{"id":29580,"date":"2015-12-01T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T12:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=29580"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:35:25","slug":"wwe-smacks-down-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/wwe-smacks-down-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"WWE smacks down in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future stars of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\">WWE<\/a> are ready to powerslam Cardiff as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/nxt-united-kingdom-tour-27843440\">NXT\u2019s first UK tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2012 as the WWE\u2019s development branch, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\">NXT<\/a> trains up-and-coming wrestlers before they progress\u00a0to WWE&#8217;s main ring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29581\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Active_10_Wrestling_JAL_Big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Active_10_Wrestling_JAL_Big-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"The WWE NXT coaches everything from ring maneuvers and communication to performance and entertaining a crowd\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The WWE NXT coaches everything from ring maneuvers and communication to performance and entertaining a crowd<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The branch has rapidly grown in popularity since its formation and is praised for its high quality of wrestling and the opportunities it affords women wrestlers, despite being a training institution.<\/p>\n<p>The NXT\u2019s Welsh debut takes place on 15 December at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livenation.co.uk\/venue\/3915\/cardiff-international-arena-tickets\">Motorpoint Arena<\/a>, with wrestlers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/finnbalor\">Finn Balor<\/a>\u00a0(see video below), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/divas\/danabrooke\">Dana Brooke<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\/tylerbreeze\">Tyler Breeze<\/a> taking to the ring.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1UtDKOuKi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff\u2019s very own professional wrestler, <a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.wikia.com\/wiki\/Nadia_Sapphire\">Nadia Ageli<\/a>, thinks this is a great opportunity for Welsh wrestling fanatics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awesome that the WWE are bringing NXT to Cardiff,\u201d she said. \u201cWelsh fans will get to see an alternative roster with fresh faces, stand-out characters and five star matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=NXT+tour+uk&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=zilYVqihJaXj8wfzg47IDQ\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE\u2019s NXT Developers make their Welsh debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,51],"tags":[10776,10772,1312,274,10775,371,10774,10773,10087,10427,10771],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WWE smacks down in Cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WWE NXT Developers will make their Welsh wrestling debut at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in December. 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