I think the NXTUK talent are harder to get rid of due to UK employment laws. They can fire guys like Ligero and Travis Banks who had sexual assault allegations, but the rest of the talent are treated like closer to employees than they would in the US. In all likelihood that brand will just kick around until their deals expire, at which point
A) they'll re-sign the people they want to keep on the condition they move to the US
or
B) the deal will quietly expire
Joe Conners was in the latter group, signed in December 2016 ahead of the original UK tourney and his deal just ran out
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