Unlike WWE's other brands, NXT UK was produced exclusively in the United Kingdom and was specifically centered on wrestlers from there and other countries in Europe.

The relaunch was originally to occur in 2023 but was delayed indefinitely due to the WWE–UFC merger as divisions of TKO Group Holdings, which was finalized in September 2023.

The tournament was held over a two-day period, 14 and 15 January 2017, and aired exclusively on the company's online streaming service, the WWE Network.

[5] On 7 April 2018, a second United Kingdom Championship Tournament event was scheduled for 18 and 19 June at the Royal Albert Hall.

[14] On 31 December 2019, WWE announced that NXT UK would begin airing on BT Sport in the United Kingdom.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE planned to launch NXT Europe sometime in 2025, though this did not happen.

Unveiled in June 2018, the team of James Drake and Zack Gibson won a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

[21] In September 2020, the NXT UK Heritage Cup was unveiled as a secondary championship for men and with a special stipulation in which matches are only contested under British Rounds Rules.

[25] Unlike NXT UK's other championships, which were retired at Worlds Collide on 4 September 2022, the Heritage Cup was not contested at the event.

The title was then retired in January 2022 when it was unified into the NXT North American Championship, with Carmelo Hayes recognized as the final champion.

After Nikki Cross won the title on the November 7 episode of Raw, she discarded the belt in a trash can backstage and two days later, it was listed as inactive on WWE.com.

The WWE Network broadcast NXT UK's eponymous television programme in the United Kingdom and internationally.

The inaugural tapings of NXT UK occurred on 28 and 29 July 2018, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, and began airing on 17 October 2018.