History YMMV / WWENXT

** The Undisputed Era is composed of three ruthless opportunists who take what they want, but the crowd still enjoys them, in no small part due to Adam Cole's popularity.

** Roderick Strong's FaceHeelTurn becomes less shocking when you watch his match against Cedric Alexander in the Semi-Finals of the Cruiserweight Championship tournament on ''205 Live''. What does he do to Cedric in that match? ''Throws him back first into the ring post from the Fireman's Carry position on the apron!'' Using what is usually considered a heel tactic as a desperation move, Roddy was already showing signs of turning before Takeover:New Orleans.

** Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Johnny Gargano is the latest example, which says a lot about the quality of wrestling in NXT. The build-up which involves Johnny's wife set up the stage for a grandiose encounter between the two at ''[=TakeOver=]: Philadelphia''. Almas and Gargano made their match a wrestling clinic, leaving many fans in awe, and Dave Meltzer gave his first 5-star rating for an NXT match.

* GirlShowGhetto: ''Utterly averted''. While the main roster women were doing everything in their power to try and shake their reputation as being the show's "bathroom break," they found themselves constantly hampered by limited airtime, inconsistent characterizations, and weak or nonexistent storylines (hence the birth of the "[=#GiveDivasAChance=]" movement by fans who desperately ''wanted'' them to break out). That was night and day compared to the women in NXT, who, thanks to an incredibly talented roster and time dedicated to building their feuds and storylines, became appointment viewing for fans, if not so far as being the highlight of the show. By the end of 2015, NXT's women were not only more popular than the main roster women, they were also more popular than some of the male members of NXT ''and'' the main roster.

** Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura at ''[=TakeOver=]: Dallas'' was the definitive version of this. It was extremely emotional from the start, with it being Nakamura's debut and Zayn's farewell as he was moving up to the Main Roster along with just being a general Dream Match. Just the entrances of both men were exceptional. The match then went on to be a legitimate MOTY contender and completely spent the audience (they even chanted "Fight Forever"). You'd think such a hot match would go on late. It went on 3rd to Last, mostly to protect the importance of the singles titles which was understandable. However the following matchups, Bayley/Asuka and Balor/Joe II, definitely suffered. The crowd was somewhat muted for the Women's Match, which says something due to Bayley's immense overness and Asuka's own following and the Balor/Joe match got hurt by Joe getting busted open above the eye within the first 30 seconds causing constant interruptions by medical staff. If nothing else, ''[=TakeOver=]: Dallas'' demonstrated why most shows actively need cooldown matches, and not just an entire card of greatness--crowds just can't go that long without a breather.

** Andrade "Cien" Almas, the former La Sombra, has not been able to connect with the crowd since his debut, mainly due to his lack of character and genericness (one memorable comment on a website related to his debut was that he was "another flippy guy...but he wears suspenders"). It doesn't help that his push died off incredibly quickly. To combat this, the bookers put him in a tag team with Wrestling/CruiserweightClassic EnsembleDarkhorse Cedric Alexander - only to turn on the man and thus turn heel soon after. Then they gave him [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] as a manager, which served as a catalyst to his rise, first [[TookALevelInBadass gaining a level in badass]], then beating Wrestling/DrewMcintyre for the NXT Championship and putting on a 5-star classic with Johnny Gargano. Safe to say, Almas is in no danger of going back to the Scrappy status.

** Andrade "Cien" Almas, the former La Sombra, has not been able to connect with the crowd since his debut, mainly due to his lack of character and genericness (one memorable comment on a website related to his debut was that he was "another flippy guy...but he wears suspenders"). It doesn't help that his push died off incredibly quickly. To combat this, the bookers put him in a tag team with Wrestling/CruiserweightClassic EnsembleDarkhorse Cedric Alexander - only to turn on the man and thus turn heel soon after. Then they gave him [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] as a manager, which seems to have done him some good.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Fan response to [[AgentPeacock Velveteen Dream's]] debut ranged from mixed responses to outright mockery of the mere idea of the gimmick. Mere months later and Velveteen Dream would be receiving against EnsembleDarkhorse supreme Aleister Black, despite being a heel.

** The first people to be called from NXT after it became WWE's developmental? Wrestling/TheShield.[[note]]This includes NXT's first Wrestling/RoyalRumble winner in Wrestling/RomanReigns and the inaugural NXT Champion and NXT's first WWE World Heavyweight Champion in Wrestling/SethRollins, the two of whom were also NXT's first WWE Tag Team Champions together beforehand.[[/note]]

** Aliyah has a rather strong online following for someone who has only made minimal appearances on television, usually as a jobber when she does, and doesn't even have a defined character yet. Usually when ''Diva Dirt'' posts the spoilers from the NXT tapings, among the first comments will be asking if Aliyah has a match. Time will tell if this translates into crowd reactions too.

* TearJerker:
** The break up of #DIY.

** The actual crowd in the Full Sail arena has become this to the rest of the IWC. The biggest criticism being that the crowd tries to get themselves over with their chants which ends up screwing with pushes and giving performers the wrong kind of heat or pop for all the wrong reasons.
*** It's come to the point that a good part of the reason other examples of this trope exist, is mostly due to the bad crowd and people not realizing that it's the crowds fault.

** Liv Morgan attracts a lot of hate from smarks for a gimmick that's very similar to Carmella (though she too started off hated before getting RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap) and a rather pointless 'push' where she challenged Asuka - only to tap out within a minute. On the other hand, she has a large amount of fans who feel she has a lot of potential and plays the character well (her tomboyish GirlNextDoor vibes and interactions with fans on social media also help). The fact that she's a homegrown talent and very green also plays a hand - splitting fans into camps who think she's good for her level and those who feel she should be performing better. This has also prompted a small FandomRivalry with Carmella fans over which of them plays the character better (as Liv is actually from New Jersey, while Carmella is a Bostonian who plays a New Yorker).

** Aliyah has a rather strong online following for someone who has made minimal appearances on television and doesn't even have a defined character yet. Usually when ''Diva Dirt'' posts the spoilers from the NXT tapings, among the first comments will be asking if Aliyah has a match. Time will tell if this translates into crowd reactions too.

** Elias Samson has been unpopular since the debut of his Drifter gimmick. Chants of "Drift Away" and other forms of XPacHeat are common and he is generally seen by fans as, while not bad in the ring, rather unremarkable.

** Andrade "Cien" Almas, the former La Sombra, has not been able to connect with the crowd since his debut, mainly due to his lack of character and genericness (one memorable comment on a website related to his debut was that he was "another flippy guy...but he wears suspenders"). It doesn't help that his push died off incredibly quickly. To combat this, the bookers put him in a tag team with Wrestling/CruiserweightClassic EnsembleDarkhorse Cedric Alexander - only to turn on the man and thus turn heel soon after.

* Tearjerker:

** Mandy Rose wasn't very well-liked during her appearances on ''[[Wrestling/WWEToughEnough Tough Enough]]'' due to being yet another blonde model with no experience, calling Sara Lee a "ring rat" (though it was later revealed to be {{Kayfabe}}) and being an EliminationHoudini that was favored by Wrestling/TheMiz solely for her looks despite often placing last in fan votes, being negatively compared to Eva Marie. Once she started appearing on TV, she gained some supporters because A) she actually seems serious about wrestling since she spent over a year working NXT house shows to improve her ability and B) while she's by no means amazing, she can already wrestle circles around the woman she's often compared to.

** Mandy Rose wasn't very well-liked during her appearances on ''[[Wrestling/WWEToughEnough]]'' due to being yet another blonde model with no experience, calling Sara Lee a "ring rat" (though it was later revealed to be {{Kayfabe}}) and being an EliminationHoudini that was favored by Wrestling/TheMiz solely for her looks despite often placing last in fan votes, being negatively compared to Eva Marie. Once she started appearing on TV however, she gained some supporters because A) she actually seems serious about wrestling since she spent over a year working NXT house shows to improve her ability and B) while she's by no means amazing, she can already wrestle circles around the woman she's often compared to.

** Kassius Ohno also had this before he was released. It hasn't come close to Zayn's through.

* GirlShowGhetto: ''Utterly averted''. While the main roster womem were doing everything in their power to try and shake their reputation as being the show's "bathroom break," they found themselves constantly hampered by limited airtime, inconsistent characterizations, and weak or nonexistent storylines (hence the birth of the "[=#GiveDivasAChance=]" movement by fans who desperately ''wanted'' them to break out). That was night and day compared to the women in NXT, who, thanks to an incredibly talented roster and time dedicated to building their feuds and storylines, became appointment viewing for fans, if not so far as being the highlight of the show. By the end of 2015, NXT's women were not only more popular than the main roster women, they were also more popular than some of the male members of NXT ''and'' the main roster.

** Apollo Crews. Either he can get by on just his incredible athleticism alone, or he's just a bland and milquetoast babyface who needs to go away and not come back until he's given an actual character. It got worse after he was promoted to the main roster after less than two months in NXT, where he fell into the exact same status (and it didn't help that [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, and several other fan-favorites were still stuck in NXT at that time).

* GirlShowGhetto: ''Utterly averted''. While the main roster womem were doing everything in their power to try and shake their reputation as being the show's "bathroom break," they found themselves constantly hampered by limited airtime, inconsistent characterizations, and weak or nonexistent storylines (hence the birth of the "Give Divas A Chance" movement by fans who desperately ''wanted'' them to break out). That was night and day compared to the women in NXT, who, thanks to an incredibly talented roster and time dedicated to building their feuds and storylines, became appointment viewing for fans, if not so far as being the highlight of the show. By the end of 2015, NXT's women are not only more popular than the main roster women, they're also more popular than some of the male members of NXT ''and'' the main roster.

** While Baron Corbin tends to be a bit of BaseBreaker, almost nobody liked his rival Bull Dempsey. This is why Dempsey's push was abandoned immediately after the feud with Corbin. However, Dempsey became a lot more well liked as time went on with Corbin now the universally hated one.