The one argument that comes up when talking about HHH is how is vision of WWE is better then Vince and how when Vince is finally going to retire and leave the company to HHH and Stephanie that it will be better booked. But the reality of the thing is that if you look at the History of WWE, HHH is just taking some old idea that Vince implemented in the 80's and is redoing them in today'S environment
Before i get to how the Booking of NXT is similar to the way vince booked the WWF at the time, let just look at the NXT concept as a whole. It's pretty much what Vince was doing With ECW 10 years ago. Vince's vision for ECW in 2008 was to give a chance to some of the FCW guys to get exposure on mainstream TV, so they would focus more on the younger guys while having a couple of veteran to work with them. Fast forward to today and that's pretty much what NXT is, So the concept is not a new one, it'S just been put in a better package.
As for the booking of NXT, same thing as what Vince was doing in the early days of WWE, Sign all the big stars for other territories, have the focus on them and build a story that goes from one PPV to another will having a minimum number of tv times to do it. Back in the Day, Had only 2 hours in syndication and Prime time wrestling to build storyline, he would use the saturday night's main event special as well when he needed a outlet for a major moment in the story he was telling. Best example of this is the whole hogan/savage feud. The way they went From the andre/hogan feud to hogan/dibiase to savage/dibiase to hogan savage and then to hogan/Zeus was flawless. The story was told over a year and they use the ppv's and special for the transitions into the next chapter of each feud. Same goes in NXT now, They only have a hour a week and sadly, it's devoted mostly to the indy guys that are part of the main angles on Takeover. But it the easy thing of use a negative and turning it into a positive, by having not a lot of programming time to advance story lines, they have to be more creative to get the story across. That's not a new way of thinking, Vince did it before him and anybody that had a pro wrestling show before that was doing the same thing. So in a way, HHH is pretty much doing the same thing that vince did before him.
Has far as what i would do to make the Brand bigger, First of all, i really hope that they get a TV deal out of the whole Smackdown/fox deal, because as popular as the brand is, right now, it's only a small portion of the WWE audience that is watching the show on the Network as not everybody especially casual fans will go a seek out this show on the network, So a time slot on a cable network would help get the product more exposure. I really would consider giving them a second hour just to help some of the home grown talent get some exposure as well and not having the brand being just about the indy guys.
Also, the next thing would be to make this Show a actual third on the level of Raw and Smackdown and pay the feature performers as WWE performers not NXT guys. The only way you could get Called up from NXT is through the superstar shake up that they are doing after mania. I wouldn't put them on the main roster PPV outside of the big four show and i would do the Takeover special as well during thoses big weekend.
NXT isn't a new concept that HHH invented and HHH isn't better then Vince because technically HHH's vision is pretty much the same vision that Vince had before him that HHH'S is using now with NXT. The future is bright with NXT and the quicker that are able to get more exposure and step away from what it was originally attended to be and become what HHH seem to want out of this and that's being NXT as a thrid brand on the level of Raw and Smackdown, the better it will be for everybody.
Before i get to how the Booking of NXT is similar to the way vince booked the WWF at the time, let just look at the NXT concept as a whole. It's pretty much what Vince was doing With ECW 10 years ago. Vince's vision for ECW in 2008 was to give a chance to some of the FCW guys to get exposure on mainstream TV, so they would focus more on the younger guys while having a couple of veteran to work with them. Fast forward to today and that's pretty much what NXT is, So the concept is not a new one, it'S just been put in a better package.
As for the booking of NXT, same thing as what Vince was doing in the early days of WWE, Sign all the big stars for other territories, have the focus on them and build a story that goes from one PPV to another will having a minimum number of tv times to do it. Back in the Day, Had only 2 hours in syndication and Prime time wrestling to build storyline, he would use the saturday night's main event special as well when he needed a outlet for a major moment in the story he was telling. Best example of this is the whole hogan/savage feud. The way they went From the andre/hogan feud to hogan/dibiase to savage/dibiase to hogan savage and then to hogan/Zeus was flawless. The story was told over a year and they use the ppv's and special for the transitions into the next chapter of each feud. Same goes in NXT now, They only have a hour a week and sadly, it's devoted mostly to the indy guys that are part of the main angles on Takeover. But it the easy thing of use a negative and turning it into a positive, by having not a lot of programming time to advance story lines, they have to be more creative to get the story across. That's not a new way of thinking, Vince did it before him and anybody that had a pro wrestling show before that was doing the same thing. So in a way, HHH is pretty much doing the same thing that vince did before him.
Has far as what i would do to make the Brand bigger, First of all, i really hope that they get a TV deal out of the whole Smackdown/fox deal, because as popular as the brand is, right now, it's only a small portion of the WWE audience that is watching the show on the Network as not everybody especially casual fans will go a seek out this show on the network, So a time slot on a cable network would help get the product more exposure. I really would consider giving them a second hour just to help some of the home grown talent get some exposure as well and not having the brand being just about the indy guys.
Also, the next thing would be to make this Show a actual third on the level of Raw and Smackdown and pay the feature performers as WWE performers not NXT guys. The only way you could get Called up from NXT is through the superstar shake up that they are doing after mania. I wouldn't put them on the main roster PPV outside of the big four show and i would do the Takeover special as well during thoses big weekend.
NXT isn't a new concept that HHH invented and HHH isn't better then Vince because technically HHH's vision is pretty much the same vision that Vince had before him that HHH'S is using now with NXT. The future is bright with NXT and the quicker that are able to get more exposure and step away from what it was originally attended to be and become what HHH seem to want out of this and that's being NXT as a thrid brand on the level of Raw and Smackdown, the better it will be for everybody.