{"id":22159,"date":"2018-07-13T19:26:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=22159"},"modified":"2021-12-31T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:00:21","slug":"progress-owner-jim-smallman-hints-involvement-with-nxt-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/07\/13\/progress-owner-jim-smallman-hints-involvement-with-nxt-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"PROGRESS Owner Jim Smallman Hints Involvement With NXT UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent episode of his podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimsmallman.com\/tnj\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday Night Jaw<\/a>, <strong>PROGRESS<\/strong> owner <strong>Jim Smallman<\/strong> hinted to <strong>Flash Morgan Webster<\/strong> that he may have a role with the upcoming new WWE brand, NXT UK. In conversation with Flash, who recently debuted with the WWE, first on\u00a0<em><strong>205 Live<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>and then as part of this year&#8217;s United Kingdom Championship tournament after signing a WWE UK contract, Jim Smallman stated &#8220;while I can\u2019t really say, well you (Flash) and I are seeing a lot of one another\u201d. He then stated \u201cfor those working it out, based on things going on in the UK right now, there are reasons I was able to leave standup\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alexander, Ali &amp; Webster vs. Gulak, Drake &amp;  Conners: WWE 205 Live, May 15, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0AuY0BWqpk?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>PROGRESS has become the UK&#8217;s premier wrestling promotion in the past few years, after being founded by Smallman, a stand-up comedian, back in 2011. Since then, it&#8217;s emerged as the leading talent pool of UK talent, alongside other promotions like <strong>RevPro, ICW, Defiant Wrestling, OTT, IPW:UK,<\/strong> and <strong>Pro Wrestling EVE<\/strong>, with many PROGRESS stars migrating to the WWE, such as <strong>Pete Dunne, Moustache Mountain, Mark Andrews, Toni Storm<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THIS.IS.PROGRESS. Documentary Short\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_yAijeO-8bA?start=27&#038;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>While details of what his involvement could be, it&#8217;s most likely in a consulting role similar to what <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Gabe Sapolsky<\/strong> has with NXT in Orlando, although until it&#8217;s officially announced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwe.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE<\/a> themselves we have no real idea on the extent of his involvement.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent episode of his podcast, Tuesday Night Jaw, PROGRESS owner Jim Smallman hinted to Flash Morgan Webster that he may have a role with the upcoming new WWE brand, NXT UK. 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