10 Insane Things You Missed When You Stopped Watching NXT
7. "Well, At Least NXT UK Is Still A Serious Wrestling Product..."
Appropriately, that above statement is a wrong'un.
NXT UK never really took off.
There was too much wrestling for the yanks to watch as it was, and WWE pissed off the British hardcores by monopolising and homogenising what was a thriving and unique hotbed. Also, it was incredibly dry. The most basic product with General Managers and titles and the odd, customarily intense grudge programme, much of the wrestling was elite tier, but then a lot of it also featured Gallus.
Beyond the WWE trademark talk shows, it was a synthetic boring bastard wrestling show that was rehearsed to absolute death. Capital G Good wrestling, contract signings, drab scripted promos: NXT UK aspired to "solid". What a terrible idea it was as the literal launching point of world domination.
Recently, NXT UK has tried, bless it, to make the TV show feel more big-time or cinematic. They even coughed up money for a drone this year, but regrettably, it captured some naff skit in which the Wild Boar character was actual, flesh-hungry wildlife. Perhaps he can work the cat.
Lads, just actually make movies. Don't pretend that your wrestling is movies. You don't want to do wrestling. Looking at that Money In The Bank venue downgrade, the people don't want wrestling all that much either.
Just make movies and save everybody a lot of silly bother.