{"id":101877,"date":"2021-10-05T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=101877"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:44:07","slug":"nxt-uk-first-with-fans-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/10\/05\/nxt-uk-first-with-fans-full\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT UK First Show With Fans Already Full\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NXT UK<\/strong> will welcome live fans back in style with its first show from the BT Sports Studio with fans already full.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The October 14th NXT UK show will air from the BT Sports Studio with live fans. This marks the first time in 18 months that NXT UK has had live fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next set of NXT UK tapings are set for October 6th and 7th, with fans being invited to apply to be part of the tapings via a fan questionnaire created by <strong>WWE<\/strong>. The questionnaire has already reached \u201cmaximum capacity\u201d, meaning British wrestling fans will fill the BT Sports Studio for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WWE moved NXT UK to the closed-set BT Sports Studio during the pandemic. The tapings will mark the first time fans have been able to be a part of the atmosphere at the BT Sports Studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a>\u00a0is set to welcome back fans to the BT Sport Studio starting Thursday, October 14, airing at 3pm ET \/ 8pm BST on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacocktv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PeacockTV<\/a> in the US and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENetwork<\/a> everywhere else.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXSJZsvR8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iXSJZsvR8s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE UK (@WWEUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUK\/status\/1445333254572318721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Pandemic-era NXT UK<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the pandemic era, NXT UK launched a Heritage Cup Championship tournament which crowned <strong>A-Kid<\/strong> as the first ever Heritage Cup Champion. The current Champion, <strong>Tyler Bate<\/strong>, will likely defend the Cup against either <strong>Wolfgang<\/strong> or<strong> Noam Dar<\/strong>. Dar and Wolfgang will meet in the final of the recent Heritage Cup Championship No.1 Contenders tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tapings will also see<strong> Ilja Dragunov<\/strong> defend his NXT UK Championship against A-Kid. Dragunov has been the breakout star during the pandemic. The \u201cMoscow Madman\u201d first lost an NXT UK Championship match to<strong> WALTER<\/strong>, before overcoming a nine-month quest to regain his sanity which culminated in him winning the title from WALTER.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will also be the first chance for a lot of superstars to perform live in front of fans as part of the NXT UK brand. NXT UK Women\u2019s Champion <strong>Meiko Satomura<\/strong>, <strong>Rampage<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Frazer<\/strong>, <strong>Teoman<\/strong>,<strong> Sha Samuels<\/strong>, <strong>Blair Davenport<\/strong>,<strong> Charlie Dempsey<\/strong>, <strong>Aleah James<\/strong> and <strong>Rohan Raja<\/strong> all made their official NXT UK debuts during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to be invited to attend tapings in the future, you can email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:nxtuktickets@wwecorp.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nxtuktickets@wwecorp.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Coffey battles Jordan Devlin and more: NXT UK Highlights, Sept. 30, 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMZMWoSZfn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NXT UK will welcome live fans back in style with its first show from the BT Sports Studio with fans already full.\u00a0\u00a0 The October 14th NXT UK show will air from the BT Sports Studio with live fans. This marks the first time in 18 months that NXT UK has had live fans. 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