AEW is responsible for the change in NXT and the overall approach WWE is taking to evolve their sports entertainment model. KOP explains the changes and how AEW has played a role.

NXT Black and White to NXT 2.0:

“It was a different animal down there (NXT). It was a wrestling show, and so the tempo was faster, the speed was faster, and the wrestling was more important”

“On the main roster, it’s about flamboyance and entertainment because it’s not all 25-year old dudes in black T-shirts that watch RAW. Families watch RAW so you have to give them these entertainment segments like the wedding segment that happened the other week. You have to hit them with this more colorful entertainment because that’s what plays to the bigger audience.”

Road Dogg comments on Randy Orton saying that “NXT talent coming to the main roster don’t know what they’re doing”
https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/road-dogg-comments-on-randy-orton-saying-that-nxt-talent-coming-to-the-main-roster-dont-know-what-theyre-doing/

Randy Orton Says WWE NXT Recruits “Don’t Know What The F--k They’re Doing” https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/03/randy-orton-takes-major-shot-at-nxt-recruits-they-dont-know-what-theyre-doing/

1 Word to Describe Every Big-Time WWE Raw and SmackDown Superstar Right Now
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2955833-1-word-to-describe-every-big-time-wwe-raw-and-smackdown-superstar-right-now

WWE Possibly Running A Stand https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/05/wwe-possibly-running-a-stand-deliver-show-with-summer-stadium-event/

WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2022

SmackDown Women's Championship - I Quit Match | Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey

The Usos & Roman Reigns vs. RK-Bro & Drew McIntyre | Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins

Madcap Moss vs. Happy Corbin

Bobby Lashley vs. Omos

Damian Priest Barred From Ringside | AJ Styles vs. Edge


IMPACT Under Siege 2022

IMPACT World Tag Team Championship | Violent By Design (c) vs. The Briscoes

AAA Reina De Reinas Championship | Taya Valkyrie (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo

Bullet Club vs. Honor No More

Chris Sabin vs. Steve Maclin

Knockouts Championship | Tasha Steelz (c) vs. Havok

IMPACT World Championship | Josh Alexander (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii

"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Alex Shelley

Countdown To Under Siege | Madison Rayne vs. Gisele Shaw

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