The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

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Sixteenvolt420 said:
I'm honestly still more impressed with the skills of NXT wrestlers. As for the first AEW tv show, the Cody/Sammy match was awesome. The rest were kinda meh, imo.

NXT legitimately has a good handful of the best wrestlers on the planet.  A lot of the NXT talent would be at the top of the AEW card if NXT hadn't signed them first.  Many were considered the cream of the crop on the indie circuit and you can bet AEW would have snapped up guys like Cole, Gargano, Lee, Ciampa, Strong, Kushida, O'Reilly, Riddle, and Prince Devitt.  You can definitely add Candice LeRae and Io Shirai to that list, as well.

In my opinion, NXT has been right there with NJPW when it comes to the best wrestling events over the last several years.  Takeovers always deliver.  I haven't seen RAW in more than a year and Smackdown only once or twice over the same span but NXT has absolutely kept my attention.