Stop Taping NXT Before Takeover

A lot has been said about how NXT consistently outdoes the main roster both in ring and in storytelling. Takeovers continue to overshadow the main roster PPVs on big 4 weekends.

However, one thing WWE PPV’s have always had from the attitude era to even now is something that makes you want to tune in to the weekly TV to see what happens next. NXT has multiple moments that make you want to see what happens next. There’s just one problem: You don’t get to see what happens next.

Instead you to watch pre-taped filler matches in between constant recaps of what happened on Takeover. You have to wait to the following week to get the fallout from Takeover. But because of the way NXT is taped not everyone appears each week so the story you want to see continue might not be featured until the following week. So there’s the  possibility of having to wait three weeks to get the pay off.

Why we need an episode filled with recaps I’ll never know. If you’re tuning into the weekly tv then you probably watched the takeover, so you know what happened. More often than not the matches are good, but they never advance any storylines. Sometimes it’s not just enough to see good matches sometimes you want some story with those matches. There’s nothing worse than having a week of TV people don’t have tune into especially coming off a great Takeover.

I really want to see where Gargano and Ciampa go after there recent street fight but I’m not going to get it this week and I don’t know if either of them is going to be on next week. So, I have this story that I really want to see the outcome of and I don’t know when I’m going to get it. That really affects my excitement coming out of Takeover because I’m not sure. It really hinders NXT’s momentum that they have a great weekend stealing show but then have this roadblock to get through.

I don’t know a lot about how NXT does it’s taping, but I don’t see how the tapings can’t be on the Monday or Tuesday following Takeover. WWE has excellent editors who could easily get the first episode up for the Wednesday. Also, the Takeover is on the Saturday, so the roster has a couple of days off before the taping. Alternatively, maybe give us some matches on these shows that actual have a story that can be progressed. Either one would be preferable.

In the grand scheme of things this is probably a small complaint to have about NXT. Even with these post Takeover shows NXT is still outshining the man roster in the eyes of fans. Maybe it’s because NXT is so good in other aspects that’s why this sticks out so much. As much as I hate these post Takeover episodes it doesn’t take NXT long to get me excited again about the stories.