| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwe_nxt_logo_new0.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Down South slangin' rollin' with these hustlers''.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | -> ''"It started as a whisper...\ |
| 5 | Until you screamed it at the top of your lungs.\ |
| 6 | We gained momentum... ''you'' made us unstoppable.\ |
| 7 | We had a vision for change... ''you'' made it a revolution.\ |
| 8 | We told you "we are the future" until you told us... the future... is... ''now.''\ |
| 9 | ''[the lights come up at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, revealing a sold-out, 15,000+ crowd]''\ |
| 10 | '''WE! ARE! N! X! T!'''"'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Wrestling/TripleH''', at ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: Brooklyn'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ''NXT'' debuted on February 23, 2010, on Creator/{{Syfy}}, replacing the InNameOnly Wrestling/{{ECW}} until it was moved to WWE.com a few months in. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | NXT was originally a mix between [[RealityTV reality television]] and a {{game show}}, and the main goal was for Wrestling/{{WWE}} to find the next breakout star. Each of the rookies were called up from WWE's developmental system, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), and had a WWE Superstar as a pro. The series was a competition for a WWE contract, and in some cases a shot at a certain title, with only the first four seasons having a clear winner: Wrestling/WadeBarrett, [[Wrestling/LowKi Kaval]], Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} and [[Wrestling/{{Fandango}} Johnny Curtis]]. During the fifth season, subtitled "Redemption", the show slowly transformed into a C show for midcard talent. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | After the fifth season concluded, ''NXT'' was revamped as a showcase for their developmental talent. The current incarnation of the show tapes in Orange County, Florida, and has been broadcast aired on WWE Network. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | The brand later moved to Creator/USANetwork, the current broadcaster of [[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]], and expanded into a two-hour, live broadcast on Wednesday nights beginning September 18, 2019. After retreating to Tuesday nights on April 13th, 2021, having been on the losing end of Wednesday Night ratings warfare with competing promotion Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, NXT was later revamped as ''NXT 2.0''. Following the unification of both NXT and NXT UK titles to rebranding NXT UK to NXT Europe in 2023, it reverts back to its original brand, removing the 2.0 logo. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | NXT has it's own BShow ''NXT LVL UP'' (pronounced Level Up), which was a replacement for ''205 Live''. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:List of Superstars]] |
| 24 | !!Maln |
| 25 | * Brooks Jensen |
| 26 | * Dante Chen |
| 27 | * Eddy Thorpe |
| 28 | * Javier Bernal |
| 29 | * Je'Von Evans |
| 30 | * Joe Gacy |
| 31 | * Josh Briggs |
| 32 | * Lexis King |
| 33 | * Mr. Stone (on-air talent) |
| 34 | * Oba Femi (NXT North American Champion) |
| 35 | * Ridge Holland |
| 36 | * Shawn Spears |
| 37 | * Trick Williams (NXT Champion) |
| 38 | * Wes Lee |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!Female |
| 41 | * Arianna Grace |
| 42 | * Ava (General Manager) |
| 43 | * Carlee Bright |
| 44 | * Cora Jade (inactive) |
| 45 | * Dani Palmer (inactive) |
| 46 | * Fallon Henley |
| 47 | * Gigi Dolin |
| 48 | * Izzi Dame |
| 49 | * Jacy Jayne (inactive) |
| 50 | * Jazmyn Nyx |
| 51 | * Karmen Petrovic |
| 52 | * Kelani Jordan |
| 53 | * Lola Vice |
| 54 | * Meiko Satomura |
| 55 | * Nikkita Lyons (inactive) |
| 56 | * Roxanne Perez (NXT Women's Champion) |
| 57 | * Sol Ruca |
| 58 | * Stevie Turner |
| 59 | * Tatum Paxley |
| 60 | * Wendy Choo |
| 61 | * Wren Sinclair |
| 62 | |
| 63 | !!Tag Teams and Stables |
| 64 | * Chase University (Andre Chase, Duke Hudson, Thea Hail, and Riley Osbourne) |
| 65 | * The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Luca Crusifino, and Adriana Rizzo) |
| 66 | * Edris Enofé & Malik Blade, with Brinley Reece |
| 67 | * Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang) |
| 68 | * Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) |
| 69 | * Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson) |
| 70 | * No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey, Damon Kemp, and Myles Borne [NXT Heritage Cup]) |
| 71 | * OTM/Out the Mud (Bronco Nima, Lucien Price, and Jaida Parker) |
| 72 | * The Supersonic Duo (Axiom & Nathan Frazer [NXT Tag Team Champions]) |
| 73 | * The Throwdown (Tyriek Igwe & Tyson [=DuPont=]) |
| 74 | |
| 75 | !!Developmental Talent |
| 76 | These are talent that have made appearances on NXT, NXT LVL UP and NXT House Shows, but have not officially joined the main NXT roster: |
| 77 | !!!Male |
| 78 | * BJ Ray |
| 79 | * Cutler James |
| 80 | * Dion Lennox |
| 81 | * Drake Morreaux |
| 82 | * Jasper Troy |
| 83 | * Kale Dixon |
| 84 | * Keanu Carver |
| 85 | * Saquon Shugars (inactive) |
| 86 | * Tavion Heights |
| 87 | * Uriah Connors |
| 88 | |
| 89 | !!!Female |
| 90 | * Kendal Grey |
| 91 | * Lainey Reid |
| 92 | * Layla Diggs |
| 93 | * Tamyra Mensah-Stock |
| 94 | * Zena Sterling |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | Currently, six championships are defended on ''NXT'': |
| 98 | |
| 99 | * '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-championship NXT Champion]]''': '''Trick Williams''' since April 23, 2024 |
| 100 | * '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-north-american-championship NXT North American Champion]]''': '''Oba Femi''' since January 9, 2024 |
| 101 | * '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship NXT Tag Team Champions]]: The Supersonic Duo (Nathan Frazer and Axiom)''' since April 9, 2024 |
| 102 | * '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-womens-championship NXT Women's Champion]]''': '''Roxanne Perez''' since April 6, 2024 |
| 103 | * '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-tag-team-championship WWE Women's Tag Team Champions]]''': '''Wrestling/BiancaBelair and Wrestling/JadeCargill''' since May 4, 2024[[note]]The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is the only title not exclusive to ''NXT'', as the titles are defended across all three WWE brands.[[/note]] |
| 104 | * '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-uk-heritage-cup NXT Heritage Cup]]'''[[note]]Unlike other championships, the NXT UK Heritage Cup was represented by a trophy instead of a title belt. It was defended just like any other championship, but all matches were contested under British Rounds Rules[[/note]]: '''Tony D'Angelo''' since May 14, 2024 |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:As a Competition]] |
| 109 | Season 1 Contestants: Wrestling/WadeBarrett, Wrestling/DavidOtunga, Wrestling/JustinGabriel, Wrestling/HeathSlater, Wrestling/DarrenYoung, [[Wrestling/{{Ryback}} Skip Sheffield]], [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] and Michael Tarver. |
| 110 | * Aired February 23 – June 1, 2010. |
| 111 | * Winner: '''Wade Barrett''' |
| 112 | * Season 1 was known for seven of the eight "rookies" forming the stable Wrestling/TheNexus and for the [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson other one]] having arguably the most well-known [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] since the Wrestling/AttitudeEra. The winner would earn a shot at the WWE Championship at any PPV he wanted. Season 1 is considered to be [[FirstInstallmentWins the most successful season of the competition-based NXT]], with Daniel Bryan, the most successful alumni, becoming at one point the most popular wrestler in the entire company. |
| 113 | |
| 114 | Season 2 Contestants: [[Wrestling/LowKi Kaval]], [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Michael McGillicutty]], Alex Riley, [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Husky Harris]], Percy Watson, Lucky Cannon, Eli Cottonwood and Wrestling/TitusONeil. |
| 115 | * Aired June 8 – August 31, 2010. |
| 116 | * Winner: '''Kaval''' |
| 117 | * The winner would earn a shot at the Intercontinental Title. Known for its EpicFail of a season finale, where WWE decided to copy the success of Wrestling/TheNexus and have all the eliminated rookies attack the winner. This became an AbortedArc, where only two, [=McGillicutty=] and Harris became part of Nexus not long after, and Riley associated himself with Wrestling/TheMiz. Kaval left the company at the end of the year, while [=McGillicutty=] and season one's Wrestling/DavidOtunga later went on to become Tag Team Champions for a time before the former was sent back to NXT to be repackaged and reappear a couple of years later as Wrestling/CurtisAxel. Harris didn't last quite as long before being sent back. He would re-debut as Wrestling/BrayWyatt in 2013. Harris/Wyatt is considered the season's most successful alumni, becoming the WWE Champion in 2017. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[Wrestling/NXT3 Season 3]] Contestants: Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}, Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}}, [[Wrestling/AJLee A.J.]], Wrestling/{{Aksana}}, [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Maxine]] and Jamie Keyes. |
| 120 | * Aired September 7 – November 30, 2010. |
| 121 | * Winner: '''Kaitlyn''' |
| 122 | * Season 3 was an all-female season. Unlike season 1 and 2, a contract was on the line, instead of a title shot. A.J. is the season's most successful alumni because of her involvement in Daniel Bryan's main-event storylines & breaking Wrestling/{{Maryse}}'s record for Divas Title reign during 2013. Kaitlyn and Naomi later became champions too. Jamie Keyes became the only NXT rookie to be released while the season was still airing[[note]]The Bella Twins claimed she asked for her release after soon realising she didn't like wrestling.[[/note]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | Season 4 Contestants: [[Wrestling/{{Fandango}} Johnny Curtis]], Wrestling/BrodusClay, [[Wrestling/{{EC3}} Derrick Bateman]], Byron Saxton, [[Wrestling/TheAscension Conor O'Brian]] and Jacob Novak. |
| 125 | * Aired December 7, 2010 – March 1, 2011. |
| 126 | * Winner: '''Johnny Curtis''' |
| 127 | * The winner would get a shot for the Tag Team Titles with his pro. Brodus Clay is the season's most famous alumni; he is best known for his "Funkasaurus" gimmick. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Season 5 Contestants: Derrick Bateman, Wrestling/DarrenYoung, Wrestling/TitusONeil, Conor O'Brian, Lucky Cannon, Byron Saxton and Jacob Novak. |
| 130 | * Aired March 8, 2011 – June 13, 2012. |
| 131 | * Winner: '''-''' |
| 132 | * Was called NXT: Redemption, and all contestants were those who failed to win seasons 1, 2 and 4. The winner would earn the right to get a shot at being on the next season of NXT. There was no clear winner as the rookie competition gimmick was slowly phased out in favor of the show becoming in essence "''[[Wrestling/WWESuperstars Superstars]]'' with storylines", O'Neil and Young were moved to Smackdown and Derrick Bateman stayed on NXT until the revamped version started. |
| 133 | * Season 5 was by far the longest, ending at 67 episodes, whereas every other season had run between 13-15 episodes. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | Originally, new contestants were meant to participate after the Season 5 would end, but it was later decided to retool the show into a developmental. The new faces would have included Wrestling/SethRollins, Wrestling/BigELangston, Wrestling/XavierWoods, Wrestling/JinderMahal, Wrestling/DamienSandow, Wrestling/BoDallas, Wrestling/{{Hunico}} and [[Wrestling/AdamRose Leo Kruger]]. |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:As the Original Developmental / "Black and Gold"]] |
| 139 | The {{Retool}}ed version of NXT began June 20th 2012. The new version saw the competition aspects being dropped as its function is to give the developmental talent a feel to be on TV. The location was moved to Full Sail University in Florida, with the developmental talent working separate house shows from the rest of the roster. The wrestlers from the main roster make occasional visits for various matches and short feuds. Unlike before, where it was either live or taped a few days in advance, 4 weeks of programming is now taped once a month. |
| 140 | |
| 141 | NXT's first live televised event, ''[=ArRIVAL=]'', aired on the WWE Network in February 2014, followed by ''[=TakeOver=]'' in May. Live Takeover specials have run every 2-3 months since, often taking the show on the road to larger arenas. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | What needs to be noted at this point is the perception of this incarnation of ''NXT'' in the eyes of many fans and critics - that is, the perception of its high ''quality''. NXT is, as a developmental project, booked a little shorter as a program (usually 1 hour for the main show and 2 hours for ''[=TakeOver=]'' events) and with a significantly larger degree of emphasis on work in the ring & match choreography as opposed to microphone promos. However, in the "most fans are {{Smart Mark}}s" wrestling era of TheNewTens, with {{Kayfabe}} long dead, an emphasis on actual ring performance and crowd working via action tends to result in what many, ''many'' fans and critics feel is a stronger product than the "main roster" WWE shows. ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: Dallas'' was a particular example of this, with popular and critical opinion being that it was a stronger show overall than '''''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32'''''. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | As a result, it isn't surprising today to hear many wrestling fans call NXT "actual good wrestling" and even WWE would gradually knowledge NXT as its "third brand". In spite of this, and the fact that indie promotions such as Evolve Wrestling now arguably fill this role, NXT is still treated and perceived as a farm territory where its stars who prove to be skilled are "called up" to either the Raw or Smackdown brands. While this often means good things for the rest of WWE's product,[[note]]to date, Wrestling/KevinOwens is perhaps the best example of an NXT talent bringing hype and improved quality to the "main roster" coming out of NXT[[/note]] several fans have grown protective of the brand and its approach to booking, and do not want to see NXT talent "wasted" in the politics-heavy, Wrestling/{{Vince|McMahon}}-dominated environment of WWE's other brands. Even a few of the performers from the competition era feel that their careers have not been particularly well-handled by WWE's main creative team, and the way the women performers from developmental NXT are treated on the main roster, compared to how they were treated in NXT, has proven jarring and anger-inducing for nearly everyone.[[note]]One example is the feud between Wrestling/{{Charlotte|Flair}}, Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/SashaBanks, in which WWE is simply unable to give the matches clean finishes via Wrestling/RicFlair interfering in his daughter's (Charlotte) matches, in spite of the fact that the women involved have proven many times that they are just as capable of putting on matches as powerful as any men's match.[[/note]] |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:As NXT [=2.0=]]] |
| 149 | NXT was rebranded as NXT [=2.0=] on September 14th, 2021 in response to declining rating as well as competition from AEW Dynamite. NXT [=2.0=] took an intermediate approach from both the competition and development versions of NXT, as it traded some of the Black and Gold's "super indie" status in favor of more showcase of the talent's characters and training new talents to become the next main roster stars.\ |
| 150 | |
| 151 | At around the same time, Wrestling/TripleH had to undergo a heart surgery that forced him to step down from his position as NXT's head of Creative. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, who had been acting as a producer for the show since 2018, began to take control of NXT's Creative and booking duties afterwards. Contrary to popular fan belief, Vince [=McMahon=] had zero input on NXT [=2.0=]'s direction apart from the rebrand and giving the show a new timeslot: Shawn confirmed on [[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10044898-from-nxt-to-nfts-shawn-michaels-is-helping-pave-wwes-future an interview with Bleacher Report in 2022]] that he had full control of the show's booking following Hunter's departure from the role. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Return to Developmental / "White and Gold"]] |
| 155 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQ9CKBDRGU On September 13, 2022]], not long after Vince's retirement and Triple H's ascension to WWE's head of Creative, Shawn announced another rebranding of NXT at the end of that day's episode. The [=2.0=] branding was dropped, and the color of the new NXT logo was changed into white with gold accents surrounding it. Despite its rebranding, NXT's new era will continue to showcase the intermediate approach that [=2.0=] had taken.\ |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:''NXT UK'']] |
| 159 | In 2018, a localized extension of the brand called ''NXT UK'' was launched in the United Kingdom, complete with its own Performance Center, television show (airing on the WWE Network) and [=PPVs=]. The inaugural PPV of the brand, ''NXT UK [=TakeOver=]: Blackpool'' took place on January 12, 2019. The last event under the NXT UK name was the ''NXT Worlds Collide'' PPV on September 4, 2022. The brand is being expanded to include all of Europe and will relaunch in 2023 as ''NXT Europe''.\ |
| 160 | |
| 161 | At the time of its hiatus, the brand recognized four championships. Three of the four championships were unified with their counterparts from the main NXT brand at ''Worlds Collide''; the UK Heritage Cup was quietly retired, but was brought back to the NXT brand on April 2023. The final champions were: |
| 162 | |
| 163 | * '''[[http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-united-kingdom-championship United Kingdom Champion]]: Tyler Bate''' since July 7, 2022.[[note]]Aired on tape delay on September 1, 2022.[[/note]] Lost a title unification match with Bron Breakker at ''Worlds Collide''. |
| 164 | * '''[[https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-uk-tag-team-championship UK Tag Team Champions]]: Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen''' since June 22, 2022.[[note]]Aired on tape delay on June 23, 2022.[[/note]] Lost a four-way title unification match at ''Worlds Collide''. |
| 165 | * '''[[https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/nxt-uk-womens-championship UK Women's Champion]]: Meiko Satomura''' since June 10, 2021. Lost a three-way title unification match at ''Worlds Collide''. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | !! Tropes associated with NXT: |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder:As a Competition]] |
| 172 | * AbortedArc: |
| 173 | ** The Genesis, the stable formed by the rookies from Season 2 in the vein of Wrestling/TheNexus, was ultimately never mentioned again as the majority of the group went back to developmental whilst Michael [=McGillicutty=] and Husky Harris were added to the Nexus a few months later. That was because the segment where the stable was supposed to be formed, the finale of the season, was an utter train wreck of a brawl where no one had any idea what to do. According to MVP, it wasn't even planned beforehand -- later reports indicate that it was Vince throwing a tantrum over how the fans didn't vote for his favored rookie Alex Riley, whom he was high on. |
| 174 | ** Johnny Curtis' tag team title shot looked to have become one, after his pro [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] turned heel, as well as nuts. He finally received it, nearly ''21 months later'' on NXT, but with Michael [=McGillicutty=] as his partner. |
| 175 | ** All of Season 5's storylines were dropped after they had taped a couple episodes for the retooled NXT as a developmental show, but not yet aired any. Instead, for a couple weeks until the retooled version started, they simply had wrestling matches a la ''Superstars''. |
| 176 | * AerithAndBob: Let's see, you had names like Wade, David, Justin, Heath, Michael, Darren, Daniel, Alex, Percy, Eli, Titus, Kaitlyn, Naomi, A.J, Maxine, Jamie, Johnny, Derrick, Byron, Conor, and Jacob. Then you had Skip, Husky, and Lucky, which are presumably nicknames. Then we get to Kaval, Aksana (although Aksana is a fairly common name in her native Lithuania), and Brodus. |
| 177 | * ArcWords: "Who will be the next breakout star?" |
| 178 | * BShow: What it was before it was sent to the WWE website. |
| 179 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Maxine when she was on Season 3 was merely a grumpy trash talker, who rarely won a match, and was even a GracefulLoser after her elimination. When she resurfaced on NXT Redemption, she was a more violent DarkActionGirl and abusive girlfriend to Derrick Bateman. She also won more matches. |
| 180 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Michael [=McGillicutty=] gave us this gem during the season 2 finale: |
| 181 | --> '''[=McGillicutty=]''': And starting this moment... from now... from this moment on... this will be the moment... starting now... of the Genesis... of [=McGillicutty=]. |
| 182 | * EpicFail: The formation of Genesis, and arguably that entire second season. Every other season has someone with a remarkable amount of success or prominence in either WWE or TNA. Nearly everyone from that season, however, has either been released or sent back to developmental, with the exception of Titus O'Neil -- and even he didn't come up to the main roster until after reappearing on NXT Season 5 and teaming with Darren Young. It has turned around for [=McGillicutty=] (Curtis Axel) and Harris (Bray Wyatt), however--they're more prominent now. |
| 183 | * FaceHeelTurn: Some rookies have turned from face to heel over the course of their season. |
| 184 | ** Michael [=McGillicutty=] was a face throughout Season 2 but turned heel on Kaval on the last episode. |
| 185 | ** Lucky Cannon had been a face in Season 2 but complained about being eliminated on the last episode, thus turning heel as well, and establishing himself as a heel on his return in Season 5. |
| 186 | ** Aksana went from a seemingly friendly FunnyForeigner to being revealed as a GoldDigger once she got her CitizenshipMarriage to Goldust. |
| 187 | ** Titus O'Neil abruptly turned heel in a promo on the 100th episode. |
| 188 | ** Michael Cole likewise had been a face commentator up until 2010. At first he was a heel solely regarding Daniel Bryan but a face otherwise; eventually he became a full on heel and transitioned into the role on the main roster too upon the introduction of the Anonymous GM. |
| 189 | ** David Otunga went from being a TokenEvilTeammate for R-Truth into a full heel after he deserted John Cena in a tag match during his guest host stint on Raw. |
| 190 | ** Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, Skip Sheffield, Darren Young, and Daniel Bryan were faces going into the Nexus angle, although the lattermost barely lasted a day with the stable and was a face again during his return. |
| 191 | ** Nikki Bella actually turned heel midway through Season 3, creating conflict with Brie, who remained face. She appeared to turn back face in the finale, but both twins turned heel on the main roster a couple of months later. |
| 192 | * HeelFaceTurn: NXT has also had a couple of rookies see the light: |
| 193 | ** Kaitlyn was a {{Troll}} who eventually turned face due to Vickie Guerrero abusing her too much. |
| 194 | ** Daniel Bryan was more a TokenGoodTeammate to The Miz than a heel, but soon stood up to him and established himself as a face. |
| 195 | * IAmNotPretty: AJ Lee kept insisting she was "not a supermodel" and spoke of her looks in a self-deprecating way. |
| 196 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Season 5. The entire point of the season is to feature contestants who failed to win in previous seasons, hence it was dubbed "Redemption", but it ultimately got a NoEnding. |
| 197 | * NoEnding: Season 5 never got a proper conclusion. |
| 198 | * NotLikeOtherGirls: |
| 199 | ** The raison d'etre of AJ Lee, who insisted she was representing all the nerds and a type of girl "that every single guy would wanna hang out with". |
| 200 | ** Kaitlyn to a lesser extent, insisting she wasn't the GirlNextDoor and instead "lived three doors down and put a firecracker in your mailbox every fourth of July". |
| 201 | * PowerStable: The first season famously gave birth to Wrestling/TheNexus. |
| 202 | * PutOnABus: Those who were eliminated from the competition and sent back to developmental. Some [[TheBusCameBack came back]] for season 5 as a second chance, then even more followed suit. |
| 203 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: |
| 204 | ** Matt Striker as the host when NXT was a competition. |
| 205 | ** Wrestling/WilliamRegal as the match coordinator during the latter half of season 5. |
| 206 | * TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: NXT has either [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverted]] or played this trope straight. |
| 207 | ** Season 1: [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] became [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html World Heavyweight Champion]] while Wrestling/WadeBarrett hasn't had anything as big as his initial world title chase during the Nexus angle. Even actual runner-up Wrestling/DavidOtunga had some success as Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis's attorney, though his lack of wrestling ability eventually worked against him and he ended up retiring. The only other rookie from Season 1 to have become a star on the level of Bryan and Barrett is Skip Sheffield, who as Wrestling/{{Ryback}}, was pushed to the moon in 2012 and solidified himself as a main event-level competitor. Unfortunately, it didn't last and he gradually slid down the card before officially quitting the company in 2016. In the end, the long-term victor was Bryan, who became a Wrestling/JohnCena-level megastar and is still wrestling to this day at a high level. Barrett was eventually released in 2016, and after a solid run on the indies, returned to WWE in 2020 as a commentator, having effectively retired from wrestling. |
| 208 | ** Season 2: Runner up Michael [=McGillicutty=] become a Tag Team champion briefly before being sent back to developmental; he was brought back to the main roster repackaged as Wrestling/CurtisAxel. With Wrestling/PaulHeyman as his manager, he won the Intercontinental Championship only a month later. Husky Harris has been repackaged as Wrestling/BrayWyatt and is also being given a solid push. Winner [[Wrestling/LowKi Kaval]], on the other hand was more-or-less jobbed out until his (requested) release. Alex Riley was associated with Wrestling/TheMiz until his clumsiness cost him two shots at Wrestling/JohnCena's WWE Championship. After his HeelFaceTurn, he scored a victory over his former employer and had some success until an incident with Wrestling/JackSwagger got him demoted into a jobber. He would later turn up on the developmental version of NXT as a commentator. Wyatt was the long-term victor here, achieving a level of popularity (and success, winning the WWE title) that has been reached by only Daniel Bryan so far. |
| 209 | ** Season 3: This is {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The final three contestants all became Women's Champion. However, winner Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} only won it once before retiring. Runner-up Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} won it twice, while ''2nd runner up'' Wrestling/AJLee won it three times. In terms of tenure, Kaitlyn [[{{Jobber}} doesn't have much going on initially]] until she took a '''SERIOUS''' [[TookALevelInBadass level in badass]] and winning said Divas Championship. AJ, however, found herself in much more prominent storylines than both Kaitlyn and Naomi, because while she was [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]'s girlfriend, he won the World Heavyweight Championship, catapulting her into a main-event angle. She continued being involved such angles such as Daniel Bryan's feuds with Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, and Wrestling/CMPunk, then as the focus of a Punk/Bryan[=/=]Wrestling/{{Kane}} feud, then as GM of Raw, then as Wrestling/DolphZiggler's girlfriend. She would later feud with most of the Divas roster, most often the Wrestling/BellaTwins, before retiring from in-ring competition. Naomi would however outlast both of them, becoming the only one from her season to still be employed over a decade later. |
| 210 | ** Season 4: [[Wrestling/{{Fandango}} Johnny Curtis]] didn't even appear on the main roster until six months after the finale, ([[AbortedArc and he didn't get his guaranteed tag title shot]] due to [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]]'s FaceHeelTurn) in various promos and when he finally did debut, it was against Wrestling/MarkHenry, who was in a "demolish all my opponents phase". He disappeared off TV shortly after, while runner up Wrestling/BrodusClay appeared on ''[=SmackDown=]'' as Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio's bodyguard, then disappeared from TV when Del Rio was drafted to ''Raw''. After his [[CanonDiscontinuity debut]] was delayed week after week, he took a dramatic HeelFaceTurn as the Funkasaurus. Curtis returned to WWE television as Fandango, a ballroom dancer, complete with partners (such as Wrestling/SummerRae, Wrestling/{{Layla}}, and Wrestling/RosaMendes). He was being heavily pushed when all of a sudden, a hyperactive post-''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' crowd started to sing his theme song. This lead to "Fandangoing," a sensation that actually sent his theme song to the top of the UK charts. |
| 211 | ** Season 5: While the contest was effectively abandoned, [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Titus O'Neil and Darren Young]] ended up getting promoted with [=SmackDown=] contracts, leaving Derrick Bateman as the lone rookie and technically, the unofficial winner. FridgeBrilliance also applies as the prize would have been for the winner to compete in Season 6, and Bateman did compete on the NXT Wrestling brand prior to his release. He would later show up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} as [[Wrestling/{{EC3}} Ethan Carter III]] (aka [=EC3=]), Dixie Carter's (kayfabe) spoiled nephew, and became popular enough that he ended up becoming TNA World Heavyweight Champion, arguably becoming the second most successful alumnus of the competition-based NXT, after Daniel Bryan himself (although popularity-wise he's still probably below Wyatt). |
| 212 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: |
| 213 | ** The presence of Wrestling/{{LayCool}} as [[Wrestling/LowKi Kaval]]'s mentors in Season 2. |
| 214 | ** Season 3 was a female-centric season. |
| 215 | ** {{Wrestling/Maryse}} was a pro by proxy to Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr on Season 4. |
| 216 | ** Season 5 added a few women to the roster as time went on. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:As a Developmental]] |
| 220 | * ActionGirl: All the women who wrestle in NXT qualify. |
| 221 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: |
| 222 | ** Many wrestling fans consider NXT to be the equivalent to Wrestling/RingOfHonor due to its logical booking and emphasis on in-ring action. Heck, they even had/have [[Wrestling/SethRollins a]] [[Wrestling/SamiZayn few]] [[Wrestling/KevinOwens people]] [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli who]] [[Wrestling/AdamCole have]] [[Wrestling/SamoaJoe wrestled]] [[Wrestling/RoderickStrong in]] [[Wrestling/ChrisHero ROH]]. |
| 223 | ** Currently, it is shaping up to be this to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, with the approaching MobWar storyline. |
| 224 | * ArcWords: "This is my moment!" for the blood feud between former tag team partners Wrestling/JohnnyGargano and Wrestling/TommasoCiampa. It's a MeaningfulEcho to their tag team's catchphrase, "This is ''our'' moment!" |
| 225 | * ArtifactTitle: NXT actually stands for "next", as it is a training ground for wrestlers who are preparing to go to the main roster. Due to the brand's consistently exceptional performance (and to combat ''[[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]]'''s looming threat to the company's monopoly), it was eventually elevated into WWE's third brand after ''Raw'' and ''[=SmackDown=]'' in late 2019. Following the "2.0" reboot, however, it returned to being developmental focused and the NXT name seems appropriate again. |
| 226 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 227 | ** After spending several years as merely a developmental brand that Vince didn't even try to monetise, in late 2019 NXT began to be portrayed as a third major brand on equal footing with RAW and [=SmackDown=]. From moving beside RAW on television to being added to ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'' opposite the main brands where they won four out of seven matches that night, 2019 was one of the biggest years, if not '''the''' biggest, in NXT history. |
| 228 | ** The NXT Women's Division has recently become this. In the early days, it wasn't unusual for an episode of NXT to not feature a women's match but the rise of the Four Horsewomen (Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Wrestling/SashaBanks, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair and Wrestling/{{Bayley}}) as well as Wrestling/{{Paige}} and [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]] have given the NXT women more exposure with their stellar matches. Today, most episodes of NXT tend to feature two or even three women's matches on each show. |
| 229 | * AscendedMeme: Josiah Williams, who gained popularity on Youtube for his "Wrestle and Flow" videos where he raps to wrestlers' entrance themes, performed in Wrestling/AdamCole's entrance at Takeover XXV. |
| 230 | * AuthorAppeal: By all accounts, NXT is this for Wrestling/TripleH, who's known for having a preference for putting more of an emphasis on the wrestling than on other people. NXT is sufficiently under Wrestling/VinceMcMahon that Triple H is able to exercise this. The biggest example has to be them bringing back the [=WarGames=] match, something Triple H has wanted to do for years, for [=TakeOver=]: [=WarGames=]. |
| 231 | ** Fans have also observed that Trips '''loves''' ladder matches, with most Takeovers featuring one in some form. |
| 232 | * BShow: ''205 Live'' began as a direct spin-off to NXT, but quickly fell off in importance. NXT 2.0 has ''NXT LVL UP'' as a more traditional B Show for the promotion. |
| 233 | * BigBudgetBeefUp: Subverted - whilst the original format of NXT was taped on the road prior to [=SmackDown=], the {{Retool}} from a competition to an individual brand saw NXT move to Full Sail University and gain an identifiable and unique NXT set. At the same time, this trope was played straight as FCW being rebranded as NXT also saw the developmental territory gaining the WWE branding officially, and with it a more impressive arena which looked less like an indy promotion and instead like a more intimate WWE show, complete with titantron; on top of that, whilst FCW was only aired locally in Florida, NXT (at least, outside of the USA) retains the TV slots it held prior to the rebranding, and is aired on Hulu+ and the WWE Network. |
| 234 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 235 | ** On rare occasions, a wrestler who disappeared from WWE or NXT years earlier or graduated to the main roster will eventually show up again. This happened to [[Wrestling/ChrisHero Kassius Ohno]], Danny Burch, Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/{{EC3}} (formerly Derrick Bateman), Wrestling/WadeBarrett (who would return from his release as a commentator) and Percy Watson (who was a contestant on season two of the competition and was later quietly released, only to re-appear six years later as a commentator). |
| 236 | ** A match example would be the [=WarGames=] match from Wrestling/{{WCW}}, which came back in 2017 after nearly 20 years of absence. |
| 237 | ** A number of wrestlers who had previously moved to the main roster returned to NXT in late 2019-early 2020, the most notable being [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], who [[FaceHeelTurn immediately abandoned]] his smiling everyman persona and brought back [[Wrestling/BulletClub The Prince]]. This accomplished a few things by adding to the legitimacy of the brand now that it was supposed to be on equal status with Raw and Smackdown, revitalizing fan favorites like Wrestling/TylerBreeze who had been poorly utilized after being called up, and particularly in the case of Bálor, brought in veteran experience to coach and mentor the wrestlers who are actually still part of the developmental program. |
| 238 | *** While they did not officially change brands, Wrestling/KevinOwens joined Team NXT for the now triple threat format at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2019'' as part of his ongoing feud with Wrestling/SethRollins, and Wrestling/CharlotteFlair was the first ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' winner to challenge for an NXT title at Wrestling/WrestleMania 36'' where she beat Wrestling/RheaRipley. |
| 239 | * CrowdChant: "NXT! NXT! NXT!" |
| 240 | * CrowdSong: The Full Sail audience loves these: |
| 241 | ** ''[[Wrestling/SamiZayn Oleee! Ole! Ole! Oleeeee! Oleee! Oleee!]]'' |
| 242 | ** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey!_Baby Heeeeeey, heeyyy]] Wrestling/{{Bayley}}! [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey!_Baby OOH! AAAH! I wanna knooooow....will you be my girl!]]'' |
| 243 | ** ''[[Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura OH! OHHHHHHH! OHHH! OHHH! OHHHHH! OHHH! OH! OH! OH! OH! OHHHHHHH..."]]'' |
| 244 | ** ''[[Wrestling/BobbyRoode Glorious!]] No, I won't give in, I won't give in! Till' I'm victorious, and I will defend, I will defend...'' |
| 245 | * CrushTheKeepsake: At ''[=TakeOver=]: Chicago II'', Wrestling/TommasoCiampa committed the big mistake of pulling the wedding ring out of Wrestling/JohnnyGargano's hand. This only managed to send Johnny onto an UnstoppableRage. [[spoiler:Too bad that Johnny still lost at the end when Ciampa reversed a DDT and got the pin, though]]. |
| 246 | * CurbStompBattle: Since this is the developmental brand, one might think that whenever a main brand star shows up, they'll win, if only because of star power. But the show has done a good job of averting this and allowing NXT superstars to get wins over the main roster wrestlers, allowing NXT stars to get over and be seen as competent. |
| 247 | * DirtyOldMan: Wrestling/WilliamRegal & [[Wrestling/MattBloom Tensai/Jason Albert]] are fairly shameless in their flirting with Renee Young. To be fair though, Renee Young flirts back at William Regal... |
| 248 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 249 | ** Some wrestlers' gimmicks can be very different from that of the character they play when they get called up. It's very weird watching, say, Wrestling/SethRollins play a {{heel}} on Raw and a {{face}} on NXT during the first few months of Wrestling/TheShield, until they tape more episodes and the gimmick change gets acknowledged. Justified in that NXT tapes their episodes in advance, with the episodes they tape airing about 3-4 weeks after the fact. |
| 250 | ** Also happens to wrestlers within NXT as management tries to find the right gimmick for them or attempts to refine the one they have. The early days of their particular character/gimmick may be completely unlike the personality they ultimately settle into in NXT. One particularly blatant example might be Wrestling/BeckyLynch, who debuted with a stereotypical Irish gimmick and was quickly repackaged into a rocker chick in time for the next tapings. |
| 251 | * FinishingMove: Unlike the WWE main roster, a finishing move is almost always that, often requiring more than just a kickout to escape from. There have been entire ''events'' where the only kickout of a finisher is once, in the main event. |
| 252 | * FirstNameBasis: The women are referred to in this way, as is usual for WWE programming. On the male side, Enzo Amore is the most prominent example. |
| 253 | * FleetingDemographicRule: Regal gets into a feud with a young upstart who thinks he's past his prime and they have an epic match to set their differences. Is this feud with [[Wrestling/ChrisHero Kassius Ohno]] in NXT or with Wrestling/DeanAmbrose in FCW? |
| 254 | * GenreThrowback: Many people have noted that NXT 2.0 took a lot of cues from the WWF's [[Wrestling/WWENewGenerationEra New Generation]] era in the early to mid-90's, with a colorful aesthetic and a strong focus on wrestlers holding high concept gimmicks. Being it was overseen by Shawn Michaels, one of that era's biggest stars, it makes one wonder. |
| 255 | * GimmickMatches: NXT is notable for bringing back the old Wrestling/{{WCW}} classic [=WarGames=] match, albeit with a modern twist, in 2017. The cage was made open-topped to give high-fliers more room to work with, with the added stipulation that anyone who left the cage would forfeit the match for their team to retain the old "no escape" philosophy, and the format was changed to 3 teams of 3 rather than the old 2 teams of 4, with the entry rules modified to speed it up. It was such an overwhelming success that it was brought back the next year, although with a more traditional 4 vs 4 and conventional entry rules setup, and again was a great success. For the 2019 installment, they also held the first Women's [=WarGames=] match. Having proven itself in developmental, WarGames was promoted to the main roster starting in 2022, with men's and women's [=WarGames=] matching displacing the 5-on-5 (or 4-on-4) elimination tag matches that were the original namesake of Survivor Series. |
| 256 | * GraduateFromTheStory: This becomes the premise once they dropped the competition format. The brand now functions as WWE's farm league for wrestlers until they are ready or/and honed enough to be called up into the main roster.[[note]]However, there were instances where wrestlers who were already active in the main roster (re)join here full-time, namely; Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}}, Wrestling/TysonKidd, [[Wrestling/MattCardona Zack Ryder]], [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]], Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/TylerBreeze, Wrestling/{{Fandango}}, [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], Wrestling/SamoaJoe, and Wrestling/MandyRose[[/note]] |
| 257 | * MoralityPet: The entire show is this for Wrestling/TripleH. Even while working as a {{Heel}}, HHH is always in his best behavior while appearing on the show. Notably when Wrestling/SethRollins crashed a PPV event (''[=TakeOver=]: San Antonio'') during their feud leading up to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 33'', HHH becomes livid as if Seth tarnished sacred grounds. |
| 258 | * MythologyGag: |
| 259 | ** The Four Horsewomen recreated Wrestling/TheKliq's Curtain Call at the first Takeover: Brooklyn. |
| 260 | ** On the 26/3/20 episode, Wrestling/JohnnyGargano claimed that Wrestling/TommasoCiampa "Tried to escape by jumping out the window!", echoing Wrestling/BobbyHeenan's claim regarding Wrestling/MartyJannetty during the Rockers' breakup. |
| 261 | ** After [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Balor]] interfered in a match on behalf of Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/KarlAnderson and [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]], Balor and Styles made the Wrestling/BulletClub hand sign. |
| 262 | * OnceAnEpisode: Originally, Renee Young joining the commentary team for a match, though this hasn't happened in a while. |
| 263 | * OddballInTheSeries: Wrestling/BoDallas in the lineage of the NXT Championship has become a glorified {{Jobber}} on the main roster compared to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_Championship all the other champions]]. He and [[Wrestling/BigELangston Big E]] were the only champions who did not gain fame on the independent scene before joining NXT, although the latter averted career decay thanks to his success with Wrestling/TheNewDay. |
| 264 | * PowerStable: |
| 265 | ** The Beautiful Fierce Females (2012-2014) |
| 266 | ** Wrestling/TheWyattFamily (2012-2013) |
| 267 | ** Blake, Wrestling/{{Alexa|Bliss}}, Murphy Factor (2015-2016)[[note]]Blake & Murphy have already been a TagTeam a year earlier[[/note]] |
| 268 | ** Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle (2016-2022) |
| 269 | ** Wrestling/{{Sanity}} (2016-2018) |
| 270 | ** Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra (2017-2021) |
| 271 | ** MMA Horsewomen (2018-2020) |
| 272 | ** Imperium (2019-2022) |
| 273 | ** The Robert Stone Brand (2020-Present) |
| 274 | ** The Way (2020-2021) |
| 275 | ** Diamond Mine (2020-2023) |
| 276 | ** Toxic Attraction (2021-2023) |
| 277 | ** Chase U (2022-Present) |
| 278 | ** The Meta-Four (2023-Present) |
| 279 | * PutOnABus: Either because you moved up to the main roster, were released or you were injured. Getting sidelined due to injury is less likely to be acknowledged on air in NXT due to the taping schedule, so it looks like certain wrestlers have just disappeared without explanation. |
| 280 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A recurring trend for NXT's on-screen authority figures. |
| 281 | ** Wrestling/DustyRhodes as the initial Interim General Manager/Commissioner for the retooled NXT. |
| 282 | ** Wrestling/TripleH serves as this whenever he turns up, regardless of if he's currently being booked as a heel on the main shows. Ditto Wrestling/{{Steph|anieMcMahon}}, who sometimes shows up to tout the NXT Women's Division with obvious real pride. |
| 283 | ** [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]], despite playing the heel commentator on Raw and [=SmackDown=], is similarly portrayed as objective and reasonable in his role as NXT GM. |
| 284 | ** Long time GM Wrestling/WilliamRegal fills this role as well. |
| 285 | ** Johnny Saint and Sid Scala serve as this for NXT UK. |
| 286 | ** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels fills this role after Hunter had to step down from the role due to his health issues. |
| 287 | * {{Retool}}: Started in the middle of Season 5, when they dropped the competition part of NXT and made it more of a third brand with storylines. They then revamped the show, moved it to Full Sail University, and essentially made it the show for the developmental system, which once had a separate show and branding. |
| 288 | ** The show got another retool in late 2021 with ''NXT 2.0'', which was seen as an attempt to [[RevisitingTheRoots go back to their developmental roots]] (see Artifact Title) and go YoungerAndHipper after losing the ratings war with AEW. Gone was the black/gold color scheme and the increasingly DarkerAndEdgier heavy metal aesthetic and in its place a brighter arena with a LighterAndSofter rainbow color scheme. |
| 289 | * RevisitingTheRoots: After NXT evolved into a "super indie" focused on workrate and showcasing wrestlers who were already well-established elsewhere, NXT 2.0 is a return to the original focus on showcasing the talent coming up through WWE's developmental system. |
| 290 | * ShoutOut: |
| 291 | ** Wrestling/XavierWoods is billed from Angel Grove, claims to have been trained in "Hip Hop Kido" by Zack Taylor, and will sometimes shout "IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" during matches. In short, he's a giant ShoutOut to ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', short of actually dressing like a Power Ranger. |
| 292 | ** Wrestling/AdrianNeville's Corkscrew Shooting Star Press is named after the Red Arrows, the RAF's aerobatic display team. |
| 293 | ** When Wrestling/{{Bayley}} debuted a pair of wacky waving inflatable tube men as part of her entrance, Tom Phillips declared "Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man! Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man!", leading an aghast Byron Saxton to outright ask if he was referencing ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 294 | * SelfDeprecation: Jason Albert as commentator takes more after his Tons of Funk Tensai than his initial Tensai or Albert gimmicks. Half of his humor is him poking fun at himself, such as him constantly saying, "I'm not too smart but I can lift heavy things." |
| 295 | * SelfPlagiarism: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8h0_8oVv18 Santana Garrett's theme]] for several of her jobber matches was just a symphonic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pijmRsW0tGk Emma's theme]]. |
| 296 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: NXT currently only has a handful of female wrestlers compared to the main roster. However, this is somewhat balanced out by how said women are treated. They have more time to actually ''wrestle'', are usually promoted as characters & skilled competitors rather than just eye candy, and their interpersonal beefs usually don't revolve around romantic interest in a guy. Also worth noting: while the main roster had the ''Divas'' Championship (at least until ''[=WrestleMania=] 32''), NXT has always had a ''Women's'' Championship (though the NXT commentators still insisted on referring to them as Divas). |
| 297 | ** Not only that, but the Wrestling/SashaBanks vs. Wrestling/{{Bayley}} match at [=TakeOver=]: Brooklyn was considered the match of the night (despite being followed by a Wrestling/KevinOwens-[[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] ladder match), and the rematch, a 30-minute Iron Man match, main evented the next [=TakeOver=]. |
| 298 | * SquashMatch: Averages around 1 per episode. |
| 299 | * TournamentArc: ''The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic''. |
| 300 | * WhamLine: |
| 301 | ** "This wasn't our moment. This is my moment." |
| 302 | ** "At ''[=TakeOver=] Houston'' these three teams will be in ''[[GimmickMatches two]]'' rings!" |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:As NXT [=2.0=]]] |
| 306 | * AuthorAppeal: Ever since he became the head booker for NXT, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels has been a huge fan of women's wrestling as not only does he book women's feuds that revolve around a championship but also non-title women's storylines as well. The reason is that Michaels believes that gender doesn't matter in NXT as he treats the NXT Women's Division the same as their male counterparts with no indifference whatsoever. |
| 307 | * GenderEqualEnsemble: Since its rebranding as NXT 2.0, about 30 men and 20 women are on the roster with its female talents getting as much exposure as their male counterparts in terms of matches and storylines. |
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