As previously reportedly by Tom Colohue of Sportskeeda.com, WWE is considering the option of shutting the NXT UK brand down due to the numerous accusations made towards UK talent during the #SpeakingOut movement.
In an update on the situation, Alex McCarthy of TalkSport.com noted that he was told “WWE are not looking at cancelling NXT UK in the short term/near future. Pretty emphatically, too.”
Gary Cassidy of Sportskeeda.com addressed the state of NXT UK:
I’ve had several people asking NXT UK.
Last month, I reported on how talents were “working from home” and that there was a plan to tape content when safe to do so.
A couple of weeks ago, I was told there’s a tentative plan to tape empty arena shows within roughly two months…
— Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) June 28, 2020
Obviously the tapings situation relies heavily on Government guidance, which is the major reason why NXT UK tapings ground to a halt while RAW, SmackDown and NXT in the US didn’t.
Things could change. As far as I know, they haven’t yet.
— Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) June 28, 2020
Again, I’ve held back on this as there’s a lot of conflicting info out there – but that’s a summary of what I’ve heard and I haven’t heard anything to the contrary since.
— Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) June 28, 2020
