The show was brilliant live - crowd was absolutely insane, but always engaged with the action and on the right side.

One of the biggest things wrong with the main product is that they don't make you want to support the faces or hate the heels enough... half of the time the big face will be getting booed and the big heel will be getting ironic cheers... it completely blows the TV product out of the water.

With NXT it's just obvious who you want to win and the crowd don't feel the need to be "alternative" as a protest. A great example in this show was Bayley Vs Nia. Bayley is as simple a babyface as you'll get anywhere... she's just a nice girl who's dreamed of this her whole life and has fought against the odds to make it "the right way". Nia is bigger, stronger, meaner and doesn't give a fuck about Bayley's childhood dreams. Everybody in that building cheered for Bayley because she connects and they booed Nia because SHE connects. My girl went in wanting to cheer for Nia, but came out screaming for Bayley because of the story they told. THAT is wrestling. (and it deserved the chants)