>The NXT talent itself is probably underpaid considering
>they're touring/basically in TV now, but it does give them a
>few chances to find the right character/tone before they hit
>the big time.

Right. They are basically asking Indy guys to get over on a 'pure' southern wrestling show with WWE production values, logical/basic storylines, and a crowd that pretty much rabidly wraps their arms around them, their history, their in-ring effort and their 'new thing'. Oh...and them bumps are slowed down a bit and allowed to 'count' towards a WWE career instead of not counting because they happened in front of 309 folks.

Rollins cracked the door to make other Indy cats think about coming. Now, Sami, Owens, Balor, Samoa Joe and now AJ Styles are making it illogical to not consider coming to wwe if they want you. As the guys from the 90s increasingly go away for good and even the Cena generation goes towards their 40s, the main roster is becoming a haven of rasslin right before our eyes (again). It'll be interesting to see how much that could hurt the ratings since most of the fans from the beloved attitude era were on the scene for the shenanigans of nwo, Vince and his whole family actin a fool, folks cussing, titties, and Mick Foley killing himself to be HBK's replacement. And now, this era is just athletic wrestling with mostly smaller guys. Aka an Indy with supreme production values.