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Originally Posted by Muta
I have a feeling WWE would look A LOT different if HHH was fully in charge. RAW and Smackdown would be feeling a LOT more like NXT/AEW, and they'd be pushing talent with actual wrestling ability, signing and embracing indy stars, promoting Twitch accounts, and establishing partnerships with other leagues across the world.
Vince is so out of touch it's scary. 99.9% sure bet HHH knows this.
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Yeah and it's clear because that's how HHH booked NXT. He was willing to push guys that had wrestling ability, wasn't afraid to promote their successes around the world before NXT, and had logical natural fued progressions that wasn't just the same guys fighting over and over in variations of tag matches prior to the 1:1 match at the PPV.
Look at the guys who were NXT champions under HHH once NXT became a real brand.
Neville/Pac
Zayn
Owens
Balor
Samoa Joe
Nakamura
Roode
McIntyre
Andrade
Aleister Black
Ciampa
Gargano
Cole
Lee
Kross
These guys all had great NXT runs, and were booked awesome in NXT. But which of those guys has actually had success with Vince on the main roster?
Owens, Balor (in flashes), Joe (in flashes), and McIntyre.
With the talent at Vince's disposal over the last couple years the WWE should have had amazing success, instead they've floundered because Vince has no idea how to book these guys.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
HHH is effectively pushed off to the side, the loss of the NXT vs AEW stuff really stunted him and gave excuses for the Pritchards to jump in and knee cap him.
I don't know if Vince is going to willingly hand off his baby to his kids like he probably originally planned. Shane looks like he's gone from the company again, Stephanie has faded away and HHH is neutered and probably looked at like a failure.
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I wonder about this. Nick Khan is a smart guy and anybody who has paid attention to WWE over the last 5 years knows that NXT has been successful under HHH and really overshadowed the main brand most of that time.
AEW won the ratings war on Wednesday nights but anybody outside of Vince should probably realize that wasn't really HHH's fault.
Honestly if I was a company that was looking at buying WWE I'd probably want part of that agreement to be that HHH stays to help with the transition, and potentially gets an executive role (with Vince retiring). Because even though I don't like the guy I think it's pretty clear that AEW is pretty much just what HHH wanted to do, but with the full support behind it, instead of Vince never fully getting "NXT" like in WWE.