WWE NXT & 205 Live To Leave Full Sail University Permanently
The end of NXT at Full Sail University is nigh.
WWE NXT and 205 Live will make a permanent move away from Winter Park, Florida's Full Sail University starting with this week's TakeOver 31 show, reports John Pollock of POST Wrestling.
The WWE Performance Center in Orlando will play host to all future broadcasts, rather than Full Sail's NXT Arena.
This is a significant switch for NXT in particular. Full Sail has been the home location for WWE's black and gold brand for years now, with the building and its rabid, loyal fanbase a big part of the show's identity. Things are different at the moment, of course, with the global health crisis preventing said fans from attending, though the switch all but guarantees NXT will have a different feel once they return.
Recent episodes of 205 Live had been going down in the Amway Center's ThunderDome. The cruiserweight brand moves to the PC next Friday.
Dave Meltzer reported last year that there was talk of WWE pulling NXT out of Full Sail at some point in 2020, though January was originally pinpointed. The talk back then revolved around WWE booking buildings comparable in size to those used by AEW for Dynamite.