Vince McMahon (76) Bruce Prichard (57) John Laurinaitis (59) trying to produced a wrestling show for a younger audience

"It's easier to see, unfortunately it's not any easier on the eyes" Deep Jim, real deep

NXT worked because it was people from TNA and ROH with 5+ years of experience. NXT 2.0 is me having my first wrestling match right out of developmental.

Treat it like NJPW Strong. It's basically young lions vs main roster stars.

we need a "bout it, bout it" update, Jim!

NXT 2.0: Easier To See, Harder To Watch

When I was a teenager in the 90's I watched terrible shows like Baywatch and music videos for terrible pop acts solely to catch a look at attractive ladies in skimpy outfits. But I didn't have the internet back then. This was the era when a friend of a friend getting ahold of an issue of Playboy was the holy grail. Nobody has any reason these days to sit through a bad TV show to check out hot babes and only a geezer like Vince McMahon, who probably has called it the "internets" a few times by mistake, would think otherwise. And the whole thing is kind of funny because if you're resorting to this then don't you KNOW that your show is otherwise the shits? If you know that why not try to FIX it, rather than hope to swindle some viewers into watching to catch a glimpse of some good looking women?

Vince's ego couldn't handle HHH getting the high marks and be more over than VKM. SAD.

Why is it called NXT 2.0? Shouldn't it be 3.0 because 2.0 would be the version they transitioned to after it was a reality show/game show like competition.

"We are not gonna review NXT this week because it wasn't worth it" - Jim Cornette

Gigi Dolan and Jacy Jayne are both decent to good wrestlers

NXT now literally looks like a Nickelodeon Game show from the 90s even the writing and scripted segment look like they came from. Kids show.

Wouldn’t what Jim’s suggesting cost way less to operate too?

But you can't Deny that last week. Mandy Rose's Segment drew the highest number of viewers on the show. So there is the 18-25 demographic of young males. Myself included. Who like to watch attractive women on a tv show. Without having them do anything sexual. Not every young guy watches p*rn. Plus wrestling is a part of show business and attractive women have always been a part of Showbiz. So it doesn't hurt to have hot women, who can actually wrestle. And Mandy Rose is undeniably a really good wrestler, and a highly charismatic athlete as well. Aside from her being drop-dead gorgeous.

I sorta enjoyed the new NXT, there were some cool new gimmicks and decent segments, but I completely lost interest in the show after a few episodes.

In my opinion, NXT should've never been turned into an indie show, now people want that era of NXT.

NXT should be exclusively on Peacock since it's back to being developmental

People say Vince is out of touch and are completely right. A lot of the same people say the same about Jim but it's not the Same thing. Jim believes in old School territory days NWA style Wrestling brands and promos. For a developmental brand working with really fresh talent his style of booking and teaching would serve any talent with the potential to be big greatly once they were ready to move on. There's enough mainstream Wrestling brands for the different tastes of fans and enough places for wrestlers to work thankfully. If I had the money to start up a new brand I've thought of it being a developmental brand but not to raise wrestlers for any one federation in particular but a scouting federation for them all to come and check out and for the reasons above Cornette is one of the first people I would attempt to bring in to help with it.

Well, nobody is saying NXT is better than the main roster anymore. I'm guessing that makes Vince happy. He continues to find ways to work himself.

The other thing is that the WWE does not really care about the ratings for NXT. They never really did. They really never did anything to drive the ratings..you rarely saw any main roster folks go to NXT on USA ( that actually happened more when it was just on the network) so it is not a ratings thing... it never really was.

It's really sad what's happened to NXT. I remember NXT in its infancy (between the OVW/FCW days and its recent peak) when it was this corny gameshow, pairing "amateurs" with "pros" in the hopes the "amateurs" would be granted a WWE contract. Like Tough Enough 2.0, minus the Tough. And when I found out that Triple H had taken NXT and improved it to such a degree that it had a roster of talent so amazing that it basically shed the "developmental" label and turned it into its own brand that was really impressing a lot of people, I was delighted to watch it and see it grow! And to see it turned into a 3rd brand, and unceremoniously wrested from Triple H's grip, with most, if not all, the really valuable talent released, or booked so poorly that they don't want to renew their contracts...is a real shame.

I predict that NXT will be taken off TV sometime next year. It’ll probably be moved to Peacock or something like that. What an unfortunate thing NXT has turned into, after being the best and most consistent wrestling show for years.

Gigi Dolin can bring eyes... 🍑

Review the show Heels, Jim!

"We don't want anybody to see John Cena." Well they called that one right.

These guys are all soooo much better now. I would like to see an updated video on nxt

I’m personally enjoying NXT 2.0

A mistake I think a lot of people do is try watching NXT 2.0 and expecting it to be like or better than the NXT it was before. They said it from the start that NXT is moving back to being a developmental program, and that's what it is. You see a lot of new faces, fresh matches, new storylines, and character development. It's not the best show and it's not the worst show. I personally watch it as a show for rookies, and I enjoy it. Visually everyone looks like a professional athlete even though a lot of them act goofy. It's watchable if you don't have high expectations.

Given the nature of wwe’s practices for its talent and it’s insistance on wholly owning wrestling’s past, present and (eventual) future, the “property of wwe” t shirt is more literal than jovial

WWE should just keep NXT on the WWE Network. It would’ve done fine on TV when it was the ROH & TNA stars having great matches with top prospects. But if it’s truly developmental, only the smart fans will appreciate it.

NXT is dead.

Undisputed ERA didn't make guys that weren't watching watch.

I don't see the problem with Toxic Attraction the group was already being form when HHH was still there. I think HHH would have waited until the end year to put the belts on them.

Tombstone on NXT reads. Here lies NXT "Vince had thoughts , may it Rest in Peace."

The way Cornette pronounces television.

Reminder: Who was on top when NXT “got stale”? Cole + Undisputed Era

Latest biggest example of this is Drew MacIntyre imagine 12 years ago instead of him being rushed as the chosen one by Vince he actually had time to grow ,he would of been great for wwe in 2010 to now

Tony must have put Vince under a genjutsu

I thought Jim wanted NXT to be developmental. That's what it is now, they're trying to make new stars

If the girls agree with it beforehand and know what they're getting into then they share that responsibility too

Gee, Minelli Shelly? Did I hear that one right?

We've seen this play out so many times. If you take a C show of main roster talent like Main Event or Superstars and put it on TV, it'll be canceled faster than Jon Gruden. At least here it's like watching minor league baseball, and it's the only place in WWE you get to see anyone grow, develop, and figure out their character.

When did WWE sign GG Alin? I must have missed that!

Well if Vince isn't out of touch than I don't know who is

HHH Must feel like he Played ‘The Game’ with Vince McMahon and LOST ….. 👀

Thing is wrestling is different. The "territories" are no more, and you travel indies and ply your trade. Thing about that is people learn terrible habits that take years to break. At least with NXT and this, they're on TV learning a TV style instead of spamming flips and super kicks and just general fake looking shit. Only downside is in NXT they train everyone the same way. Perhaps it's on talent to watch film and try new shit off camera in the PC.

Could take the NXT show and use the slot for a RAW vs Smackdown show.

"NXT 2.0: We Got the Hottest Women! And So Many Lights!"

Why invest my time with NXT (or the World Wrestling Entertainment for that matter) if the talent ends up being mis-manged and ultimately released only to have All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance or New Japan Pro Wrestling sign them up???

I remember Batista being green than they slowly started letting Batista talk I will never forget Batista's first line with HHH after Batista won the rumble Batista said "I love what you think about me now let me tell you what I think about you , than they cut the mic off and HHH took over talking , but now Batista is so confident with the mic he is also a great actor .

I thought that was Owen Hart

The stuff JC is talking about Missy Hyatt and Sunny reminds me of Lana when she was with Rusev. She was this leggy sexy suit skirt wearing manager with Russian accent and she was more over ad that than she was as a wrestler.

Put nxt on peacock only

Bill Behrens is one of the most underappreciated business man and minds in the wrestling business ever.

They just need to have the top NXT guys lineup and have Vince shoot them in the head then let Roman feed on the remains.

Lmao so green they are phosphorescent.

It’s sad that all the work HHH has done is all gone

Compounded by the fact that should a wrestler get over, they're immediately stolen from NXT, sent to one of the big shows, and totally repackaged. Karrion Kross vs Keith Lee should have been a months-long fued, that got them both over, fans would've loved it, and both men would deliver. "You've got NO CHANCE IN HELL!!"

Y’all remember Raw Underground? Yeah me neither

I wonder how jim feels about the 6month evaluation they are gonna start

Hey Jimbo there still doing five hundred or more in viewers which Vince, Bruce and Kevin Dunn are completely happy with and obviously quite a few fans are also until they see a drastic drop NXT probably want change much from their current product.

Ya know what else Missy & Tammy had in common? Wrestle ViXXXEns. Now imagine Wrestle ViXXXens 2.0 with some of these HOT NXT Women! XD

I generally watch 1 or 2 segments but now the Valkyrie aka Franky Monet is gone I don't see any reason, other than Steiner/Champa segments, to ever see NXT

Am I the only one who thinks B.Breaker is 30 years to late?

I am loving the new NXT, it's different. I agree with the comparison of Undisputed Attitude and Toxic Attraction, difference is one faction was at retirement age, other is under their prime in age

Maybe have all the women wrestling on Tuesday instead of on raw and Smackdown. Change titles to one world, one midcard title, and only one tag title.

To be fair..the first time i saw Alexa Bliss on NXT, i tuned in every week hoping to see her on the show. But luckily back then if she wasnt, at least you had Zayn, Neville, Breeze etc who had awesome matches

This is the reason vince putting everyone out of business has harmed it likely beyond saving. No where else to get talent ready and over.

Watching WWE in 2021 is like watching an empire fall. Little by little, week by week, bad decision after bad decision, Vince McMahon is slowly but surely destroying EVERYTHING that him & his entire family have spent the last 100+ years building.

WWE has a program that is used for main roster talent that isn’t properly utilized. It’s called Main Event and less people watch it than 205 Live and NXT UK.

Move NXT to Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning.

I'm still suprised that Cornette shits on NXT like he does. It has a very old school fee, were seeing great young talent being developed and nothing is overly bad or offensive. The young talent on NXT look much better than the young talent we see on AEW. So I dont understand why he hates it so much and he hasn't really given us a reason why he hates it other than the talent is green.

No Shits Given !!

Phosphorus or florescent? Phosphorescent lol

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Toxic Attraction OR Two Sixes & An Eight

One name: Vince

Work so hard for so long at not being a wrestling company you forget what wrestling actually looks like.. but people are trying to watch your garbage hoping you trip over a wrestling angle or a good match once in a while. When they realize that's not going to happen you get the weekly NXT 2.0 ratings chart.

Vince has oppsite midus touch instead of turning everything to gold it's now becoming mold and melting

I'm sorry but AEW is more green than NXT and NXT is supposed to be green.

NXT has Ciampa, WALTER and Ilja. Thats about it.

I would put NXT on the network. And give the women their own show.

I think they haven't realised what they've done using Sasha Banks this past year and a half. Jim once said he comes from a time when you almost had to tie people to a chair to force them to watch women wrestling. It's much, much easier nowadays Jimmy lol

They could send the talent to Impact for a little while to keep them out of sight.

I bet their new hiring policy with women 25 and under was Johnny Ace's idea.

NXT was enjoyable about 4 years ago or so. They’ve become Vince McMahon lite.

Am I the only one that thinks the lighting in NXT is actually a huge downgrade?

It's Just A Joke 🤦🏾

I agree with Jim about a lot, but will never understand his aversion to women wrestling.

2.0 not great but has been the pits as a 2 hour live show so I welcome the shake up

Devil’s advocate. Maybe in these social media aware days, the talent who eventually become stars don’t need a lengthy development anymore. Orton and Cena were better as OVW rookies than main roster NXT 2.0 “talent” according to Jim. And Breaker is clearly a future star so early on. Why would WWE spend money on coddling hundreds of sub par talent for a few years to hopefully mould a future star when it seems the actual future stars were always great from the beginning.

Gigi Dollin aka GG Allin. bite it.

Nobody really gived a crap about Old nxt either and it was on USA

Man NXT has come a long way since the FCW day's!! ALONG WAY FROM ENTERTAINING!!🤮

So NXT is the D league of the WWE? The D league is not regularly on TV

As much as I don’t want to admit it, AEW did kill NXT. It was the weakest version of NXT during that time and now it’s so bad, it shouldn’t even be called NXT anymore

I thought that was Tommy rich on the Thumbnail lol

While i don't particularly like the new NXT from what I've seen I'll say there is a branch of the "smart" fans now that actually enjoys seeing talent go from green to stars and it was NXT's original selling point (post "game show" era). These smart fans love to overpraise guys "potential" more than they care about their lack of ability currently and almost see themselves as scouts and want to watch guys and gals develop in to what they will become later on the main roster (if they make it that far). They are essentially wrestling hipsters to some extent who will say on reddit years later "I remember this guy when he was on NXT just blah blah blah , look at him now" and basically brag about how they saw the potential in them way back when. In their mind they get some sort of bragging rights over other fans basically being able to say they saw a guy first. I also think in general the average wrestling fan (since most of them are hardcore "smart" fans and very very few casuals exist except kids now) are intrinsically more forgiving of green people when they debut and won't hold it against them their entire careers and in fact look forward to guys improving and "figuring it out". I think Osmos is a great example , he's greener than asparagus but he gets a pass from every WWE fan/viewer I know and is actually almost unanimously praised by them for his "potential" rather than his lack of acumen.

Did anyone really tune into nxt cuz of undisputed era or keith lee that werent ALREADY watching nxt?

Turns out WWE listens sometimes. Now they're sending people like Seth, Becky, ConDom etc. to NXT