Former WWE Star Says NXT UK Doesn’t Have A Lot Of Star Power

Former WWE star Davey Boy Smith Jr. (FKA David Hart Smith) has been rumored to be heading back to WWE at some point. One possible destination for him has been NXT UK.

Now, Smith has commented on the UK brand, saying they don’t have a lot of name power. Here is the quote from Smith’s interview with Hannibal TV, courtesy of Fightful:

“With all due respect to a lot of the guys there, there’s just not a lot of name power. Due to the COVID pandemic, there’s no live audience and that’s going to hurt things also. I think if they had more name power…if they had Finn Balor and a few other guys. WALTER has some name power. The problem is COVID, they can’t draw live audiences and everything is so isolated in the UK. You can’t send guys back-and-forth regularly. Hopefully, they can have a waiting game with it and things will look up. They do have great talent, it’s just not a lot of actual name power.”

WALTER made the jump from NXT UK to NXT last night. It is currently unclear how he will be able to appear on both shows in the pandemic considering he is the current NXT UK Champion.

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