BREAKING: Bad News For WWE NXT – Report

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Meltzer had the following to say about it on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio (WOR):

“I heard from even people in the company about that Sunday show, and it was an eye-opener, I would say, because they put NXT second and they put AAA first, thinking that we’re in the United States and NXT is bigger than AAA. And all the NXT people, it was pretty tough. A lot of the audience left after the AAA show. It was like a Collision, where people are just leaving after the thing.”

The main event of Heatwave saw Grayson Waller become the new NXT Champion in a Fatal-Four-Way. Zilla Fatu was one of the names featured in the match. Dave Meltzer added:

“They said that maybe half the people were left for the main event. The Mexicans were all way, way, way more over than the NXT wrestlers, other than Zilla Fatu. They said Zilla Fatu was so over in that building, but nobody else. Not Kendal Grey, not Tony D, or Myles Borne or anything like that. Even Nattie, who they figured would be super, super over, and really was not.”

What Could WWE Learn From The NXT-AAA Fiasco?

While NXT is a homegrown WWE brand, it remains a developmental show trying to find its footing after many recent popular names were called up to the main roster (RAW and SmackDown). On WOR, Dave Meltzer mentioned the crowd mindset heading into Sunday’s events, and how WWE’s approach could change as a result:

“It was a Mexican audience that came to see lucha libre, and some of them stayed. But the thing is, the learning thing is, if you do this, you should probably put NXT first, rather than put them in three hours into the show.”

In addition to Grayson Waller’s main event victory, NXT Heatwave saw many other title changes. It will be interesting to see what happens the next time WWE goes back-to-back with AAA and NXT events.

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