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I think WWE should consider moving NXT back to Full Sail. From 2012 to 2020, NXT taped in front of 300 to 400 fans in a soundstage in Winter Park, Florida, and it produced one of the most beloved eras in modern wrestling. Patient booking. Squash matches that paid off later. Champions like Bobby Roode who were treated like champions. Fans were invested in people rising up the ranks week to week. Names changed with intent, and when a name already meant something, like Shinsuke Nakamura's, they left it alone. There are independent wrestlers right now drawing the kind of reactions that room used to run on. Big Trouble Ben Bishop. GCW World Champion Atticus Cogar. Johnnie Robbie, widely called the best unsigned women's wrestler in the world. Allie Katch. Bear Bronson. Janai Kai. The pipeline is loaded, and WWE's own ID program shows they know it. Less overproduced, more organic is what gets fans to tune in. I wrote the whole column out on WrestlingNews.co. Am I wrong? Would you watch N...

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