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NXT specials, similar to Saturday’s Halloween Havoc, may quickly be hosted outside the WWE Performance Center.
WWE’s senior vice chairman of expertise improvement inventive, Shawn Michaels, just lately spoke to TV Insider concerning the future of the model. During the dialogue, he was requested concerning the risk of holding NXT occasions in conventional arenas and away from the Performance Center.
“Absolutely. As you mentioned, we started with the Florida loop, or the coconut loop, as we call them. We’ve briefly discussed getting out for our premium live events,” Michaels responded. “Do we want to do that at the end of the year or start at the beginning of the new year? We had Stand & Deliver for WrestleMania weekend, which is the first time many of our talents were out of the Performance Center.”
“It’s certainly something we want to get back to. We have every intention of doing that. We’re actually having talks on how we want to go about executing that. This will go beyond shows in the state of Florida for certainly premium live events but regular live events. As you know, that is part of the developmental process. They have to get out there and perform on the main roster all around the world. They might as well get their feet wet in NXT.”
The NXT model resumed touring in Florida again in June for the primary time since March 2020.