NXT Europe is reportedly unlikely to happen.
In August 2022, it was announced that NXT UK would be taking a ‘brief hiatus’, with NXT Europe taking its place the following year. Yet, with the last episode of NXT UK coming that September, we are still yet to see its next evolution come along and it now appears as if any plans for the spinoff brand are unlikely to move ahead.
Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed WWE’s original plans to launch NXT Europe, saying that he’s heard less about the brand being set in motion now than ever before.
“I just keep thinking like remember when they closed NXT UK? This was a couple of years ago now and they were going to immediately re-open NXT Europe and then they fired almost everyone…Most of the people that worked NXT UK were fired and I thought if you’re going to do NXT Europe like you say why are you firing people? They were under $25,000 a year contracts, it’s not like they were paying giant money to these people. The cost savings was negligible. Other people were telling me they’re never gonna do this Europe thing, they say it because they didn’t want to admit to shutting down the UK thing because the UK thing was their original idea to offset that ITV show…I always hear we’re doing the European thing but its been years now and I’m hearing less now than I heard years ago that they are,”
-Dave Meltzer
While it isn’t impossible for NXT Europe to launch at some point in the future, it does appear as if the NXT show airing each Tuesday night will remain the only iteration of the brand for the time being.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on NXT Europe as we hear more.
H/T to Cultaholic for the transcription.
