NXT Please

I think we have just been Obamaed by the WWE. We were promised something new, something innovated, we were promised change. That's not what we got. Like Obama's reign, the WWE has lost some of its luster recently. Both have been hemorrhaging money and doing everything they can think of to find a new audience even if it means pissing all over the old one. They keep promising change and innovation but only to bring back old ideas in a new packaging while afraid of the very thing they promised. They stick to a rigid formula which is why both are in their rut in the first place .

What I thought we were going to get in NXT was a reality show along the lines of the Ultimate Fighter. Reality shows have been the it thing for the better part of a decade producing many of the celebrities of the last decade. UFC in particular owes much of its current success to The Ultimate Fighter. Reality TV opens a window in which we see at how people 'live" and is at it's most successful which over the top animated characters such as the Osbourne's and more recently the Hills.

These undoubtedly scripted shows presented as reality makes it a cousin of sorts to pro wrestling and I have long thought that by borrowing their cousins format would be an interesting new way to present wrestlers and add dimension to their characters. For the longest time we've only seen wrestlers either in the ring or backstage. We never see their day to day life, training and rarely giving a reason to build a connection with them.

One of the things NXT did that i like were the video packages introducing the talent, but that's too be expected from the WWE production team. I do feel they tried to introduce too many people at once. They should of had one video package introducing a NXT rookie every episode of ECW for the past few months.

The first episode of NXT should show the Mentors picking their students instead of them being randomly paired. Starting with the second episode, every episode should limit itself to focusing on two different rookies to ensure every rookie gets a chance to shine. Like the Ultimate fighter, they should focus mostly on developing the rookie's characters, their training and at the end of the episode have the two rookies facing off.

Another problem I feel with the show is the choice of mentors. I'm not saying these guys chosen aren't worthy but I think it would be more beneficial for ratings and promoting the rookies if they had main eventers train the rookies. Wouldn't Triple H, Cena, Orton, Batista, Rey make more sense as mentors then Carlito, R Truth and Matt Hardy. Christian and William Regal are both fine in the role even though they don't have the profile of the afore mentioned stars. They were the two top performers of ECW adding continuity between NXT and ECW and both are respected veterans. Chris Jericho and CM Punk are both main eventers so their good and I'm giving The Miz a pass because he's awesome, currently a triple crown champion and a former reality TV show star.