5 Reasons moving to the USA Network will be good for NXT

#2 More time to showcase talent

The NXT roster is deep enough that a lot of excellent wrestlers like Kushida haven't been able to get as much screen time as they deserve. An extra hour each week will help.ime.

The current NXT product has an hour-long weekly television show and multiple TakeOver specials over the year.

With only one regular hour to work with and TakeOvers typically only featuring four to six matches, the opportunities for talents to get much screen time is highly limited. That's all the more so the case when top NXT Superstars have been having longer tenures in developmental as of late, with people like Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, and Adam Cole starring on top of the brand for two to three years running.

The result? Several higher-profile new signees have trouble getting regular TV time or featured programs. The situation is even rougher for less established talents who don't have followings from international or smaller promotions.

We now know for sure that NXT's weekly television show would expand with a move to the USA Network. This is little surprise given the foundation of what has happened to date, including the network pushing RAW to three hours. As Eric Bischoff has discussed more than once on the 83 Weeks podcast, wrestling has historically been a ratings draw for cable networks, but not great lead-in programming in the sense that wrestling fans don't tend to stick around for what's airing next.

As such, having at least a two-hour block of wrestling programming is key to making the product worth a network's resources. That extra hour could see several additional talents get time to ply their trade and develop experience on the air.