Is Nexus the forefront for a new WWE brand?

[hoffman40]

I don't know if there might be anything to back my suspicions up on this topic or not. But i cant help but wonder if the WWE is pondering a new brand/show based around the "Nexus" as well as the eventual contestants on the various seasons of NXT. While the idea seems a little outlandish it could quite possibly fill in the void left by ECW and thus making NXT more of a reality based program in the form of "Tough Enough" only done in the advent of a wrestling show. But with two seasons of NXT already in the books and possibly a 3rd getting ready to be a in production, one can only wonder what the WWE is going to do with the guys that don't win NXT. I don't think another Nexus faction is going to be a possibility and I'm doubtful that Vince McMahon wants to put time and money into developing wrestlers and superstars on NXT only to see one of them advance to Raw and/or Smackdown and the others to fall by the wayside and be free to go to TNA and take advantage of the free publicity WWE put into them.

If a third brand was set up around Nexus' imperialistic nature that they have displayed on Raw and Smackdown, it could harbor some of the talent that NXT has built for these guys all the while keeping them in the WWE family. It is an idea that could possibly develop new superstars for WWE that could A. keep them in the realm of the WWE Universe and B. make money. You can still keep the NXT winner gets a Raw/Smackdown Contract, but the losers of NXT can also have a home much like ECW, that developed Jack Swagger and Sheamus.

If an idea like this is possible, the WWE could do something along the lines of making Vince or even better Shane or Steph/HHH be the ones behind the Nexus movement and thus saying that as a reward they'll get their own show on Syfy or some shit. Barrett would presumably turn his back on Raw and go become champion of the new brand.

The question is: Is the idea any good and can it make money?

 

[Uncle Sam]

No. I mean, they already were the forefront for a new brand, weren't they? I don't see how a seven man heel faction - who are collectively the top heel in WWE right now - can be used as a core for a brand of NXT rejects. The logistics of it just don't seem to work.

To me, the third brand concept seems tired. I had/have no desire to watch one. Now, while I have no desire to watch NXT either, I at least look it up on WWE.com when I hear something interesting is happening.

 

[conici]

No offense but that idea looks like a show that could get stale very very quickly and what's the point of NXT if they lose they just go to the nexus brand.
To agree with uncle sam a third brand is stale and I don't think much people will watch it the only reason I might watch NXT is when elimination happens

 

[Ferbian]

There's no need to create a 3rd brand. WWE is doing just fine with what they got. Besides The Nexus needs to be on the primary show because of the fact that they're obviously gonna be pushed a lot. You don't push someone from what will be defined as the 3rd (C) Brand.

And to top it off, wouldn't this just have people screaming the fact that WWE is basically ripping off WCW with the fact that NWO basically took over WCW's Nitro (Or some other brand, I'm not completely sure, I'm awful with WCW history).

 

[sam_k7]

i actualy like this idea.
You cant have NXT after NXT after NXT after NXT otherwise the next cenas and swaggers will all have the same backstory. "Yea i won NXT 4 u lil bitch!" "yea well i wont NXT 21 and tha had Ric Flairs great great grandchild in it mutha fucka!"
The prestige of winning NXT will go quickly (okay being remembered for winnig the first is fine but the 3rd 4th 5th? 76th?)
The whole concept will get very stale.

i do however feel ur idea needs tweeking abit

lets say the winner of NXT 2 joins Nexus and brings along a few of the rejects
This happens a few times
Hell chuck in a diva or 2 untill the group is so big that even SuperCena is made 2 cry like a bitch
VKM comes out and says "FFS y r u fuckin up my shit?!?! what the hell do u want???
Barret: OUR OWN BRAND MUTHA FUCKA!!!!

We then have WWE Nexus as a replacement for Extreemly Crappy Wrestling, give current and future rookes TV time aswell as stopping NXT without having to say "yea NXT cudnt of lasted tha long, our bad!"

and whos the leader of Nexus and new GM of the show???....
"Hey the bruther, im fuckin up this promotion too bruther!!"..... jk.

Im not saying this will happen but i think its a nice idea.

 

[ANKHOR_MAN3]

I personally think they should do one more season of nxt and then give that ECW spot to FCW where they could showcase the younger guys. They already have championships over there and it would just make sense its basically what nxt is but they could have their own brand then when it was time after some guys get better they can get pulled up and new guys could debut

 

[CorkscrewBackElbowDrop]

This would only work if the nexus brought wrestlers on to the show to fight them for like a cash reward and squash them, thats what the problem with ECW was, there was no legitimacy

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

I for one am sick of third brands for the WWE, they cant manage it, they proved that with ECW, even though the brand was putting on great matches and was the stepping stone for alot of amazing talent some of who are WWE or World heavyweight champions they will just toss it to the side after getting bored with it.

Thats what happened to ECW, they have the focus of Raw and Smackdown and getting the brand extension right rather than getting three brands wrong, let the Nexus be a heel group that is ant management rather than a start of another WWE show that will only get heat from the IWC.

 

[enterkey]

I don't think that it would work, they tried the same thing with the NWO and the ratings for the ONLY NWO show went to shit and when they tried to do the same with a PPV the quality and buy rates were both horrible. I don't think that the fans would buy Vince giving into the guys that destroyed him in the ring and have been hellbent on taking down his company from the inside their own brand. I think most of the NXT losers will be ok, the ones that don't automatically get called up to the roster will just go back to FCW for a while to get repackaged and then come back. If Darren Young can't get future endeavored after losing NXT I think just about anyone should be fine.

 

[Fleisch]

Keep Nexus as a dominant heel group. Maybe add the winner of NXT 2 to the group, or have that person turn down the Nexus group... thus getting someone over relatively quickly by having them come down and try to save the Face Nexus decide to beat down. So long as they don't add too many people to the group it should be a force. The other thing I don't want to see is HHH, Vince or Cena unveiled as the "Leader" of the group. That to me would kill my interest.

But back on track, no I wouldn't like to see Nexus become a 3rd Brand.

 

[The Pagan]

No No No No No....did I mention NO....WWE does not need another show. They really don't even take care of Smackdown like they should. And Nexus certainly doesn't need their own show. They already had their own show...it was called NXT.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

I don't understand the connection here... How could Nexus ever mean a new brand? When has any faction ever needed their own brand? The WWE does NOT have enough talent to stretch themselves to 3 shows again, or at least successfully anyway. And honestly, that's the downfall to NXT. 7 guys go home and wasted a ton of time and money. They can't pull another Nexus, or the show just loses any credibility. At least with Tough Enough, most of the guys were amateurs that got picked out of nowhere. Now WWE is bringing people up from developmental, giving them months to work and prove themselves on the C show, and then having one guy go on. It makes sense to me actually. It's a good and creative way to get new guys on the scene. And who's to say that some of these guys can't go back to Florida, work another year or so, and then try it again?

 

[KnowYoRole]

i doubt nexus would want to dominate any other show besides the flagship show, monday night RAW. and i dont understand how the nexus would plant the seeds for a third brand???

 

[Father Uncle Oscar]

I agree with most of the people who have entered their opinion here. I don't see how Nexus would ever want to control any show other than Raw. However, while we're on the topic of new brands, BRING FCW TO WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. I've wanted to see it for a while now, but I live in Boston, so I kinda can't.

 

[JBK2008]

There should be no leader behind the group. These renegades are doing a great job on their own and Wade Barrett is turning into quite the natural on the mic. This could be the future here and this heel group is good the way it is and I hope they can capture some sort of gold down the road as one entity and really tear down not just Raw, but eventually invade SmackDown as well!

 

[LitasRevenge79]

I really don't think Nexus alone could survive as a show on it own unfortunately. Its doing alright now as a storyline, and storylines as we know are meant to be only temporary and not dragged on forever. There really is no point in doing a NXT show to find ONE breakout star if every castoff will have a permanent home on their own show ala ECW/thursday night Thunder or whatever you want to call it. Even though Nexus is doing good now, the majority of the other guys in the Nexus group were people that the live crowd doesn't really seem to get behind in the first place even if they were to make a face turn (in my opinion..I could be wrong).

The only one that the audience really has ever had semi-interest in from get go, was Wade Barrett, what would be the point of keeping people around that have either in the past said they don't care to be there (Tarver's words when he eliminated himself, and could always sway again), and given some of the lackluster audience participation from THIS season, what would be the purpose for them to keep people knowing that no one really seemed to be THAT into it in the first place? For the people who said that WWE isn't really managing their other shows well like Smackdown, I agree with that. Why start another show when I think that they already aren't managing ANY of their shows well right now in the first place?

It's a matter of making crucial changes to the current product before you start adding additional shows. What kind of changes? Well for starters, cutting the fat like eliminating those that don't cut the mark (don't play a crucial role on tv anymore), and maybe listen to the audience and check out the internet or fans to see what they might have to say about what could improve your situation before WWE takes on more additional programming, and see if that improves ratings before worrying about another show to have ratings for.

 

[The Crock]

There's no need for a third brand, NXT is just great. The people on NXT either go to Raw or Smackdown... With the losers going back to FCW. There is no need for a third brand, especially since there isn't talent for one.

 

[Stephen11]

I doubt that a new show would be based around the Nexus. That would lose popularity fast especially since majority of the WWE Universe is getting tired of the Nexus. It was interesting at first now it's getting old and boring.

I am interested how long NXT will last though. There are around 20 FCW male superstars left that don't work on a main WWE show or haven't been on NXT. Not all of them are ready for the WWE mainstream obviously and WWE wouldn't want to be putting superstars on NXT that aren't training in FCW so it's interesting where it will go. I doubt there will be more than 4 seasons of NXT total.

Back on subject, the Nexus might be completely gone after Summer Slam for all we know. There isn't much more they can do to be completely honest, the brutal assaulting has gotten old and all of the Nexus members have completely lost their personalities that they built on NXT so they won't be able to stand on their own unless they somehow get a massive push from WWE in single matches (like Barrett vs Mark Henry).

But, do I think the Nexus should build their own brand? Nope.