Professional Wrestling: How come Hideo Itami isn't WWE World Heavyweight Champion or NXT Champion in World Wrestling Entertainment?

I'll agree that Takeover was the weakest outing NXT has had from a wrestling standpoint, but I do think the booking made it watchable. They were able to make things interesting while playing against handicaps like not having a tag division, two headliners for their brand being injured, and debuting Joe when Joe was most needed. The main roster bookers don't always follow that logic, and are quick to abandon a project at the drop of a hat if they hit a speed bump.

NXT endeared quite a few hits to their showcased talent pool and still managed to come up with a show that supplied what many consider a Match of the Year candidate in Sasha and Becky, and had the fan base buzzing with a strong finish. Alternative isn't always better, but it is still the alternative. As I've stated before, there are many independent programs that I'd pass on over watching Raw, some of which I actually like, including CWF Hollywood and ROH at this juncture.

That might change when things change with Raw and those products, but as of now, if asked to watch one over the other two, it'd be Raw. However, if you put Raw up against Lucha Underground or NXT, odds are I'd pick Lucha Underground because I've walked away from maybe one of their shows since their inception feeling cheated, whereas weekly NXT isn't always something I'd give high praise, and Raw can be tedious and meandering at 3 hours on occasions. BA: I get a raver/party vibe from both, but so far Bliss's only gimmick has been blow glitter and do flips.

Maybe this angle with their alignment that's been booked and built up to via the Enzo and Cass with Carmella feud will flesh out Bliss a bit more. I think Charlotte and Banks are very talented in-ring wrestlers, but that isn't to say they don't have room for improvement. I think people gravitate toward Bayley so much because she's the first diva in a long time that isn't some monster not being sexualized and being portrayed as a positive, underdog, sugar sweet babyface often likened to Sami Zayn.

Their 4 way was great a few months ago, and NXT continues to give them breathing room to deliver a good match and develop feuds and characters, which is about the biggest reasons they're more well-liked than the main roster. I have no doubt that the Bellas are better than people perceive, but in a division where you're face one week and heel the next, you can't blame people for growing cold. Fin Balor's gimmick is that he's an intense competitor that can access a darker side when he feels he needs a special edge against opponents.

Hideo Itami does not have a gimmick, nor does he really need one. He seems to be doing fine without having to be Jimmy Yang Wang or Kung Fu Naki. For Hideo, consistency and a reputation is what sells him to the fans.

Balor's similar, but I think people also dig the entrance and the paint. The half of the roster rarely addressed consists of Tye Dillinger, Bull Dempsey, the Vaudevillians, Mojo, and a handful of other generically named talents that either a. Never win or b.

Haven't been on TV in about a month, so they're not really giving much reason to talk about them. Asking why people aren't 'talking about them' is like asking why people don't talk about Los Matadors or Jack Swagger. What's there really to talk about?

Not every talent on any roster in wrestling is a special little snowflake worth remark.

It's not an alternative, it is devevolpmental. It's hhh's baby, you either like it or you don't, but you can't have it both ways.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.