NXT UK TakeOver Tops Stone Cold's Broken Skull Sessions

Blackpool II > Kane, apparently.

by Jamie Kennedy
Walter Joe Coffey

The Wrestling Observer's latest issue reports that NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II was the most-watched show on the WWE Network this past week.

Blackpool II, headlined by Walter vs. Joe Coffey and featuring a surprising run-in from The Undisputed Era before fading to black, topped the charts. It even managed to beat out Steve Austin's brand new 'Broken Skull Sessions' podcast with Kane, and better the 8 January edition of NXT.

Rounding out the top seven were TLC 2019, the 2019 Royal Rumble (which makes sense; fans will want to look back on last year's show before the 2020 version), and Austin's interviews with both Goldberg and The Undertaker.

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Interestingly, The Undertaker's podcast is already at the bottom of the charts. Goldberg and Kane's interviews with Austin are getting more clicks than the first 'Broken Skull Sessions' episode, but Kane's hasn't been able to oust NXT UK TakeOver from the top spot despite airing just after that special finished.

Though concrete numbers weren't in the Observer's newsletter for all seven programs, it is encouraging for NXT UK that they're currently on top of the list above some big names.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.