There's no one in the executive section of corporate making way too much money to do nothing they couldn't cut instead that makes as much as 20 NXT talents? Oh, right. That's how they want it.
Having seen a lot of both, Pete has way more potential and ability. Scurll leaned into gimmicky schtick a lot more as time went on. Not in ways that worked either. Also, Okada should have squashed him in hindsight. I have spoken!