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10. NXT UK Rehearses EVERYTHING

Writing for Vice, David Bixenspan, a great 'details' journalist, this week published an article upon the discovery of an unlisted video, erroneously uploaded to WWE's YouTube channel, of a filmed rehearsal.

And it just had to be of NXT UK, the brand that by consensus is a soulless emulation of a once-flourishing scene. It's the least WWE-feeling show ever - niche, regional, and not remotely big-time - but it's also, on this evidence, very WWE. There's too much f*cking perspective on the inner workings of an over-produced WWE show filmed at the graveside of British wrestling.

In one clip, Trent Seven is shown going through his entrance routine at Orange Cassidy's pace but with precious little of the joy. Trent Seven literally performs this entrance every single time he appears. You'd think he'd have it down pat by now. It's sobering: every last second of NXT UK (and, per reports, NXT proper) is accounted for, meticulously, and it can only result in a chronic lack of spark and vitality.

It's also illustrative of a sad lack of trust in certain empl-independent contractors. These rehearsals don't seem to happen on RAW or SmackDown. The frantic rewrites make this hard, granted, but the point remains: the seasoned, tenured talents of NXT and NXT UK can't be trusted to do things the 'WWE way' without their little Indie hands being held.