There has been “lots of talk internally of major changes for the NXT brand,” according to a report by PWInsider.
Some of those possible changes include a focus on younger talents, a “different format to the TV show,” a new logo, and “new lighting.”
PWInsider also claimed that tonight’s release of 13 NXT wrestlers “appears to be part of those changes,” though it’s unclear exactly how. The majority of the wrestlers released by NXT were relatively young, so that doesn’t necessarily fit into idea to “focus on younger talents.”

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