In 2016 WWE announced that they were launching a United Kingdom-based NXT brand. The brand was named NXT UK and premiered on the WWE Network on 17 October 2018. It’s now been reported that WWE is planning to do the same for India, with NXT India debuting in 2021. The belief is the show will air on television in India, with the rest of the world being able to watch through the WWE Network
Wrestling is immensely popular in India, resulting in it becoming WWE’s second-biggest market. This resulted in WWE putting the WWE Championship on Jinder Mahal in May 2017. TNA previously attempted to capitalize on the popularity in India with the Ring Ka King promotion, and the show at times had an estimated 14 million viewers watching. However, that wasn’t enough to keep the show on the air. To put that into perspective, Raw had an average of 4.75 million viewers in 2012.
WWE has had plans to expand their NXT worldwide, with NXT Japan being heavily rumored for some time. They did inquire about purchasing an existing promotion, including Pro Wrestling NOAH, but nobody was prepared to sell at the time.
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