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<p>WWE&#8217;s recent COVID-19 outbreak in NXT is bad news for the company, especially at a time when mask policies have gotten relaxed backstage.</p>



<p>According to Jon Alba, several WWE employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus but the exact number hasn&#8217;t been determined yet. </p>



<p>A coach at the Performance Center is believed to have accidentally spread the highly contagious and deadly virus.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Multiple sources: there was a COVID-19 outbreak within <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NXT</a> recently. Working on the details, but sources indicate it may have had a decent effect on creative. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a></p>&mdash; Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1308196621457534977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2020</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m working on confirming more details, but <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SeanRossSapp</a> has verified what I heard, quite literally as I hit &quot;tweet.&quot; He indicates several PC classes were canceled, and the outbreak happened over the past couple of weeks. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NXT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a></p>&mdash; Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1308197078150115328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2020</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>As noted by Alba, the outbreak may have affected creative plans which is basically the last thing WWE wants during its ongoing rating war against AEW Dynamite. </p>



<p><a href="http://fightful.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Fightful </a>further reports that several positive tests were reported during the week of September 9th, thus leading to “significant changes” to current NXT storylines.</p>



<p>Several Performance Center recruits who were training at a temporary training facility have tested positive for COVID-19. As always, WWE hasn&#8217;t released the names of those infected individuals.</p>



<p>While some &#8220;essential coaches&#8221; chose to stay, several classes for the recruits were canceled.</p>



<p>The belief is that WWE was well aware of the situation and started making preparations way ahead of time. This explains why the company waited until the last minute to announce the participants for the Gauntlet Eliminator.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>&#8220;NXT creative had to be ‘conservative’ in some aspects of the shows as a result of this.&#8221;</p></blockquote>



<p>On <a href="http://f4ownline.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Wrestling Observer Radio</a>, Dave Meltzer noted that some WWE employees are trying to deny the COVID-19 outbreak in NXT.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>“Some people are saying that nothing happened, but there’s enough out there and at the show tonight people were talking about it and other people have been talking about it on the main roster, and the NXT roster so there’s something there.”</p></blockquote>



<p>The most interesting fact is that the next TakeOver event is scheduled for October 4th and now that the novel coronavirus has hit NXT, it remains to be seen which Superstars show up at work leading up to the PPV.</p>


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