Since October 2021, WWE has been working to change the landscape of their developmental brand – NXT. The Black & Gold era is over, and 2.0 is here to stay. However, one part of the Black & Gold era of NXT remains, and that is 205 Live. No longer a show for the now dead Cruiserweight division, it has instead resembled ‘AEW Dark’ in recent months, giving some talent extra ring time. However, with WWE filing a trademark for “NXT – Level Up”, 205 Live might finally be getting its own rebranding.
NXT Level Up Is A Trademark For A New WWE Show
This trademark was filed on February 9 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The filing description is as follows.
“Mark For: NXT: LEVEL UP trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of a show about professional wrestling; the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing information in the fields of sports through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website in the field of sports information.”
What Will This New Show Be?
This is just a long-winded way of saying that NXT – Level Up is a trademark for a new professional wrestling show. The only question left to answer is what will this show be. A rebranding of 205 Live would make sense, but it could also point towards a show based around the WWE Performance Center – as we watch new recruits ‘Level Up’ during their training process. We have previously seen this idea explored in ‘WWE Breaking Ground’. That series was a hit, but never got a second season.
Whatever this is, the name feels like something that will be developmentally skewed. It’s unlikely WWE would completely rebrand NXT so soon, meaning it’s going to be a supplemental show of some sort. 205 Live has been rumoured for a rebrand for ages. Right now, 205 Live barely gets promoted by WWE – and it’s clear changes are needed. There is also the long rumoured ‘NXT Evolve’ show that fans have been waiting for. However that more points to being cancelled in 2022.
What do you think ‘NXT – Level Up’ will be? Is 205 Live going to get a face lift? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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