7 Reasons WWE Might Cancel NXT
'The End' may be coming for NXT, but why?
As 2016 enters its halfway point, WWE NXT goes from strength to strength. What started off as a throwaway amalgamation of professional wrestling and gameshows has somehow evolved into the best wrestling product World Wrestling Entertainment puts out.
Nothing has epitomised this more than the TakeOver specials, each of which has given us genuine Match of the Year contenders at time of release.
The next TakeOver special comes to us on June 8th, and will be the 10th such special NXT has put on. It also comes hot on the heels of the two year anniversary of the first, and comes with the fairly foreboding title of NXT TakeOver: The End. Many believe that this could be in reference to the main event between Finn Balor and Samoa Joe, the third TakeOver in a row to be headlined by these two men over the NXT Championship.
But what if the title has nothing to do with Balor and Joe? What if the name is hinting at the end of NXT itself? It might seem like madness, but there are some pretty compelling reasons as to why WWE might choose to do this. The fire has been fuelled a little more by news that Ticketmaster has pulled all tickets and listings for August's NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn show (Update: listings for the event have been re-uploaded, which does put this theory in doubt).
Is NXT coming to an end? Here are seven reasons why it may very well be.
7. The Protection Of NXT's Legacy
I'll start with pure fantasy, and a move that World Wrestling Entertainment would never ever make in a million years. WWE is a business after all, and business involves making money and not much else. As such, WWE is going to squeeze every last dollar out of all of the cash cows in its barn, NXT included.
But could Triple H have some form of influence here, and will the 10th TakeOver event be the last for NXT in order to preserve its legacy? Has NXT done what it came here to do, and will it be allowed one last dance before heading off into the sun?
Quite plainly not, and we'll get No Way Jose vs. Tye Dillinger whether we like it or don't. Still, if WWE has a rare moment of foresight they would end NXT and begin something fresh, so that NXT can be remembered fondly as opposed to us merely talking about the 'glory years' of the brand.