{"id":112837,"date":"2022-04-13T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=112837"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:29:11","slug":"nathan-frazer-departs-nxt-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/04\/13\/nathan-frazer-departs-nxt-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Frazer Latest to Leave NXT UK for NXT 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Nathan Frazer<\/strong> has left <strong><em>NXT UK<\/em> <\/strong>for the warmer shores of Orlando and <strong><em>NXT 2.0<\/em><\/strong>. Frazer is the latest top NXT UK star to leave the brand for <em>NXT 2.0<\/em> this year. <strong>A-Kid<\/strong> and <strong>Pretty Deadly<\/strong> have also moved to <em>NXT 2.0<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A-Kid, although still appearing on pre-taped episodes of <em>NXT UK<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/03\/15\/a-kid-debuts-on-nxt\/\" target=\"_self\">made the move to <em>NXT 2.0<\/em> last month<\/a>. It is unclear how long A-Kid will appear on both brands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Frazer, on the other hand, confirmed on Twitter that he is full-time in the U.S. following his debut vignette on <em>NXT 2.0<\/em>. It is no surprise that the fast-paced and high-flying Frazer was wanted by <strong>WWE<\/strong> stateside. Trained by <strong>Seth Rollins&#8217;s<\/strong> Black &amp; Brave Wrestling Academy, he has long been touted as a star for the future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh yeah, I live in Orlando now. <\/p>\n<p>The weather is lovely. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Frazer (@WWEFrazer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEFrazer\/status\/1514066465078525961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nathan Frazer is NXT 2.0 Bound<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Major Hole\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Frazer moving to the US does leave a major hole in <em>NXT UK<\/em>. Frazer and A-Kid were two of the most exciting performers on the brand with their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/23\/nxt-uk-matches-of-the-year-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">matches regularly getting people talking and drawing attention to <em>NXT UK<\/em><\/a>. Their departures also add to the issue of credible competition for the NXT UK Champion <strong>Ilja Dragunov<\/strong>. Frazer&#8217;s last match in <em>NXT UK<\/em> was a match of the year contender against Dragunov.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dragunov has already defeated Frazer, A-Kid, <strong>Rampage Brown<\/strong>, and <strong>Jordan Devlin<\/strong>. He seems on a collision course to face Devlin again but &#8211; presuming he is victorious &#8211; it leaves no serious contenders for the top prize in <em>NXT UK<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Stars Needed in NXT UK\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>NXT UK<\/em> needs to build up a new main event star to fill the void left by Frazer&#8217;s departure. <strong>Teoman<\/strong> is one talent that could be on course for a major push. He has spent most of his first year with the brand building momentum and establishing his faction <strong>Die Familie<\/strong>. But he seems more focused on an ongoing feud with <strong>Gallus<\/strong> than championship gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The major independent name <em>NXT UK<\/em> should go for is former <strong>PROGRESS<\/strong> Champion <strong>Cara Noir<\/strong>. Noir&#8217;s unique black swan gimmick is backed up by incredible in-ring work. He has already had great matches with Dragunov in PROGRESS and now could be the time for <em>NXT UK<\/em> to bring him in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Dance: Ilja Dragunov vs Cara Noir at Progress Wrestling&#039;s 10th Anniversary Show. (Promo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9iONr-O6hw?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><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pretty Deadly And Other Departed NXT UK Stars\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pretty Deadly&#8217;s departure from <em>NXT UK<\/em> also sees the brand lose two of its most charismatic and entertaining performers. The duo&#8217;s work as NXT UK Tag Team Champions between February and November 2021 was exceptional as they entertained both in the ring and with their comedy skits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pretty Deadly changed their names from <strong>Sam Stoker<\/strong> and <strong>Lewis Howley<\/strong> to <strong>Kit Wilson<\/strong> and <strong>Elton Prince<\/strong> and won the NXT Tag Team Championship in their second appearance on <em>NXT 2.0<\/em>. It is a sign of how highly the work of the performers in <em>NXT UK<\/em> is held by the WWE producers in the U.S.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportwwe\/status\/1458858029953298432<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Frazer will be hoping for a similar push to Pretty Deadly. He&#8217;ll also eye the path that <strong>Gunther<\/strong>, <strong>Pete Dunne<\/strong>, <strong>Doudrop<\/strong>, <strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong>, and <strong>Ridge Holland<\/strong> have all gone on to the main roster. We may very well see that dream match with Seth Rollins sooner than later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nathan Frazer is headed to NXT 2.0: WWE NXT, April 12, 2022\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OrWBeLzCMVM?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<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>Nathan Frazer has left NXT UK for the warmer shores of Orlando and NXT 2.0. Frazer is the latest top NXT UK star to leave the brand for NXT 2.0 this year. A-Kid and Pretty Deadly have also moved to NXT 2.0. A-Kid, although still appearing on pre-taped episodes of NXT UK, made the move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":112845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5336,2192,5,3],"tags":[3189,7682,5749],"class_list":["post-112837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nxt-uk","category-wrestling","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","tag-a-kid","tag-nathan-frazer","tag-pretty-deadly"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}