheScrappy: While NXT has its fair share of Scrappys, there is nobody more hated on the roster than Wrestling/BoDallas. The reason the IWC hated him so much was because he was pushed to WWE despite being very green in the ring, and eliminated Wade Barrett in the Royal Rumble of 2013. The hatred was so bad that WWE eventually turned his character into a Heel who believes he's a popular Face & acts like a like nice guy whilst really being condescending.
** Wound up happening again with CJ Parker. A peace-loving hippie gimmick in the 2010s did ''not'' go over at all with the crowd and much like the the Wrestling/BoDallas example this eventually led to him turning heel becoming more of a smug, whiny environmentalist. Seems to be happening ''[[RuleOfThree again]]'' with Mojo Rawley. The takeaway is that the NXT Universe does not seem to like smiling, old school style babyfaces.
* SoBadItsGood: While the whole show was this prior to becoming the Developmental brand, NXT Season 3 in particular. The show was [[StylisticSuck so ridiculously bad on purpose]], that it seemed like its target audience were those who read Website/{{WrestleCrap}} every week. It was almost as if WWE took everything that was {{narm}}y about the WWE Divas, [[AccentuateTheNegative highlighted it]], and placed a few other comedy acts on the show to act as foils, such as {{heel}} Wrestling/MichaelCole, Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, and [[TheScrappy Vickie]] [[LargeHam Guerrero]]. By Week 3, the show was so bad that you had Michael Cole banging a [[TheGongShow gong]] at ringside following the rookie challenges. The show's entire appeal is the ensuing NarmCharm, as well as Cole and Josh Mathews sarcastic remarks on everyone else involved.

* EarWorm: Just try to get Emma's theme out of your head.
** Also try getting Adam Rose's theme out of your head.

* SoBadItsGood: While the whole show is this, NXT Season 3 in particular. The show was [[StylisticSuck so ridiculously bad on purpose]], that it seemed like its target audience were those who read Website/{{WrestleCrap}} every week. It was almost as if WWE took everything that was {{narm}}y about the WWE Divas, [[AccentuateTheNegative highlighted it]], and placed a few other comedy acts on the show to act as foils, such as {{heel}} Wrestling/MichaelCole, Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, and [[TheScrappy Vickie]] [[LargeHam Guerrero]]. By Week 3, the show was so bad that you had Michael Cole banging a [[TheGongShow gong]] at ringside following the rookie challenges. The show's entire appeal is the ensuing NarmCharm, as well as Cole and Josh Mathews sarcastic remarks on everyone else involved.

** Sami Zayn and Paige are considered this as well. '''Especially''' Paige. It was commented at least once that there were more signs for Paige in the crowd than anyone else, male or female.

* TheScrappy: While NXT has its fair share of Scrappys, there is nobody more hated on the roster than Wrestling/BoDallas. The reason the IWC hated him so much was because he was pushed to WWE despite being very green in the ring, and eliminated Wade Barrett in the Royal Rumble of 2013.

** Kassius Ohno and Paige are considered this as well. '''Especially''' Paige. It was commented at least once that there were more signs for Paige in the crowd than anyone else, male or female.

* TheScrappy: While NXT has its fair share of Scrappys, there is nobody more hated on the roster than Bo Dallas. The reason the IWC hated him so much was because he was pushed to WWE despite being very green in the ring, and eliminated Wade Barrett in the Royal Rumble of 2013.

** Kassius Ohno and Paige are considered this as well.

** Since the NXT/FCW merge, one person has managed to completely overshadow everyone on the roster in terms of popularity: Bray Wyatt, formerly Husky Harris. Despite only having at most 4 appearances on the show as of the edit he is almost universally considered to be one of the best things on it.

* SoBadItsGood: While the whole show is this, NXT Season 3 in particular. The show was [[StylisticSuck so ridiculously bad on purpose]], that it seemed like its target audience were those who read {{WrestleCrap}} every week. It was almost as if WWE took everything that was {{narm}}y about the WWE Divas, [[AccentuateTheNegative highlighted it]], and placed a few other comedy acts on the show to act as foils, such as {{heel}} Wrestling/MichaelCole, Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, and [[TheScrappy Vickie]] [[LargeHam Guerrero]]. By Week 3, the show was so bad that you had MichaelCole banging a [[TheGongShow gong]] at ringside following the rookie challenges. The show's entire appeal is the ensuing NarmCharm, as well as Cole and Josh Mathews sarcastic remarks on everyone else involved.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: When the show dropped the competition aspect and became more storyline based, a few wrestling fans started seeing it as an undiscovered gem that sadly wasn't seen by enough people and, more specifically, they credited a lot of its cult success to the storyline of Maxine, Johnny Curtis, and Derrick Bateman, and expressed genuine frustration and regret when Maxine announced she asked to leave the company.

* SoBadItsGood: While the whole show is this, NXT Season 3 in particular. The show was [[StylisticSuck so ridiculously bad on purpose]], that it seemed like its target audience were those who read WrestleCrap every week. It was almost as if WWE took everything that was {{narm}}y about the WWE Divas, [[AccentuateTheNegative highlighted it]], and placed a few other comedy acts on the show to act as foils, such as {{heel}} MichaelCole, [[CrossDresser Goldust]], and [[TheScrappy Vickie]] [[LargeHam Guerrero]]. By Week 3, the show was so bad that you had MichaelCole banging a [[TheGongShow gong]] at ringside following the rookie challenges. The show's entire appeal is the ensuing NarmCharm, as well as Cole and Josh Mathews sarcastic remarks on everyone else involved.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: When the show dropped the competition aspect and became more storyline based, a few wrestling fans started
seeing it as an undiscovered gem that sadly wasn't seen by enough people and, more specifically, they credited a lot of its cult success to the storyline of Maxine, Johnny Curtis, and Derrick Bateman, and expressed genuine frustration and regret when Maxine announced she asked to leave the company.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: When the show dropped the competition aspect and became more storyline based, a few wrestling fans started seeing it as an undiscovered gem that sadly wasn't seen by enough people and, more specifically, they credited a lot of it's cult success to the storyline of Maxine, Johnny Curtis, and Derrick Bateman, and expressed genuine frustration and regret when Maxine announced she asked to leave the company.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: When the show dropped the competition aspect and became more storyline based, a few wrestling fans started seeing it as an undiscovered gem that sadly wasn't seen by enough people and, more specifically, they credited a lot of it's cult success to the storyline of Maxine, Johnny Curtis, and Derrick Bateman, and expressed genuine frustration and regret when Maxine announced she asked to leave the company.