AEW producer and manager Arn Anderson spoke about the NXT product on the most recent episode of his Arn Show podcast. The Enforcer believes that the yellow-and-black brand has started to trend downward ever since they began adding main roster stars to the program, claiming that they don’t work NXT style matches.
Well do you think that some of the guys from the main roster that were bumped back down so that you have more star power on that show. This is in the front offices mind, ‘Okay, we’ll take some of these proven talents and bump them back down to make that a more competitive brand with those people’, but when they come back down they bring their Raw or SmackDown style with them. So it’s not NXT or NXT style matches.
He adds on that fans may not want to watch on Wednesday what they can see on Monday or Friday.
Now it’s guys from Raw or SmackDown that are bringing their style of work back down with them so that show dynamic changes. [The fans] are seeing a lot of stuff they see on Monday or Friday and now it’s on NXT so it’s not a pure NXT show.
Check out his full thoughts below. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling News Source)