Triple H took part in a conference call after Friday’s NXT TakeOver: New York event in Brooklyn, New York where he talked about the possibility of WWE airing NXT on FOX Sports 1.
This has been heavily speculated on since WWE inked a contract that will see them air SmackDown Live on FOX come October. “The Game” mentioned how there is some interest in airing NXT on a platform outside of the WWE Network.
“The opportunities are there for a lot of things. I know there’s a lot of interest in NXT as a brand. Both (NXT and NXT UK). There’s a lot of interest in it but it’s a very valuable commodity to the (WWE) Network as well. It’s the number one and number two most watched thing on the Network by far. Outside of pay-per-views,” said Triple H.
“Is (going to FOX/FS1) an opportunity? Absolutely. You see that with today when I was on FS1 and we announced the (studio show). It’ll be a recap show where they analyze different shows: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. They’ll discuss all those shows. A cross between UFC Tonight and Talking Dead. They really want NXT to be a big piece of that, which shows you the interest level.”
H/T to Fightful for the transcription
