WWE made the latest round of talent cuts on Friday night that hit NXT hard, as 12 people were released by the company.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer talked about the new vision of Vince McMahon for NXT. Meltzer noted that WWE wants more Roman Reigns-type guys.
“The basic feeling is they lost the war…this is the aftermath and this is the new direction is younger guys and bigger guys.
The general feeling is that NXT has ventured out…originally it was the competition for Ring Of Honor. Then it became the competition for AEW. When Ring Of Honor started showing life and the independent scene started showing life, this was supposed to be them getting that fan base. Then it became the competition for AEW. What happened happened and now they want to get it back to what it was and so there’s cuts that were made and these were the guys that were cut and there’s gonna be changes. Power play is a weird word [but] there’s divisive opinions about wrestling among the key people and they are fighting for Vince’s ear and this is the ear that Vince has this week. Next week he may listen to somebody else’s ear and may go in a completely different direction but that’s what happened this week.
The wording is ‘no more midgets, no one starting in their 30s, they want people who can be box office attractions and main characters.”
(h/t – WrestlingNews.co)
