The following is scheduled for tonight’s 3/30 WWE NXT:
Samoa Joe vs. Bull Dempsey
Apollo Crews vs. Alex Riley
NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Tucker Knight & Steve Cutler
American Alpha vs. Corey Hollis & John Skyler
Baron Corbin in action.
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 3/30 WWE NXT:
Samoa Joe vs. Bull Dempsey
Apollo Crews vs. Alex Riley
NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Tucker Knight & Steve Cutler
American Alpha vs. Corey Hollis & John Skyler
Baron Corbin in action.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H announced today that WWE NXT “Takeover: Dallas” will feature music from Halestorm, Yelawolf and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. Yelawolf’s “Fiddle Me This” single is the official theme song.
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 3/23 WWE NXT on the WWE Network:
Asuka vs. Emma
NXT Champion Finn Balor vs. Rich Swann
Alexa Bliss vs. Sarah Dobson
Elias Samson vs. Johnny Gargano
Bull Dempsey vs. Danny Birch
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 3/16 WWE NXT:
* #1 Contenders Match: American Alpha vs. The Vaudevillains
* Tommaso Ciampa vs. Jesse Sorensen
* Emma w/Dana Brooke vs. Deonna Purazzo
* NXT Women’s Champion Bayley & Asuka vs. Eva Marie & Nia Jax
Source: ringsidenews.com
Apparently Vince McMahon is not a big fan of NXT, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Vince perceives NXT as a touring product filled with so many guys Vince doesn’t believe are money.
NXT talent took notice of how Tyler Breeze was treated after he arrived on the main WWE roster. Some of the locker room was disgruntled over seeing Breeze treated like a “jobber” following all the buildup he received from Breaking Ground.
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling NOAH tag team “TMDK” Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste are expected to sign with WWE NXT soon. The wrestlers from Australia worked their last NOAH show today, defeating Mitsuhiro Kitamiya and Naomichi Marufuji. “The Mighty Don’t Kneel” cut a promo after the match to thank the fans in Japan and NOAH for all their support. They also tweeted their farewells. No word yet on when they will arrive in Orlando to begin work at the WWE Performance Center.
Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that NXT head writer Ryan Ward has left for the main roster and will be writing for SmackDown. Ward has written all of the NXT television shows through NXT Takeover: Dallas.
Source: WrestlingINC
ECW Press, which often works with WWE on new books, has announced “NXT: The Future Is Now” for an April 2017 release. The book will be written by Jon Robinson and will focus on the creation and rise of the WWE NXT brand.
The following was issued today:
NXT: The Future is Now by Jon Robinson (April 1, 2017, ECW Press) follows the rise of NXT from its conception to becoming WWE’s newest global brand. Learn how NXT came to be, from the opening of the WWE Performance Center to WWE’s new, forward-thinking approach to talent development. See how Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, Paige, Charlotte and other new stars have broken into WWE more prepared than any generation before. Get an inside look into WWE’s future as new and exciting performers hone their skills, personalities, and so much more under the watchful eye of Paul “Triple H” Levesque. With new, insightful interviews from Triple H, NXT trainers, Superstars and Divas, fans will learn how the future is indeed now!
NXT: The Future is Now is scheduled for a Spring 2017 release by ECW Press, in partnership with WWE. Over the past fifteen years, ECW has been a leading publisher of wrestling books, including autobiographies of Jimmy “The Mouth of the South” Hart, Larry Zybyszko, and The Missing Link, as well as The Death of WCW and The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame series.
WWE taped the following for tonight’s NXT episode:
The Vaudevillains vs. Hugo Knox and Tucker Knight
Elias Samson vs. Steve Cutler
Emma w/Dana Brooke vs. Santana Garrett
Neville vs. NXT Champion Finn Balor in a non-title match
Austin Aries debuts
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingINC
Regarding Shinsuke Nakamura officially signing with WWE NXT, it was noted on Wrestling Observer Radio and in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion looks to be the first NXT Superstar to receive WWE main event level money.
No word yet on how much time Nakamura will spend in NXT but all signs point to a significant run there. It’s very interesting how WWE is paying big money for Nakamura if they have a lengthy NXT run planned for him.
The signing has been treated like a major sports story in Japan. The February 22nd press conference in Tokyo at the Hard Rock had more than 100 reporters, photographers and videographers.