WWE: Canadian Tour Status Update, WWE Not Willing to Offer No Cut Clauses, Kevin Owens on New NXT

WWE’s December Canadian Tour Status Update

As noted before, WWE’s upcoming tour of Canada is currently in doubt following new coronavirus pandemic rules and restrictions issued by both the Ontario and Quebec provincial governments. These new rules and restrictions affects WWE’s scheduled house show events on December 29th in Toronto and on December 30th in Laval.

In regards to the scheduled house show event in Toronto, Post Wrestling’s John Pollock reported that WWE recently sent an email to fans stating that this event will still go on as schedule. The company also announced that attendance for the event will be limited to 50% max venue capacity at the Coca-Cola Coliseum due to Ontario’s current COVID-19 restrictions for indoor public events.

In regards to the scheduled house show event in Laval, TVASports’ Pat Laprade reported that WWE recently postponed the event from its originally scheduled date of December 30th to a new date of March 6, 2022.

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WWE No Longer Willing to Offer No Cut Clauses for Talent Contracts

Fightful Select reported that WWE is no longer willing to offer “no-cut” terms for their talent contracts going forward.

It was reported that their sources within the company stated that Vince McMahon recently has been unwilling to budge in his opposition to no-cut clauses being offered to talents who decide to resign with the company. It was also reported that some high level officials stated to be “people of influence” have been open to the idea of including no-cut terms to entice talent to stay in the company but McMahon has been steadfast in ruling it out as an option.

WWE talent reportedly have been recently told that this idea is now considered to be a non-starter for contract extension talks at this point.

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Kevin Owens Comments on NXT’s New 2.0 Era & Why the Brand Should be Given a Name Change

A recent episode of the Les Anti-Pods de la Lutte podcast had Kevin Owens as the guest. One of the topics discussed included his thoughts on WWE’s recent changes for their NXT brand and why he feels the brand should be given a name change.

“Today’s NXT is very different than the NXT I was part of, to the point I believe it should have a totally different name. And I don’t think it’s better or worse, but it’s just too different. So when I’m watching NXT, I don’t see the NXT I was part of. It’s not the same thing. It’s a little bit like Ring of Honor. The ROH of old days and the ROH now, it’s just not the same thing. So to me, it’s completely two different products, so when I’m watching it, I put myself in the mindset we had when I was at NXT and the mindset there seems to have right now, it’s completely different. It’s very hard for me to compare them. I don’t even consider that to be the same show. I don’t really feel any attachment to NXT now. Listen, there are very talented people working there, and I have watched the last TakeOver show they did and there were parts of it that I thought was really good, but it’s like a few years ago, if they had asked me to go back to NXT, I would have said yes. But f they would ask me that now, I don’t think I would be as receptive to go back, because it’s not the same thing. I don’t think I fit in the new NXT as I was fitting in the NXT I was part of, with guys like Sami, Finn, Samoa Joe and Nakamura. When I watch NXT now, I don’t feel the same thing I felt when I was watching NXT two years ago.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com