I've also come to realize that Vince is poison for most NXT talents when they get called up. Only a handful of them ahve been really successful at the gimmicks that got them the promotion. Too many have fallen to the undercard / used as jobber fodder / ignored for TV time when they had incredible runs in NXT. Bo Dallas, Tyler Breeze, the Ascension, the Revival, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable, Cien Almas, Bayley, etc. Hell, Samoa Joe hasn't even had a main roster title yet which is a complete tragedy especially when you consider his "Great Balls of Fire" feud with Brock was probably the best feud Brock has been in in the last six years.
I just don't think Vince knows how to handle pre-existing characters, which is 100% the way the industry is trending right now, even with HHH's management of NXT.
Going forward, it really is looking like wrestlers will have a character that they can carry to multiple promotions and continue to work on/build over a longer period of time. You can already see NXT doing this with EC3, Matt Riddle, WALTER, Pete Dunne, etc.
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