NXT Arrival question

By Scott Keith on March 3, 2014

Hey Scott.

Just a quick question about the title of the live NXT show (which by the way I thought was outstanding, although I guess that's almost a foregone conclusion at this point. Did anyone not like that show?).
The way they designed the logo, they emphasize the letters "rival" (the best I can replicate it here would be "ArRIVAL"). I haven't seen anyone else comment on this, but is this a subtle hint that an invasion storyline is in the long term plans? That NXT is going to be more than just "guys who are not quite ready", but actually a completely separate stable that they book as a true rival to the main shows?
Maybe I'm just dreaming, but I could see this being like what I wanted the original brand split to be. Raw (and now Smackdown with it) as the "sports entertainment" shows, with NXT being the "wrestling" show, building slightly different audiences for each, and giving people a reason to actually have a favorite between the two. That way when they have a cross-promotional show or "invasion", you have people genuinely rooting for each side, and which side "wins" actually matters.
No one ever gave a shit that Smackdown would win the annual cross-promotional tag match, securing the hideous trophy that was then locked away never to be seen or talked about until the next year's cross-promotional show. There were no WCW fans left to root for the "B+ Players" they had on their side during the Invasion. And WCW were on the right track with the "young wrestlers vs. the dinosaurs who'll only give you a rub when you claw it out of their cold dead hands" storyline, but of course the dinosaurs had to play the faces, meaning we were supposed to root for them to crush the young upstarts (see previous "cold dead hands" comment).
So am I crazy, or could NXT be the next "NWO"? And with the added benefit of actually having their own separate show, imagine the possibilities! "Can we trust Roman Reigns to stay WWE in this fight, or will his old NXT buddies pull him back over"? "Will Daniel Bryan go back to NXT, having been burned by the WWE's lack of faith in him"? "Is Adrian Nevel really content to be NXT champion, or could he betray his friends in order to get a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match"?
I said this was just a quick question, didn't I? Geez I like the sound of my own voice.
Anyway, thanks as always!
-Robby

Your idea of guys from NXT staging a huge invasion sounds vaguely familiar somehow. Almost as though it's something that's been done and screwed up once already.

I will say that 90% of the people on NXT are not ready for TV yet, Neville included. It's a developmental show for a reason. So no, I wouldn't read anything at all into the title.

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