I spend way too much time these days thinking about all the Indy darlings from the mid-00s who came just a few years too soon, before NXT became Triple H’s own independent fantasy federation. Whether WWE is better or worse for it  might be another topic itself, but that shift in mentality makes me wonder what guys would be on Raw or Smackdown now, if only they were ten years younger. Christopher Daniels, Doug Williams, Motor City Machine Guns, all the X-Division guys back when TNA was watchable. What do people think their chances of getting into WWE would have been if they were just coming up now? Who do people think missed out simply due to bad timing? Would Johnny Storm and Jody Fleisch have had a shot in the UK division if it came ten or fifteen years earlier?
While I kind of agree, I'm not sure that age has much to do with it. And I also think that the way things have played out for those that DIDNT make it to WWE has been for the better too. Those are the guys that have given names to some of the companies that people might not have watched had WWE had today's mentality.
They're also the ones considered veterans within said company that can help elevate the younger guys and girls for us to get behind and in turn make the non-WWE options better to watch.
I would say it's all played out the way it should....Hopefully not considered a cop-out answer, just a humble opinion.
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While I kind of agree, I'm not sure that age has much to do with it. And I also think that the way things have played out for those that DIDNT make it to WWE has been for the better too. Those are the guys that have given names to some of the companies that people might not have watched had WWE had today's mentality.
They're also the ones considered veterans within said company that can help elevate the younger guys and girls for us to get behind and in turn make the non-WWE options better to watch.
I would say it's all played out the way it should....Hopefully not considered a cop-out answer, just a humble opinion.