The NXT It changed a lot with the transition from the era of black and gold to the current version 2.0, and one of the highlights was the fact that WWE Betting on more “hot” content together stars.
In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Athena (Ember MoonHe talked about several issues related to NXT and revealed that WWE officials asked him to dress appropriately SexualLike Mandy Rose.
(…) We had to attend stupid meetings on how to dress properly. Sexual. I remember looking at someone else like “I’m appealing to the kids. I’m not going to wear short, sexy shorts because we had a two-hour meeting on how to dress like Mandy Rose.”. this is not fair. Not all of us will be Mandy. Mandy is absolutely adorable and she is a wonderful person, but not everyone is Mandy Rose.
I started seeing everything fall apart as soon as Hunter [Triple H] He left, and at the time we didn’t know why he was leaving. We knew he wasn’t there. I got so angry. I remember sitting there thinking I had done nothing wrong. I didn’t piss off Vince [McMahon].
Shortly after this interview, Shawn Ross Sapp of Fightful noted that these meetings have been taking place since October 2021 and WWE dubbed them “Fashion Consulting,” led by specialist Melanie Pace. However, the goal is really to convince NXT fighters to get dressed Sexual.
In addition, some fighters the reporter spoke to blamed John Laurinaitis for this change and new order in NXT, which is in contrast to what Triple H was doing previously.
What do you think of WWE’s request and attitude toward its NXT wrestlers?