By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The NXT event scheduled for Tuesday, October 8 in St. Louis, Missouri at the Enterprise Center has been moved. The WWE website’s events section now lists the show for the same date in Chesterfield, Missouri at The Factory at The District.
Powell’s POV: The listed capacity for the new venue is 2,350 for seated shows, whereas the Enterprise Center holds up to 22,000. WrestleTix notes that the Enterprise Center was set up for 4,285 fans, yet only 2,089 tickets had been sold as of Saturday. The Raw event listed for Monday, October 7 will still be held in the Enterprise Center. NXT will premiere on The CW on Tuesday, October 1.
Not a good sign if they were thinking about regular arena shows going forward.
If they’re going to take it on the road then they really need to run it like minor league sports and really aim for those 2-3,000 seat arenas for the time being.
This might become an ECW situation, where NXT travels with and is taped the same day as Raw or Smackdown.