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NXT Takeovers have become the staple of the Big four pay-per-view weekend which includes SummerSlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and WrestleMania.
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The Takeover events have become a such an integral part of the weekend festivities that fans look forward to these events more than the main roster pay-per-view.
This is a testament to how big WWE's " developmental" territory has become over the years.
Beginning with NXT Takeover: Brooklyn in 2015, NXT hasn't taken a wrong step and has delivered one great event after another.
Things have come to such a point where it is almost a given that NXT Takeover will be the most talked about and steal the spotlight from the main roster event following it.
At this point, if the WWE were to hold a Takeover show in a bigger arena, we are quite sure that the event would sell out in a matter of moment, such has been the quality of NXT. Here are five reasons why NXT's Takeover always outshine their main roster counterparts:
# 5 Never a Dull Moment
If you're a regular watcher of NXT's Takeover events like me, you'll notice that unlike the main roster doesn't do backstage segments and comedy skits that often you see on their weekly television programming or Takeover specials.
NXT likes to stick to the basic things, unlike the main roster, whose focus is more on the entertainment aspect of the business rather than wrestling itself.
While professional wrestling at the end of the day is a form of entertainment, people pay to see two athletes compete inside a squared circle.
You'll rarely if ever find a comedy skit in NXT and their main focus from day one has been to focus on the wrestling part and build strong characters who can take the brand forward and this is something that the main roster has failed to do on a constant basis.
A major reason why NXT has been as successful as it is today is due to the fact that they have been able to keep the fan invested for the entire show.
And if one looks at the last six months, the Aleister Black-Johnny Gargano storyline has been more gripping and has kept the fans invested than any storyline and angle on both RAW and SmackDown combined.
#4 Quality over Quantity
One thing that NXT has always been able to do is to keep their Takeover cards short. A Takeover usually consists of four to five matches and usually runs for less than three hours.
While common logic dictates that the brand increase the show's runtime and increase the number of matches on the event, the NXT management has decided to stick to its guns and not increase the runtime of their Takeover specials.
One of the biggest gripes of the IWC (Internet Wrestling Community) over the past few years has been the overdose of WWE's weekly programming.
WWE's flagship show, Monday Night RAW, has come under severe criticism due to its lengthy runtime of three hours.
In this day and age, it is very hard to keep the audience invested for a long time and this is something that the WWE is learning the hard way as the length of RAW is one of the biggest reasons why the show has been going through a huge dip in TV Ratings.
NXT is yet to give in to the temptation of increasing their runtime and have been able to keep their events as short and sweet as special as possible. This ensures that fans don't get fatigued and bored by the product as it is the case with main roster programming.
#3 The NXT Roster
NXT has one of the most stacked rosters in all of professional wrestling. You can put the NXT roster with any other wrestling promotion of the world.
It has some of the most recognized faces in the business. What makes the NXT roster great is the fact that it has the right mix of homegrown talent and former independent Superstars.
While Superstars like Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, and Samoa Joe were well-known faces before they arrived on NXT, the likes of Alexa Bliss, Buddy Murphy and The Velveteen Dream who are pure home-grown talents who have made a mark in the wrestling business.
The WWE Performance Center is widely considered to be one of the best training facilities in the world and the investment seems to have been paid off.
The NXT roster is so deep is that even when a big superstar leaves for the main roster, the company would've already built up two to three Superstars to take his/her place.
While the main roster has always been criticized for burying talented Superstars, NXT has always used their talents to the fullest.
#2 The Commentary Team
WWE 's commentary team is heavily criticized for parroting lines fed to them by the higher-ups and not improvising on the move.
WWE's main roster commentary team seems more like a Sales Team than commentary. From plugging the WWE Network 1000 times in an hour to parroting some of the most ridiculous lines, the commentary team sometimes the biggest sore during the course of a show.
In addition to that, the constant bickering and cutting other and the verbal arguments between the commentators is too much to take sometimes.
Rather than giving commentary on the match, the commentators indulge in verbal battles which become boring after a point of time.
NXT, on the other hand, has two of the best commentators in the entire company in Nigel MCgunies and Marlo Ranallo.
In fact, it is safe to that Ranallo is more over with the crowd than some of the babyfaces on that main roster. Even Percy Watson has got better on the commentary and that it is the testament to how good the commentary team of NXT is.
Rather than washing their dirty laundry during the show, the NXT commentary focuses on providing commentary for the match and with the experienced professionals and McGuinness and Ranallo who are a delight to listen on, the commentary team on the yellow brand never, if rarely, misses a step unlike their counterparts on the main roster.
# 1 The NXT Universe
Fans in the crowd make or break a show in a matter of moments.NXT has one of the most passionate crowds in the wrestling world today.
Chants of " NXT" can be heard even on the main roster proving how much the yellow brand means to its fans.
Almost every Takeover event is sold out and while the company doesn't exactly give out the details, we are pretty sure that Takeovers sell out faster than the main roster events following them.
One of the biggest reasons why NXT has become so popular in such a short period of time is due to their ever-growing fanbase.
The matches, the storylines and the overall presentation of NXT are so good that one is hooked from the get-go and can't help but become a fan of the yellow brand.
NXT, unlike the main roster, takes their fans seriously which is why you'll never find a large portion of empty seats during an NXT live event or Special.
Triple H, being the Creator and the head of NXT, has become one of the most influential figures in the business today with hardcore fans and critics pegging him to take over from Vince McMahon as soon as possible.
HHH's career as an executive has nothing short of phenomenal thus far and he even the Game would admit that he and the NXT couldn't have gotten here without the NXT Universe.
