WWE Announces newest brand - NXT UK

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NXT UK, a new UK series featuring the greatest competitors from the UK and Ireland. The UK Championship title, plus two new Championships – the UK Women’s Championship title and UK Tag Team Championship titles – will be on the line. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NXTUK</a> <a href="https://t.co/Uehw7B6U2j">pic.twitter.com/Uehw7B6U2j</a></p>&mdash; WWE UK (@WWEUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK/status/1008803290824495105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[RP]

Too much .

[ClockShot]

Why not just do Europe as a whole instead of just the U.K. and Ireland?

Also, how's this gonna work? They gonna mingle with NXT U.S. talent on a weekly/monthly basis? Have their own PPVs? Be completely isolated/independent?

[slik]

HHH did recently say they plan to open NXT brands 'around the world' including another one in the U.S. on the West Coast at some point.

I think the creation of new NXT brands is the new way to kill the indies. Who knows though, maybe the show will be good?

[Destor]

This would become a literal monopoly if it werent for the fact that this will fail sooooooo...

[ClockShot]

This would become a literal monopoly if it werent for the fact that this will fail sooooooo...

That's a good point. If this blows up and starts killing off the smaller outfits, this could pose a problem in the future.

[RP]

This would become a literal monopoly if it werent for the fact that this will fail sooooooo...

Ya this is bad.

I think WWE is being ran by a runaway train named Old Man Vince. I think lots of terrible decisions are being made at the moment. And they are being enabled by money that keeps coming in for inexplicable reasons.

[xrodmuc316]

Who cares. Another meaningless show where they will build up a bunch of stars that get turned into jobbers after getting called up, but with an accent. Big whoop

[Simple Fan]

HHH did recently say they plan to open NXT brands 'around the world' including another one in the U.S. on the West Coast at some point.

NXT Hollywood, NXT Japan are probably not far behind. Of NJPW continues growing in the US they'll move quick on a NXT Japan. Probably want something in Mexico and South America as well

[Emperor Smeat]

Why not just do Europe as a whole instead of just the U.K. and Ireland?

Also, how's this gonna work? They gonna mingle with NXT U.S. talent on a weekly/monthly basis? Have their own PPVs? Be completely isolated/independent?
Going to assume NXT UK will end up covering Europe since I can't see two separate NXT brands in the region doing well. Based on what I've read about their UK plans, its going to be more like 205 Live in the sense of how the brand stuff works.

[Lock Jaw]

Should have made an all-womens show instead.... I would have actually watched that one......

[Emperor Smeat]

Should have made an all-womens show instead.... I would have actually watched that one......

Probably going to be the next brand to happen since Triple H/WWE is just waiting for the main roster to get a bunch more stars for a tag division to be possible.

[Mr. Nerfect]

NXT India to be headlined by former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal.

[Evil Vito]

NXT Mars

[Anybody Thrilla]

I will watch it.

[My Final Heaven]

Moustache Mountain beat Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag belts at the tapings, YES











...wait wait, this title change was the Faces winning, so OMG guys, this is the worst possible thing they could have done. UK Brand = Fail + Trash. :mad:

[xrodmuc316]

Moustache Mountain beat Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag belts at the tapings, YES



...wait wait, this title change was the Faces winning, so OMG guys, this is the worst possible thing they could have done. UK Brand = Fail + Trash. :mad:


Yes, it is trash. If you say it's gonna be it's own brand, why sacrifice your current brands champions?

Just make a UK Tag tourney for their own titles.

[XL]

Thanks for the heads up with the spoilers. [sarcasm]

[Jordan]

I'm cool with this.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Fuck you for spoiling that, My Final Heaven.

[Outsider]

Not sure why so many people are being dour on the idea of the UK brand. This has the potential to be incredible.

I was at last nights show, which was fantastic from start to finish. Except it was £6 for a pint because it's fucking London.

Roof came off when Moustache Mountain won the title. Amazing atmosphere. Am guessing this will be more in the vain of a house show title change which is reversed in a re-match pretty quickly but as a quick bit of fan service more than happy.

Also great atmosphere for the Dunne/Gibson match. Fans loathed Gibson. Not quite sure why as haven't seen the first night but could just be because he is northern and northeners are terrible.

As for whether the brand is going to be successful, I think you have to vary what success looks like. This probably isn't going to get the numbers that NXT gets on the Network, but that isn't what this brand should be for. This should be about solidifying and increasing the companies prescence in the UK and Europe, not just pandering to an American audience again. International audiences have different tastes. It's embarrassing watching some of the jokes, OTT nationalism and celebrities I've never heard of because RAW and Smackdown are primarily aimed at the types of people who watch US Network TV. We're used to plenty of US TV here but some stuff doesn't always translate well.

Creating a show which features UK talent, aimed at a UK audience has the potential to be very successful - in the UK. And our money is as good as anyone elses (....less true since June 2016).

One thing which could take this to the next level is trying to get the show on mainstream UK TV. No idea if they would be allowed to do this under their contract with Sky but despite the money they get from Sky it still holds the company back in terms of the number of people they reach. Will probably just be a network exclusive but no reason they couldn't put it on the Network in the US and on mainstream TV here.

The other thing that counts in this brands favour is how good a show could be. Some of the UK talent on display last night, they ones they haven't actually debuted last night and the talent which exists which isn't aligned to the WWE is just incredible. UK crowds are hot crowds as well, typically starved of opportunities to watch wrestling.

Produce a show which features talented wrestlers in front of a hot crowd and there is every chance this is going to be very damned good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think people feel that it is just too much being poured on top of what is already too much.

[Jordan]

If you feel that it's too much then it's not for you, it shouldn't affect you in any way. This is great news for UK fans and people who want something different. Soon WWE will have two promotions you can watch instead of Raw and Smackdown if you don't want to.

[XL]

I’m all for this if they’re looking to build another brand, capture the current momentum of the British scene, and genuinely be looking to use it to bring people through.

If however, this is just an attempt to kill the ITV project then, nah, shove it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If you feel that it's too much then it's not for you, it shouldn't affect you in any way. This is great news for UK fans and people who want something different. Soon WWE will have two promotions you can watch instead of Raw and Smackdown if you don't want to.

Unless you're a completionist, read about wrestling, have to have it pumped into advertisements you are exposed to constantly. It's your opinion that there being more to follow shouldn't affect anyone. Whether it does or doesn't is up to that person.

[Outsider]

Unless you're a completionist, read about wrestling, have to have it pumped into advertisements you are exposed to constantly. It's your opinion that there being more to follow shouldn't affect anyone. Whether it does or doesn't is up to that person.

I literally don't understand the logic here.

So, there should only be RAW and Smackdown because too much choice is inconvenient for people?

Choice means...Well....choosing.

[Evil Vito]

Yeah. It's not WWE's fault if someone is a completionist.

[Outsider]

Watching the first night of the tournament now.

Doesn't look that full but ticket sales may have suffered due to the fact it was England's first world cup game that night.

Second night was fuller than the first night looks right now.

Nice to be able to see the screen this time because I couldn't see it from my fucking seats :rant:

[My Final Heaven]

LOL, Era already won the belts back at a house show. Y'all need to settle yourselves before you pop an artery over a title change you don't like :lol:

[Jordan]

Unless you're a completionist, read about wrestling, have to have it pumped into advertisements you are exposed to constantly. It's your opinion that there being more to follow shouldn't affect anyone. Whether it does or doesn't is up to that person.

It's the same kind of sentiment those who are against gay marriage posses. It literally has nothing to do with you, it doesn't hurt or harm you in any way other than in your mind if you chose to feel that way. If you don't want to watch NXT UK, that's totally fine. But if you want to hate on it simply because WWE has a lot of programming already, then I'm going to call you out as a troll.

People spreading relentless undeserved hate runs rampant in the IWC. It's the same kind of thinking that allowed that douche bag "Fan" to insult Paige personally and "pie face" her. What in the fuck gives anyone the right to comment on her personal life or physical appearance or to deeply criticize her like that?

[Gerard]

Ah great, more wrestling in a market that's already saying too fucking much.

[Destor]

Ah great, more wrestling in a market that's already saying too fucking much.

you arent wrong but there is a market thats saying "i want something else"

[Jordan]

I will check it out, there are guys on that roster worth going out of you way for. I think it's great more for UK fans to have something of "their own". We speak the same language but it is a different culture there.

[Outsider]

Ah great, more wrestling in a market that's already saying too fucking much.

No, because it's not for that fucking market.

It's for the UK market. A market which is under-served and has no current TV product of it's own.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I literally don't understand the logic here.

So, there should only be RAW and Smackdown because too much choice is inconvenient for people?

Choice means...Well....choosing.

Yeah. It's not WWE's fault if someone is a completionist.

I didn't say it was their fault, I'm just saying that it's fine if it bothers people. Just like it's fine if people don't want another CSI spin-off even if they like CSI. Less is more is a saying for a reason.

It's the same kind of sentiment those who are against gay marriage posses. It literally has nothing to do with you, it doesn't hurt or harm you in any way other than in your mind if you chose to feel that way. If you don't want to watch NXT UK, that's totally fine. But if you want to hate on it simply because WWE has a lot of programming already, then I'm going to call you out as a troll.

People spreading relentless undeserved hate runs rampant in the IWC. It's the same kind of thinking that allowed that douche bag "Fan" to insult Paige personally and "pie face" her. What in the fuck gives anyone the right to comment on her personal life or physical appearance or to deeply criticize her like that?

That's bullshit. It's nothing like being against gay marriage. Or Paige getting assaulted for that matter (those comparisons are insulting, frankly). It's like not being for too much of a good thing. Or in this case, a bland and uninteresting thing. It's for being wary of a market being flooded and the possible negatives it could have on other businesses and the overall health of an industry.

People can watch and enjoy it if they want to. No one is saying that. They're just saying that a lot of people probably won't because there is just too much of this shit. And that's a reasonable observation.

[Mr. Nerfect]

People keep saying it's "their own." Is it going to be? Didn't they schedule a show the same day as England's first game in the World Cup? It sounds like it's a WWE production to me. It'll be more like NXT, because Vince just won't have the time to run these things, so it will probably be "solid" by modern wrestling standards, but it's still WWE and it's still responding to a post-WWE-monopolized industry that is riddled with the same tropes and trends.

It'd be great if it were like World of Sport of an evolved version of that, but it's probably going to be guys coming out to music from CFO$ kicking out of each other's finishers and getting "You deserve it" chants when they all get a turn with the belt. If it's different, that'll be cool, but I just understand why people are weary.

[Destor]

Its not a UK product theyre interesting in producing. Theyre interested in gobbling up UK talent. Make no mistake the purpose of this is to undercut would be promotions. The product is tertiary at best.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If you want to blame something wrestling-related for Paige getting assaulted, maybe take your aim at the market forces that led to a gentrified industry that at worst promotes violence against women, and at best treats them as tokens to be paraded out, and has chased away all but the most hardcore of fans.

If you want to draw a gay marriage analogy, it's more like a same-sex partner pledging a monogamous relationship to someone and then going around the countryside fucking whoever and whatever they can.

They're both stretches, but get the fuck out with that direct comparison bull.

[James Steele]

Noid, just don’t watch it and still bitch about it like you do the rest of the WWE’s programming.

[Mr. Nerfect]

That is likely going to be the plan.