WWE India Announces Superstar Spectacle
Back in October, WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan revealed during an earnings call WWE is teaming with their TV partner in India, Sony, for a 2021 event that will focus on developing new Superstars from India.
“To realize greater economics from WWE’s international markets, we remain focused on developing localized content, which utilizes local talent and is produced in local language,” Khan said. “We’re excited to now be working with our content partner in India, Sony, on a 2021 event that will primarily feature our developing Indian superstars. That event will air in India on the Sony platforms and will also be distributed domestically in the United States. We believe partnerships like this are the best way to build engagement and to maximize the value of content for our international distribution partners and our fans.”
Latest On WWE Planning A New Project With Indian Superstars
The new project previously reported to be a WWE NXT India series looks to be filming on Friday, January 22.
It was reported before, via POST Wrestling and Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, that the project was expected to film in Florida for a roll-out in early 2021, perhaps in late January. POST now reports that as of Thursday morning, there was a filming date listed on the internal calendar for Friday, January 22, with a title of “India Special.”
The report noted that a photo shoot was planned for this week with various Indian wrestlers who will be participating, so they could take updated photos.
WWE to launch special India programme NXT India in early 2021
The filming of NXT India will begin in January 2021 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Current travel restriction is why WWE is taping the show in Florida. WWE is also planning to launch its own Performance Center in India in 2022
BusinessToday.In | December 14, 2020 | Updated 17:05 IST
NXT India would be WWE s second venture under the NXT brand with the first being NXT UK
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is set to launch a new programme early next year which is tailor-made for the Indian market. The new programme would come under the NXT brand of WWE and would be called NXT India . The filming of the programme will begin in January 2021 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Current travel restriction is why WWE is taping the show in Florida. WWE is also planning to launch its own Performance Center in India in 2022.