How Much Are The NXT UK Talents Being Paid?

That’s worth a raise. Last month, WWE made a major move when they officially announced the official start date for the NXT UK brand. The new promotion will start up with their first taping later this month and move forward from there. That means some new responsibilities for the bigger United Kingdom names, which should mean some extra rewards. As it turns out, that seems to be the case.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the majority of the UK talents will now be receiving raises in their new contracts. The older deals were for about $20,000 a year while the new ones are now worth about $31,730 (£ 24,000). These new contracts can be canceled at the four and eight month marks and have clauses barring the wrestlers from appearing for promotions with either television deals or a “major” online presence. In theory, these clauses are meant to keep the wrestlers from working for the new World of Sport promotion.

Everyone has to start somewhere.

Triple H and GM Johnny Saint announce formation of the NXT UK brand: 2018 WWE U.K. Tournament

Opinion: I’m not sure what the point is in WWE going after a promotion which had one show over a year and a half ago and is now looking at a ten episode series. Maybe WWE needs to think they have some sort of competition, even though this is nowhere near the level to give WWE any kind of threat. That being said, if we get to see more great wrestling, I think I can live with the problem.

Do you like the idea of NXT UK? Will it be as good as the American version? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 27 wrestling books. His latest book is the NXT: The Full Sail Years Volume III: From Dallas To New Orleans.

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