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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Waiting for the day where Triple H has more creative control over RAW and Smackdown. NXT and 205 Live are noticeably different in terms of atmosphere and in-ring action. The main roster guys have been shielded from doing their own things and expanding their move sets for decades now.
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Lets look at the differences though
NXT
Smaller roster - This really allows you to be creative with the people that you have available, you can invest in the story line
TV Exposure - 1 hour a week. That means 3 or 4 story lines going on at once, this way you get a complete slow burn on the story line, and therefore you have a sense of anticipation on Wednesday nights when you get a one hour show
Far fewer PPVs - They don't have to rush storylines at all. Because of the one hour of TV a week and a lot less and shorter PPV's you can make storylines make sense and they don't have to be rushed.
The NXT Audience is different - They're really not the jaded audience that's likely to hi jack a show like the main roster fans seem to do. Because of that you get more immersion into what's happening. Plus the NXT audience is almost like the ECW audience in that they're all in and part of the show.
The cool factor of watching minor league hockey - You can actually get behind a character that you think is progressing or being called up.
Sadly the main roster creates different problems besides the writers suck.
The rosters are huge, and they're trying to use that - So you get about 5 storylines per hour of wrestling or probably 25 different storylines a week between Raw and Samckdown. The problem is it forces a rushed storyline for everyone and sometimes you go into a ppv with no build because there's no time
There are too many hours of TV - 3 hours tends to burn out an audience, so the energy is gone by the end of hour two and there's no audience energy left. They're also trying to cram too much into that many hours of TV.
The rosters are way to big - Its pretty simple. Its not like the old days when you had 15 really good wrestlers and a bunch of jobbers. Between the men and the woman we're probably talking about 30 or so wrestlers on each roster so you can't get invested or keep track and might not want to.
The audience is too saavy - while the NXT audience might be like a NCAA crowd, the main roster audiences are like the NFL. They're also way more in tune with what they like and don't like and they take too much pride in being smarks and hijacking the show.