In the late 2010s, there was arguably no hotter wrestling scene than in Great Britain. With companies like Progress, RevPro and ICW regularly drawing thousands of fans, they ushered in a new boom of professional wrestling. It looked like it could go nowhere but up. ITV commissioned a series of “World of Sport“, bringing pro … Read more
From 2018 to 2022, NXT UK was one of the best pure wrestling shows on TV. It marked the return to TV wrestling in the UK, following the failed reboot of World of Sport the year prior. Featuring top talent like Gunther, Pete Dunne and Toni Storm, the show was a must-watch for fans of … Read more
NXT UK was one of the promotions hit hard by the Speaking Out movement. In June 2022, David Starr was accused of a string of sexual assaults by a number of women. This started the ball rolling, as more and more wrestlers in the British wrestling scene (and beyond) were named as abusers. Stars like … Read more
On August 18th, WWE announced that NXT UK was shutting down. While usually this would be a disappointing thing, nobody really cared. Nobody watched the show, it was barely known in Britain, and it was formed as a way to try and kill wrestling in the UK. WWE started NXT UK as a response to … Read more
Lasting four years and 211 episodes, NXT UK is a part of WWE history that seems to have been forgotten already. NXT UK was cancelled in 2022, after very little interest. Despite a strong start, less than 20,000 (sometimes less than 10,000) viewers tuned in by the end of its life, and WWE’s project of … Read more
Irish fans missed out on a chance to see Finn Balor vs Edge at the cancelled NXT UK Takeover Dublin event. The event was supposed to be the first WWE PLE to take place in Ireland. The country has long been starved of a top WWE show. However, they have always come out in droves … Read more