Category: NXT

WWE NXT Preview 11/21/2023

Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Performance Center on the USA Network: 

  • Los Lotharios (Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo) vs. Malik Blade and Edris Enofe.
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying Match: Josh Briggs vs. Carmelo Hayes
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying Match: Blair Davenport vs. Thea Hail with Jacy Jane
  • Eddy Thorpe vs. Charlie Dempsey with Drew Gulak and Myles Borne
  • NXT Heritage Cup Championship: Noam Dar (c) with Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson vs. Chad Gable with Akira Tozawa, Otis, and Maxxine Dupri
  • WWE NXT Women’s Championship: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Xia Li

WWE NXT Preview 11/14/2023

Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Performance Center on the USA Network: 

  • NXT Tag Team Championship: Chase U (c) vs. Tony D’Angelo & Stacks
  • Iron Survivor Challenge qualifier: Roxanne Perez vs. Lash Legend
  • Iron Survivor Challenge qualifier: Trick Williams vs. Joe Coffey
  • NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria has been invited to a Warriors Tea Ceremony by Xia Li
  • Supernova Sessions with guests Alpha Academy
  • Wes Lee vs. Baron Corbin
  • OTM vs. Brawling Brutes

Backstage Report On Major Shift WWE Could Make With NXT Following CW Deal

Earlier this week, it was announced that “WWE NXT” would be moving from the USA Network to broadcast on The CW starting next year, with a major rights fee boost for WWE. The latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter offers up a few more details on the deal, including a report that discussions are being had within the company about making “NXT” a touring show, traveling to arenas across the country to film episodes live. However, nothing is set in stone as of yet.

With a few exceptions, “NXT” has long been taped at either the WWE Performance Center or, before that, Full Sail University. NXT PLEs used to be tied to a main roster PLE, taking place in the same town a night or two before. This has started changing, however, with recent PLEs held on their own weekends.

The Newsletter runs through some of the positive and negative points of making the change from filming at the PC to touring. The increased rights fees would help offset the added costs from touring while also offering a potential ratings boost, as well as events having larger live attendance. On the other hand, moving away from the Performance Center would mean less training time and a lot more travel for the company’s developmental roster.

While it’s still unclear what WWE plans to do with NXT moving forward, the company has notably been featuring more main roster talent on the brand. Becky Lynch recently held the “WWE NXT” Women’s Championship, and the company notoriously loaded up its Tuesday night show with talent when it was revealed that “AEW Dynamite” was going head-to-head with “NXT” for one night only. On top of that, recent weeks have seen “NXT” featuring “Raw” and “SmackDown” stars such as Lynch, Xia Li, Alpha Academy, Shotzi, Tegan Nox, and more.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Announces New Broadcast Home For NXT Brand

With the announcement last month that “WWE SmackDown” would be leaving Fox and heading back to USA in 2024, questions emerged regarding the futures for “WWE Raw” and “WWE NXT” on USA respectively. At least with “NXT,” its future will lie elsewhere, in a move that will also affect another wrestling promotion.

In a press release late Tuesday afternoon, WWE announced they had reached a deal with The CW to broadcast “NXT” starting in September 2024. PWInsider reported earlier in the afternoon that the two sides were in deep negotiations, so much so that an announcement could happen at any time. No financial details were disclosed, though the earlier report suggested that the deal would be “the biggest increase for “WWE NXT” media rights ever.” 

The deal will mark NXT’s move from cable to broadcast TV, and will be a reunion between WWE and The CW, which aired “SmackDown” from 2006 to 2008; “SmackDown” also aired on The CW’s predecessor, UPN, from 1999 to 2006. The news comes on the heels of speculation that The CW was entering a relationship with rival promotion NWA, with both a wrestling and reality show set to air. It’s unclear what effect the WWE/CW deal will have on any potential NWA projects, or if a recent NWA angle said to give The CW pause helped contribute to this move.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE NXT Preview 11/7/2023

WWE NXT airs live tonight at 8:00 pm EST on USA Network.

  • Fallout from last month’s two-week Halloween Havoc special
  • Lyra Valkyria to appear in NXT for the first time as NXT Women’s Champion
  • Bron Breakker vs. Von Wagner
  • NXT Heritage Cup Match: Noam Dar (c) vs. Akira Tozawa
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Fallon Henley
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying Match: Dijak vs. Tyler Bate

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Night 2 Preview 10/31/2023

Tonight is WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Night 2 live on USA Network from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Shotzi and Scarlett hosting.

  • Tables, Ladders and Scares Match: Creed Brothers vs. Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Chelsea Green & Pipa Niven (c) vs. Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne
  • NXT North American Championship: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Nathan Frazer
  • NXT Championship: Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes
  • NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Finals: Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice
  • Bron Breakker vs. Mr. Stone
  • Tiffany Stratton vs. Fallon Henley

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Night 1 Preview 10/24/2023

Tonight is WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Night 1 live on USA Network from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

WWE also announced that Shotzi, Scarlett, and The Boogeyman as guests.

  • Devil’s Playground: Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James
  • NXT Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria
  • NXT Tag Team Championship: Tony D’Angelo & Stacks (c) vs. Chase U
  • Lights Out Match: Gigi Dolin vs. Blair Davenport
  • NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Semifinals: Lola Vice vs. Karmen Petrovic
  • NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Semifinals: Arianna Grace vs. Kelani Jordan
  • Lexis King (Brian Pillman Jr.) makes his in-ring debut

WWE NXT Preview 10/17/2023

Tonight’s WWE NXT live on USA at 8/7 C from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

  • Triple Threat Match: Carmelo Hayes vs. Baron Corbin vs. Dijak to decide No. 1 Contender to NXT Title
  • Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal to determine No. 1 Contenders to NXT Tag Team Championship at Halloween Havoc – Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs, Charlie Dempsey & Drew Gulak, OTM, Hank Walker & Tank Ledger, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne, Chase U, Gallus, Creed Brothers, Angel & Humberto y Malik Blade & Edris Enofé
  • Lyra Valkyria vs. Tegan Nox
  • NXT Women’s champion “The Man” Becky Lynch comes back around to NXT

Undertaker Returns As American Bad-Ass, Chokeslams Bron Breakker On WWE NXT

The teases of the “Dead Man” appearing on “WWE NXT” on Tuesday as it went head-to-head against “AEW Dynamite” ended up being true, but it wasn’t the Undertaker’s undead persona that made it to the ring on Tuesday. The WWE Hall of Famer rolled down the ramp, instead, confronting Bron Breakker on a motorcycle as “The American Bad-Ass.”

Undertaker made his appearance after Breakker took out Carmelo Hayes following their match, which Breakker lost. The young star was the first to get on the mic against the Hall of Famer and asked if he understood there was only one badass around “NXT.” While Breakker received “you f***ed up” chants from the crowd in the WWE Performance Center, Undertaker told Breakker that he had been watching him for a long time, and that one day he is going to be a special talent. But not today.

The legend then decked Breakker and got him up for a chokeslam as Hayes sat grinning in the corner. Undertaker got back on the mic to give Breakker a little advice, telling him there’s always an older, bigger, badder badass waiting around the corner, and that he “just met the baddest of them all.” Undertaker and Hayes then posed for the crowd as “NXT” went off the air.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Brian Pillman Jr’s Emotional Vignette Debuting On WWE NXT — As Lexis King?

In the midst of a very eventful Tuesday night, a vignette played on “WWE NXT” providing the first look at WWE’s presentation of Brian Pillman Jr. Though he didn’t go as far as to confirm his full ring name, leaving out the rumored “Lexis” first name for now, the video does include Pillman revealing his new surname and the logic behind the change. After the show, the WWE star took to X to further explain himself.

The video shows former AEW star Pillman watching highlights of his father’s WWE career. Over the footage, short audio clips described the late Pillman Sr. as “crazy,” “unpredictable,” and more.

“My father was one of the most infamous superstars in this business,” Pillman says in the video. “Everywhere I go, people stop to tell me, ‘Man, I loved your dad. Such a trailblazer, he was.’ It seems like everybody has such fond memories of my father. Well, you know who doesn’t? Me — his own damn son.”

Pillman pointed out that he was only 4 years old when his father died. Additionally, the 30-year-old stated that wrestling was one of the last things he thought he’d ever want to do. However, despite earning a college degree and trying his hand at other sports, Pillman said that he keeps finding himself drawn to pro wrestling.

“I’ve got no choice but to inflict pain on the very business that has brought me so much grief,” Pillman continued. “But when they see this face, I don’t want them to think about my dead father. I want them to think about me. I’m nobody’s junior, and from this day forward, I’m going to take on the last name of the real man who raised me — the real father figure in my life — and his name was King. And now, so is mine.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.