There's been rumors that Vince and Bruce are controlling the look of the show more than personnel/booking (mostly cause they don't have the time to run a 3rd show), but I also feel like their involvement could eventually lead to more meddling with personnel/booking. It's worth noting that people were extremely worried about the move to 2 hours a couple years ago, and while it hasn't been as good as 1-hour NXT, the show doesn't suck by any means.


>I hope that the guys and girls who put in great work in NXT
>all get a fair shot somewhere somehow either way.

Most of them will, and in fact they may be better off for it. All in all it's a good thing that WWE is no longer signing everyone in sight just to keep them away from other companies, but a lot of these cuts are strange and the strategy seems very shortsighted.