>Longest reigning male champion is a 34 year old with 16 years

>Bo Dallas and Big E are the only homegrown talent to get the NXT title
is NXT is sham?

>>2115318
34's not that old in wrestling desu. Having said that, yeah, we all know it's not really developmental any more.

>>2115318
Success in NXT isn't measured by belts and reigns, it's getting up to the roster where success IS measured by belts and reigns.

>>2115392
but then why send people with 10+ years experience in a US wrestling style to a developmental brand?

>>2115374
>Bo Dallas is a comedy jobber
>Big E is a comedy midcarder
Yes. The indie guys are also doing badly
>Seth Rollins is one of the most badly booked faces in the whole roster
>Neville was forgotten by creative for a long time until they remembered he exists a few weeks ago
>Sami Zayn is a midcarder for life even though the brand split should've helped his career instead of harming it
>Kevin Owens is one of the worst booked champions in WWE history
>Finn Balor is injured and he had a really boring NXT title reign that lasted way too long
>Samoa Joe is still stuck in developmental even though he's way above that level
>Shinsuke Nakamura is lazy as fuck

>>2115395
Experienced hands to boost up younger talent for main roster roles. You don't really think Nakamura or Asuka are ever going to get called up, do you? They're on-screen trainers.

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>>2115409
Meanwhile the NXT women call-ups have absolutely dominated that division since Nikki Bella dropped the title like 1 and a half years ago.

>>2115411
ok then what about Joe? He and AJ debuted right around the same time in the late 90s and are both way more experience than NXT and he's young enough to not just be a guy to boost younger talent. Why didn't he just skip to the main roster like AJ?

>>2115417
Summer Rae

>>2115417
2 of the call ups have, Sasha and Charlotte. Becky is a jobber to the stars, Summer and Emma are JUST

>>2115417
TWO of the NXT women call-ups have dominated the Raw division. I don't even fucking know who's got the SD womens' title, just assuming it's the same deal over there.

As for the rest, one's perennially COMING BACK SOON, one's a prop in a 205 feud, one's quit, one's been wellness'd, and one is in the doghouse over something her dad did.

>>2115417
What happened to Summer Rae

She was da bomb

>>2115453
Injured and become a bible thumper

>>2115465
>not breeding a conservative chick in the missionary position

>>2115374
That's more of WWE's fault for not finding enough homegrown talent.

>former football players
>strongmen/power lifters
>former soldier/Muhreen
>fitness """expert"""
>amateur wrestling background
>related to a former employee

Those are their criteria normally for hiring homegrown studs, its hard to find people from those backgrounds willing to take the chance at the Performance Center™.

>>2115435
All the women's title reigns in both brands in 2016 were NXT call ups. They have pretty much displaced the rest.

>>2115494
whatever happened to just a big dude wanting to be a wrestler?

>>2115391
I'm 34 and its old as fuck in sports

>>2115533
Pro Wrestling is not a sport.

>>2115511
Big dudes don't just cut it anymore, hence why they stopped hiring bodybuilders since they cannot into cardio and actual lifting.

They want guys who can withstand punishment day in and day out. They can always make them big and fit their image easily if they wanted to.

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>>2115417
Pretty much, considering while Alexa is green in the ring she has done a decent job carrying Smackdown without winning the NXT title. I think they should just call Jessie Mckay and Cassie Mcintosh up, tell Jessie to stop phoning in her matches. These two will be a hit on the main roster. NXT Women's division is too "serious" now, if yo can't do one flip, then you can't be champion

>>2115318

It's a fucking brand not developmental system.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezus

>>2115318
It's a brand now, Developmental is Performance Center which will be a brand by this year

>>2116107

This!

Triple H has also said he doesn't get why fans want Nakamura on Raw or Smackdown. The reason? You get to see Nakamura do his thing on NXT at Takeovers so why would you want to dilute that? He's on the NXT brand rather than the Raw or Smackdown brand.

NXT is no longer developmental I wish more people would wake up and see this.

>>2116128
A brand for the fatass smarks and those who gave up on TNA. But yes it's no more developmental, they even said to stop using the word "NXT" call up. Instead they come up to job to Becky Lynch time to time

>>2116041
Who?

>>2115374
What "homegrown" guys would you have put the belt on since?

Corbin?

>>2116128
It is developmental.

Developmental for HHH to show investors he can run a wrestling brand so that he can become CEO when Vince dies. Seriously, this is the reason NXT is a thing.

>>2116371
You're expecting a board occupied by one American who sits here all day making fun of everything to even comprehend that?

>>2115318
Paige is 24...

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>>2115411
>on-screen """trainers"""
>In WWE developmental forced to learn/do WWE style wrestling
>Only wrestle homegrown geeks they squash with 99% of offense in less than 5 minutes
>Last 2 womens title contenders was someone getting called up and Mickie fucking James
no they arent

>>2116371
Le H man married his way to the top. Based. Only an alpha male can pull that heist

>>2116349
Yes

>>2116505
And not the longest reigning women's champion

>>2116532
I'm sorry that OP implied NXT because she IS NXT's longest reigning women's champion