WWE NXT Level Up Reportedly Ending

As WWE gears up for a transformative 2025, the company’s programming continues to shift across networks, and it seems NXT Level Up is the latest casualty of this new era.

According to a report from Fightful Select, WWE is set to wrap up NXT Level Up this week, with Thursday’s taping reportedly marking the series’ final episode. This comes amid WWE’s broader network shuffle, as the company prepares for RAW’s highly anticipated move to Netflix in January.

NXT itself has already undergone significant changes this year. Back in October, SmackDown moved from FOX to the USA Network, while NXT transitioned from USA to The CW Network. Along with this shift, older episodes of NXT migrated from Peacock to The CW App, causing uncertainty about where supplemental content like NXT Level Up would land.

NXT Level Up first debuted on February 18, 2022, as a successor to the beloved 205 Live. The show primarily served as a proving ground for newer NXT talent—those who had yet to establish themselves on the main Tuesday night NXT broadcast. Episodes were often taped either before or after the live NXT shows, giving developmental wrestlers a chance to gain experience in front of a live audience.

Despite its role in spotlighting emerging stars, the future of NXT Level Up has felt uncertain for months. The lack of clarity on its streaming home—especially with NXT’s library moving to The CW—sparked speculation that the show would soon be discontinued. Now, with Fightful’s report indicating its imminent conclusion, it appears WWE is officially pulling the plug.

While NXT Level Up may be ending, WWE’s developmental brand remains a key focus. NXT’s move to The CW has given the brand a new home with broader reach, and WWE is clearly investing in elevating its younger talent through Tuesday night programming. With RAW moving to Netflix in 2025 and SmackDown thriving on USA Network, WWE’s media landscape continues to evolve—and smaller shows like NXT Level Up may no longer fit into the company’s long-term strategy.

For now, fans can tune in to the final episode of NXT Level Up this Thursday as WWE says goodbye to the short-lived series. It’s a bittersweet end for a show that helped develop the next generation of stars, but it’s clear WWE has its eyes set on a much bigger stage as it heads into 2025.

Report – WWE Show (NXT Level Up) May Be Discontinued After CW Deal Kicks In

WWE has new TV deals, with Monday Night RAW moving to Netflix in January, Friday Night SmackDown returning from FOX to the USA Network, and NXT moving from USA to the CW Network next month.

NBCU still has a streaming deal with WWE for the WWE Network to air in the United States on Peacock. As part of the new deal, the full past-season library of WWE SmackDown is available on Peacock, with new episodes becoming available 30 days after airing on the USA Network.

New episodes of WWE RAW are also accessible on Peacock 30 days after airing on the USA Network. However, Peacock will no longer have the libraries for NXT and RAW after 9/19 and 10/1, respectively.

Moreover, fans will notice countdown clocks for NXT and RAW programming on Peacock, indicating that the library will expire, but only for episodes after the mentioned dates.

WrestleVotes Radio is reporting that NXT Level Up will end soon after airing on Fridays on Peacock since February 2022.

The report states, “While we’re talking about NXT, with the WWE Hulu contract coming up next week, the NXT secondary show Level Up will be discontinued. That’s what we’re hearing. They will no longer continue filming the Level Up show that airs on Peacock, that features a lot of the younger NXT talent. And you know, it is what it is. It’s just a lot of moving parts right now, but we will say goodbye to Level Up.”

It’s uncertain whether the entire NXT library will be removed from Peacock once the CW deal takes effect.

The report adds, “It’s likely everything from NXT 2.0 up until today will disappear and move over to the CW app. With that said, we don’t know if Takeovers are included here. Again, it could be just 2.0 stuff, which would include Deadlines and No Mercy and things like that, could disappear from Peacock, but a lot of the more recent NXT stuff will be gone off of the WWE Network/Peacock….it just comes down to the rights of that now that CW is in charge of having the NXT rights. I think that because they were formally in the hands of Peacock and USA Network. How those agreements all are written is definitely playing into why those past episodes will no longer be available moving forward.”

In addition to potentially discontinuing NXT Level Up, WWE will expand SmackDown to three hours starting January 2025.

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 4/8/22

Tonight’s NXT Level Up at 10pm ET on Peacock and the WWE Network.

Chase and Hayward clash with Donovan and Lauren on NXT Level Up

* Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward tangling with Troy Donovan and Channing Lauren in a thrilling main event

* Bernal seeks his first career victory against Raaj

* 18-year-old Hail is setting her sights on one of NXT Level Up’s pillars, Nile.

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 4/1/22

Tonight’s WWE NXT Level Up episode was taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

NXT Level Up usually airs every Friday night at 10pm ET on Peacock and the WWE Network, but tonight’s show will have a special start time of 12:47am ET. The change was made due to the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony airing on Peacock at 10pm ET, right after SmackDown goes off the air.

  • Xyon Quinn vs. Dante Chen
  • Kayden Carter vs. Tatum Paxley
  • Damon Kemp(the brother of Gable Steveson) vs. James Drake of The Grizzled Young Veterans

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 3/25/22

Tonight’s WWE NXT Level Up was taped at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and will be streaming at 10/9 C on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else!

Jacket Time clash with Enofé and Blade on NXT Level Up

Quincy Elliott making his debut against Joe Gacy

Kiana James colliding with Ivy Nile

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 3/18/22

Tonight’s WWE NXT Level Up episode is being billed as a “can’t miss edition” of the show.

Chen and Hayward to slug it out on thrilling edition of NXT Level Up

* Dante Chen vs. Bodhi Hayward.

*  Xyon Quinn vs. Damon Kemp (aka Bobby Steveson)

*  Lash Legend vs. Valentina Feroz

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 3/11/22

Tonight’s WWE NXT Level Up was taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and will air on Peacock and the WWE Network.

  • NXT Level Up will feature the in-ring debut of Brooklyn Barlow tonight. She will go up against Ivy Nile. WWE noted that this is a highly-anticipated debut. Real name Brooke Vawter, Brooklyn was signed at the WWE SummerSlam tryouts in Las Vegas last year. She is the third woman to debut on TV from those tryouts, following the debuts of Nikkita Lyons and Tatum Paxley. Brooklyn has been featured in several recent NXT 2.0 segments as an extra, but not named. She is a former Strongman competition competitor, and a three-time NQ NPC Bikini competition competitor
  • Trick Williams vs. Guru Raaj

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 3/4/22

WWE NXT Level Up will air tonight at 10pm ET on Peacock and the WWE Network. The episode was taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 

WWE NXT Level Up will air tonight at 10pm ET on Peacock and the WWE Network, taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL.

Jacket Time to take on Gacy and Harland on NXT Level Up

* James Drake vs. Xyon Quinn

* Elektra Lopez vs. Sarray

WWE NXT Level Up Preview 2/18/22

The premiere of WWE NXT Level Up will air tonight on Peacock and the WWE Network at 10pm ET. This is the new NXT show replacing WWE 205 Live.

NXT Level Up was taped earlier this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, before NXT Vengeance Day hit the air.

WWE has announced the following line-up for tonight’s Level Up premiere:

* Harland vs. Javier Bernal

* Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley vs. Kayla Inlay and Fallon Henley

* Edris Enofe vs. Kushida in the main event

 WWE released footage of Nile and Malcolm Bivens introducing Paxley as a new prospect for The Diamond Mine.