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NXT UK TakeOver was a series of periodicprofessional wrestling events produced by the Americanpromotion WWE , exclusively for its former United Kingdom-basedbrand ,NXT UK . Established in 2019, the UK TakeOver events served as the brand's counterpart to the mainNXT brand'sTakeOver shows, and werelivestreamed exclusively on theWWE Network .
Only three NXT UK TakeOver events were produced:Blackpool andCardiff in January and August 2019, respectively, andBlackpool II in January 2020. A fourth,Dublin , was planned for April 2020, but due to theCOVID-19 pandemic that began in March, it was ultimately canceled and no further UK TakeOvers were scheduled. In late 2021, the main NXT's TakeOver series was discontinued after NXT went through a restructuring. The NXT UK brand was then dissolved in September 2022 for an eventual relaunch as NXT Europe.
In December 2016, the Americanprofessional wrestling promotionWWE announced plans for a United Kingdom-basedbrand .[ 1] United Kingdom Championship Tournament andUnited Kingdom Championship Special in 2017,[ 2] [ 3] United Kingdom Championship Tournament in 2018.[ 4] WWE Network . Soon after the establishment of theNXT UK brand in June 2018 followed by its owntelevision program in October, the brand beganlivestreaming its own "TakeOver" events on the WWE Network—TakeOver was the name for the mainNXT 's periodic live specials. The first NXT UK TakeOver wasBlackpool in January 2019.[ 5] Cardiff in August[ 6] Blackpool II in January 2020.[ 7]
Only one NXT UK TakeOver event had to be cancelled.Dublin was originally set to air live from the3Arena inDublin ,Ireland on 26 April 2020 and would have been the first TakeOver held outside the United Kingdom. The event was initially rescheduled to 25 October 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic , which began affecting all of WWE's programming in mid-March that year. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the event was once again rescheduled, this time to 20 June 2021. On 30 April, however, WWE confirmed that the event had been cancelled.[ 8]
No further NXT UK TakeOver events were scheduled following the cancellation of Dublin. The main NXT's TakeOver series was also discontinued in late 2021.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
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