 Let's get Joshua Ross back again with another video. So I wanted to talk about this because this is, you know, caused some type of back and forth on social media. Um, I've seen on, uh, Instagram and on Twitter, mostly on Twitter and people discussing the identity of NXT has completely changed. Some say it's for the better. Some feel like it's for the worse. I wanted to kind of have this dialogue and kind of have this question. Well, you know, have this conversation and ask you guys, how do you guys personally personally feel about the direction that NXT has been moving in for the past few months, ever since they started bringing down more main roster, uh, people to the brand starting with, uh, Judgement Day. Well, actually starting with, uh, Baron Corbin at one point, well, actually even before then they had brought down Dolph Ziggler to win an NXT championship out of nowhere. And then they started doing that even more. They even brought down AJ Styles to have a one-off match. And they started doing that even with Seth Rollins. There's been multitude of individuals, former world champions down in NXT for the past five plus months. And I kind of want to have that discussion with you guys. Me personally, I feel like it has its positives, but it also has its negatives. NXT doesn't seem like the developmental brand as it used to be. It seems more of them operating as a third brand, even though they consider the developmental brand, they're bringing talent and stars. As if this is just another third brand is not to develop characters and develop momentum for people to get used to seeing these people on television. It's more so now become a, uh, a place where, yeah, there's still development people, but they sprinkle a little bit of the main roster individuals on there to either a boost ratings or be boost ratings. And that's kind of how I see it. Really to boost ratings, especially since we have a dynamite going to be on Tuesday next week, as well as NXT being on Tuesday. They have essentially assembled the Avengers for next week with Kody Rose for whatever reason, having to make an announcement on NXT. He's never needed to do that, but he has to make an announcement on NXT. We got Oscar coming down there. We also have John Cena in Carmelo Hayes corner and Paul Haman in Brian break his corner. Why are they in those wrestlers' corners? And you know, they have a match doesn't make sense. When you really think about it, it doesn't make sense. A liquor sense. But guess what? Guess what? They're going to get to the AEW. So they're going to put on everything possible. Plus AEW is supposed to have their debut match with Alan Copeland, his debut magic and solution source. So they're doing everything they can to drive the attention to NXT. We know that to be true. It's it's about it's about ratings. And I think that's what it's starting to become. It's not so much about the talent there. Yes, the talent there is fantastic, but at the same time, it seems like it's more about the ratings and to boost the ratings up. So I don't know, maybe it's to appeal to the USA Network to keep NXT on the USA Network, because I do believe their contract expires Monday Night Raw and NXT. I believe it expires next year. So maybe that's their way WWE to, hey, we're bringing in this amount of numbers on a Tuesday. I believe last Tuesday, this previous Tuesday this week, they did over like 800,000 viewers, which is not bad. So I don't I really don't know, and that's that's quite interesting and considering the main event was Dom versus Trick Williams. And ever since they've been bringing Dom and Judgment Day down there, they've been getting some good ratings. Even with Becky Lynch, all of a sudden becoming the NXT Women's Champion, which caused a lot of controversy. Some people were happy about it. Some people felt some type of way about it. And then that's another point. These main roster individuals are coming down here and winning championships and NXT, which is kind of crazy. Some people are all for it and some people are not. So I do feel like it has lost its identity. It's no longer it doesn't seem like the developmental brand. It seems more like the third brand that they're trying to boost up the stats, boost up the ratings. So let's bring some noticeable names that people know about down there. So I can see the negatives there because you're not focusing so much on the talent down there. You're really focusing on seeing the main roster talent and see what they do. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm most likely probably going to stream NXT next week because I want to see what Cody Rose has to say. I want to see what's going to happen with Paul, him and John Cena. I want to see what's going to happen with Oscar. It's not so much not to say that the wrestlers there aren't you know, doing a great job, but the the attention is no longer specifically on on the wrestlers there. And if you hear some coughing in the background is Blondie. She just woke up from her beautiful nap. It's in the morning. So she finally just waking up from a slumber and now she's trying to figure out where my food at. So so that can that's I've seen a lot of people have that criticism and that's fair enough. But on the other side of the fence, the positives is once again, ratings, you're building up the ratings. More people, more people, more casual fans are going to check out because of their favorite wrestlers may be on the show. And then they may end up liking what they see from the other wrestlers. So I get that from a business standpoint. Why not? It's all under one umbrella. Why not? Then you can also say where they're getting they're getting this bigger exposure by being in the ring with Becky Lynch, like Tiffany Stratton. She did her thing at No Mercy and in her extreme rules for a match with Becky Lynch, she showed out and she didn't win. But more people are going to know who she is because of that match. More people, I'm sure, have been like, who is this person? She went toe to toe with Becky Lynch. They had a pretty, pretty intense extreme rules match. And people are going to start to know her name or Tiffany Stratton. That's going to be a name that people may be familiar with. Same thing with Rick Williams. He's always been kind of a staple down there in NXT. But the few that got going on with him and Dominic, even though I don't agree with how he ended up losing the title in three days. I'm not a big fan of that. But obviously they may be doing something else and it may it may lead to a bigger program. But people are going to watch to see is Dominic going to win or is there going to be some more dissension with the Judgment Day? So I get that. Or even when Seth Rollins came down there and defended the World Heavyweight Championship begins, Braun Breaker. I watched that match because you wanted to see what was going to happen. And Braun Breaker is clearly the next guy up at some point to go to the main roster. They have big plans for him. No doubt about it. He's a star. He I mean, he's a star in the NAC, so there's no way. And I hope they don't mess it up, but they shouldn't mess this up. Him going to the main roster. He should be more or less a star there when he gets to the main roster. And it comes off maybe as a test management testing these individuals that's going against these main event stars on the main roster to test them to see how they work well together in the ring. And if they're ready to move up to the main roster, so it does have its positives more so on the financial side. And just the aspects of more eyes are going to be seen on the show when you have these big stars. But once again, does it balance out? Does the positives of having these main roster stars on NXT help the brand or does it more or less take over the brand? And NXT doesn't feel like that developmental brand anymore, but more or less the third show that's there to, you know, that they're there to try to boost up the ratings. It doesn't seem like they have too much confidence in just the show being the wrestlers that they have there, drawing in at those people, you know, drawing in more people. I feel like it's more so them wanting to put on the main roster individuals, some of them in there, the high profile name individuals in there to bring more people. But the problem is and you can, you know, this may happen. Do those people stay when these when the Becky Lynch go back to the main roster? She's not going to be there forever. Do those people stay when when John Cena and Paul Heyman inevitably go back to the main roster that that same week? They're not going to be back there on there. Cody's not going to be back down there. Do those people stay or is this just a temporary rating boost? And then it goes back to what it was before. And then, you know, it kind of you, you're kind of not helping the talent that's there being able to bring in more people. If, for example, you have these mega stars come in, then they leave. Some may stay, but the majority is not because they're only there to see the main roster people, not the people that was there in the next team. So there's there's some positive and negatives on both sides. I want to get your opinion. Do you feel like NXT has changed for the better when for them adding these main roster individuals? Do you feel like it has changed for the worse? Or are you indifferent to it altogether? Let me know down below. But I appreciate all of the support you guys shown on the channel. Road to 150 K. And I'm still here to speak to you to the rest of the world. Appreciate you kicking me. See you on the next one. Peace.