Every Champion In WWE (And Who Should Beat Them)
14. NXT UK Titles?
Champions: Tyler Bate, Meiko Satomura and Josh Briggs/Brooks Jensen.
Who Should Beat Them: ?
WWE's NXT Europe announcement brings the curtain down on a UK experiment that started in 2016 (the weekly show began in 2018). Being honest, it's remarkable that NXT UK survived the darkest days of the COVID pandemic at all, because it's hardly been WWE's priority since it launched.
Tyler Bate also appeared as the NXT UK Champion on other programming from 16 August despite not winning the belt on TV until that airs on 1 September. If that doesn't show how little regard WWE has for the thing, then nothing will. They know this is third (or maybe even fourth) tier programming.
The NXT Europe deal also renders Bate's title reign, as well as other belts held by Meiko Satomura and the combo of Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, pretty much meaningless. All of these straps will surely be replaced by newer versions to reflect the European branding soon, and they'll likely be vacated too.
That's why all three go under one banner here - it's impossible to predict what WWE will do with them. They probs won't be booking any title switches in the interim though.