Last month, we reported that WWE was planning to hold two NXT live events from the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rob Feinstein of RF Video, who has ties to the venue and was at NXT in San Jose, noted on Facebook that NXT will 100% be running the former ECW Arena in the future. He posted the following update this week:
“A few websites reported over the weekend what I had said about NXT going to the arena and I was quoted all over the place. Well to update the situation today I was told that NXT will not be going to the arena after all. There is talk about getting a larger venue in town like the Temple University venue that TNA ran PPV’s out of.”
The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter confirmed that WWE is no longer planing to run the ECW Arena after all. What’s encouraging is that WWE is now looking to hold NXT live events in larger arenas, such as Philadelphia’s Liacouris Center at Temple University, which holds 10,000.
Another part is of WWE’s touring strategy is to hold NXT live events on the Saturday night prior to WWE PPV’s in various cities. SummerSlam weekend has been discussed, which could see NXT running a show on Saturday night in the New York area, which would go head-to-head with ROH, who also have a show in NY that weekend.