Has anyone ever come to this conclusion? So many have given their opinions on the next wrestling boom. It's NXT people and it's clear as day to me. My personal opinion is that most fans just don't see it as the next "Wrestling Boom" because they attribute past wrestling boom periods with individuals combined with angles. The Attitude Era, The Ruthless Aggression Era etc.
NXT isn't a single wrestler, it's a developmental show. NXT tours and has it's own PPV's. Most of us can admit that it is indeed something fresh and to a certain extent different than the main roster brands of Raw, Main Event, and Smackdown. The show itself has a combination of old, new, and unknown. Very little is known about the stars that they have currently learning their new trades. The real "Developmental" talents. It's a part of wrestling we haven't had in quite some time. Secrecy. Remember how much of a secret things were before the internet.
You have a little bit of this secrecy going on right now with the true NXT Developmental talents. Yes, they have twitter accounts, pics, and so on. In this day and age the way that these NXT talents are kept "away" is rare. I like not knowing a whole lot about these talents. What did we know about Braun Stowman? He hardly wrestled on television. Yes, he tweets, but that is not in character. Very few right now know much about Chad Gable. Even with as popular as NXT is right now. Most casuals have little to no clue as to who he is.
Quietly with time talents are being groomed without us being able to see their progression every step of the way. NXT has revived divisions in ways that the main roster has yet to achieve. Let me take the NXT Women's Division as an example. That division alone has been better than the Diva's Division for quite some time now. What those reasons are can be disputed at another time, but I think it has a lot to do with NXT being the next "Wrestling Boom". You can't place this idea on just one division, person, or fan base. Yes, the fan base.
Will the majority of NXT fans in the future essentially be a large portion of those who watch the main roster shows? Yes, but here is where I think it goes. Part of being the Wrestling Boom is attracting "new" fans. Something fresh, or new in general should excite a new crowd. The potential that the current NXT has is nearly to the moon. Look at some of the Indy talents that have shown up on NXT. These rare contracts where these outside talents can come in and participate and even defeat a current NXT tag team. NXT has convinced people that it's under the WWE umbrella, but doesn't follow the same rules.
NXT isn't a single wrestler, it's a developmental show. NXT tours and has it's own PPV's. Most of us can admit that it is indeed something fresh and to a certain extent different than the main roster brands of Raw, Main Event, and Smackdown. The show itself has a combination of old, new, and unknown. Very little is known about the stars that they have currently learning their new trades. The real "Developmental" talents. It's a part of wrestling we haven't had in quite some time. Secrecy. Remember how much of a secret things were before the internet.
You have a little bit of this secrecy going on right now with the true NXT Developmental talents. Yes, they have twitter accounts, pics, and so on. In this day and age the way that these NXT talents are kept "away" is rare. I like not knowing a whole lot about these talents. What did we know about Braun Stowman? He hardly wrestled on television. Yes, he tweets, but that is not in character. Very few right now know much about Chad Gable. Even with as popular as NXT is right now. Most casuals have little to no clue as to who he is.
Quietly with time talents are being groomed without us being able to see their progression every step of the way. NXT has revived divisions in ways that the main roster has yet to achieve. Let me take the NXT Women's Division as an example. That division alone has been better than the Diva's Division for quite some time now. What those reasons are can be disputed at another time, but I think it has a lot to do with NXT being the next "Wrestling Boom". You can't place this idea on just one division, person, or fan base. Yes, the fan base.
Will the majority of NXT fans in the future essentially be a large portion of those who watch the main roster shows? Yes, but here is where I think it goes. Part of being the Wrestling Boom is attracting "new" fans. Something fresh, or new in general should excite a new crowd. The potential that the current NXT has is nearly to the moon. Look at some of the Indy talents that have shown up on NXT. These rare contracts where these outside talents can come in and participate and even defeat a current NXT tag team. NXT has convinced people that it's under the WWE umbrella, but doesn't follow the same rules.