You're missing the point. NXT is not the developmental right of passage it once was. The Performance Center is the developmental area for WWE talent. This is why Jade is going there and not to NXT to refine her skills - she's going straight to the main roster.
You can use that to condemn her training in AEW (which is ridiculous because she was being trained by Bryan Danielson), but NXT is not this panacea of development. It is a stomping ground for younger wrestlers who are past the training stage of their wrestling career and are into character development. They don't use NXT on Tuesday Nights to practice their wrestling skills - that's for the already trained. They have an audience, they have a niche, and they have their own storylines.
I mean sure, you could say that's still development, but it's not development in the way you are thinking of NXT historically, which was what NXT Black and Gold was often for their untelevised events and opening matches.
I'm not saying AEW makes good decisions all the time. I'm saying NXT is not this excuse of a brand to allow for injuries to occur because of green talent (which they are not).
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