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Post by Abdullah on Mar 8, 2019 13:18:52 GMT -5
Because, you know, outside of the weekly threads... I don't see it discussed. At all. It's not just on FAN. Even for a huge wrestling community like Reddit, I've rarely seen a topic about the UK brand make the first page of SquaredCircle.
I'm curious because I am catching on the main NXT. It's a bit of a slog, I have two episodes left, but I'm also excited to be caught up. While I will try to keep up with the UK version from now on, I'm... not really pumped about it. So what's going on there?
For me, it's a couple reasons. 1- I have other interests. (I still haven't seen 'Russian Doll' or caught up with 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine.') 2- Debuting with back-to-back episodes meant it just kept piling up. 3- I get why this brand exists. WWE has signed so many people that it kind of has to exist. But it's just more content and more titles and they don't even commit to the 'you have to be from the UK to appear' part that strongly.
But here's the thing. When NXT debuted on the network in 2014, it made an immediate case for itself as a must see brand. I don't see that happening for this spinoff, several months in. Is it just destined to be like 205 Live, except it's talked about even less?
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 8, 2019 13:20:33 GMT -5
I saw the first UK Championship Tournament and I saw the UK Takeover.
So, not much...
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Post by Moppy on Mar 8, 2019 13:41:13 GMT -5
I watched it religiously up to the UK Takeover, which I then decided was a good jumping off point to just start following it more casually. I keep up to date, though.
Double episodes weekly just became a real slog, man... there's just too much wrestling to watch all of it weekly.
There's a lack of stars, too, outside of the obvious, meaning I'm not really a fan of much of the roster. In fairness though, I don't think NXT was an immediate phenomenon and they had to import the likes of Zayn and Balor. So there's hopefully plenty of time and potential for NXT UK to grow.
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Post by BitterAF on Mar 8, 2019 13:41:44 GMT -5
I tried keeping up when it first started to air.on the network. Started to slack towards TakeOver. Haven't watched since other than the first WALTER match. Just too much wrestling and only a few hours each week of free time doesn't bode.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 15:14:51 GMT -5
I’ve watched every episode. They’re still working out the kinks, but with the addition of the UK Performance Center and getting a fully fleshed out roster, I think things are really about to pick up. There’s an incredible amount of talent. They just need to figure out where everything fits in.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 16:09:40 GMT -5
I really liked Takeover: Blackpool and I mark for The Bruiserweight, Toni Storm, Rhea (if she's still there), Killer Kelly and Mustache Mountain, but I think it's just a case of 3 hours of Raw and 2 hours of SDL every week wearing me out. I'm going to try to make more of an effort to catch the TV show at some point (I'll certainly be watching the Takeovers, because 3 PM Saturday Takeovers here in the US rule).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 17:10:24 GMT -5
I continually forget it exists.
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Post by ayumidah on Mar 8, 2019 17:27:06 GMT -5
I only watched the Takeover. I'm sure if I watched more, I'd like it fine, It's just NXT, 205 Live, Raw Smackdown and whatever PPVs are a lot already, especially with ROH, NJPW, WOW and everything else I watch.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Mar 8, 2019 17:32:03 GMT -5
None as of yet. Not even takeover
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Post by Instant Classic on Mar 8, 2019 17:39:38 GMT -5
Only the Walter stuff.
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Post by RI Richmark on Mar 8, 2019 19:05:48 GMT -5
Finally watched a show this week. I've been laid up this week after throwing my back out at work so I have a lot of free time. Most of the time it's just Raw, Smackdown, NXT and the occasional 205 Live.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2019 19:27:20 GMT -5
I do enjoy watching WALTER destroy people
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Post by chronocross on Mar 8, 2019 19:29:52 GMT -5
I watched the first UK Tournament that aired (I think) last January where they crowned the first NXT UK champion, but not much after that.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Mar 8, 2019 19:50:08 GMT -5
it exists because of the paranoia over World Of Sport and now they're too far into it to just call it off, and it's very very funny.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 20:02:36 GMT -5
I watched every episode until about a month ago. I just don't care. Even when I was watching it, it was just out of habit. I like some of the wrestlers, but they could easily take the half dozen men and 3 women that stand out and just put them in regular NXT.
Also, you can see pretty much the same roster put on better matches and better wrestling shows in general in Progress.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 8, 2019 20:39:31 GMT -5
Almost none. There’s just no time.
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 8, 2019 20:55:52 GMT -5
I watched the first tournament and then the first Takeover. Don’t have time or desire to watch more than that tbh. Will probably try and catch the Takeovers
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 21:44:26 GMT -5
I’ve watched most of it, but it’s usually whenever I am bored on a Saturday or something I’ll just binge like 6 episodes. I really, really like Zach Gibson and would love to see him get a main roster run.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 2:37:49 GMT -5
I dip in and out. Despite the potential of guys on the show, for reasons I've droned on about ad infinitum, it's just not a very good show at the moment.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 9, 2019 2:42:54 GMT -5
I don't even know what that is.
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