WWE NXT

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This article is about the television program. For the WWE developmental territory, see NXT Wrestling.
WWE NXT
WWE NXT.png
Format Sports entertainment
Professional wrestling
Reality television (2010 (2010)–2011 (2011))
Created by Vince McMahon
Starring WWE/NXT Wrestling roster
Opening theme "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 169 (as of May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15))
Production
Camera setup Multicamera setup
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Syfy (2010 (2010))
WWE.com (2010 (2010) – 2012 (2012))
Hulu Plus (2012 (2012) – present)
Internationally syndicated (2010 (2010) – present)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23) – present
Chronology
Related shows WWE Raw
WWE SmackDown
WWE Main Event
WWE Superstars
WWE Saturday Morning Slam
External links
Website

WWE NXT is a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that streams on Hulu Plus in the United States. The show (which premiered February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)) features NXT Superstars and WWE Superstars. The show serves as the flagship program for WWE's developmental territory NXT Wrestling.

Contents

History [edit]

Main article: History of WWE NXT

On February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02), WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that ECW would be going off the air and would be replaced with a new weekly program in its slot that McMahon called "the next evolution of WWE; the next evolution of television history." It was later announced that ECW would air its final episode on February 16, 2010, and on the February 9, 2010 episode of ECW, the successor show's name was announced as WWE NXT.[1]

NXT began as a reality competition. From 2010–2012, the show consisted of pairing "Rookies" with WWE Superstars (known as "Pros"), with the pairs competing in challenges until there was one sole winner. The winners of the show were Wade Barrett (Season 1), Kaval (Season 2), Kaitlyn (Season 3) and Johnny Curtis (Season 4). After season 5, Florida Championship Wrestling, the developmental territory for WWE at the time was replaced by NXT, as NXT became NXT Wrestling.

Production [edit]

NXT was taped in large venues before the WWE Smackdown tapings and used the universal WWE HD set from 2010–2012. When WWE revamped the show, they moved the tapings to Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, with the venue known as Full Sail Live. WWE started taping NXT in Florida on May 17, 2012.[2] Tickets are available free for Full Sail students; general admission for non-students is $10.[3] NXT aired on Syfy from 2010-2011. In 2011, when SmackDown moved to Syfy, NXT moved to WWE.COM, and after Season 5, NXT stopped broadcasting in the US until September 2012 when WWE reached a deal with Hulu Plus, on which new episodes of NXT began airing September 26, 2012.[4]

On-air personalities [edit]

Champions [edit]

See also: List of current champions in WWE
WWE NXT
Championship Current champion(s) Date won Days Held Event Notes
NXT Championship Big E Langston December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) 165+ WWE NXT Defeated Seth Rollins.
Aired January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09)[5]
NXT Tag Team Championship The Wyatt Family
(Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)		 May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) 18+ WWE NXT Defeated British Ambition's Adrian Neville & Bo Dallas (who filled in for an injured Oliver Grey).
Set to air May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)[6]

Authority figures [edit]

Authority figures Dates Position
Matt Striker February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23) – June 13, 2012 (2012-06-13) Host
Ashley Valence June 22, 2010 (2010-06-22) – August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31) Co-Host
Maryse March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08) – July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26) Co-Host*
William Regal February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29) – June 13, 2012 (2012-06-13) Match Coordinator
Dusty Rhodes June 20, 2012 (2012-06-20) – present Interim General Manager
Commissioner**

(*) On August 24, Maryse underwent surgery for an abdominal hernia and was on medical leave from WWE, therefore Maryse's role as co-host ended. She would later be released from WWE on October 28, 2011 and would not return to NXT. As of November 2011, there is no official co-host.

(**) Dusty Rhodes was named Interim General Manager of NXT on June 20, 2012, which coincided with the rebranding of NXT into a full scale developmental promotion. On the August 29, 2012 episode (taped July 29, 2012) of NXT, Rhodes was noted as the NXT Commissioner.

Commentators [edit]

Commentators Dates
Michael Cole and Josh Mathews March 23, 2010 (2010-03-23) – September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)
September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) – November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30)
January 18, 2012 (2012-01-18)
Michael Cole, Josh Mathews and CM Punk September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)
Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07) – March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)
Todd Grisham and William Regal March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08) – April 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)
April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)
May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) – May 24, 2011 (2011-05-24)
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07) – August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Todd Grisham and Matt Striker1 May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03) – May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)
Todd Grisham and Michael Cole2 May 31, 2011 (2011-05-31)
Jack Korpela and William Regal September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06) – November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)
Jack Korpela and Michael Cole2 September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Josh Mathews and Matt Striker3 November 9, 2011 (2011-11-09) – December 28, 2011 (2011-12-28)
Matt Striker and William Regal4 November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23)
January 4, 2012 (2012-01-04) – January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11)
Josh Mathews and William Regal6 April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19)
November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16)
January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25) – June 13, 2012 (2012-06-13)
Matt Striker and Guest Commentators5 April 25, 2012 (2012-04-25)
Jim Ross and Byron Saxton June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27) – July 4, 2012 (2012-07-04)
William Regal, Byron Saxton and Jim Ross7 July 11, 2012 (2012-07-11) – October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
Jim Ross and William Regal June 20, 2012 (2012-06-20)
October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24) – October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31)
William Regal and Tony Luftman October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24) – October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31)
Tom Phillips, William Regal, Tony Dawson and Jim Ross7 November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07) – present
Notes
  1. ^ Matt Striker became the alternate color commentator on NXT beginning May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03) due to Regal's increased in-ring schedule (Regal would continue as commentator when he wasn't wrestling). This ended on the May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) edition of NXT when Regal would return to the announce table as normal.
  2. ^ ^ Michael Cole served as special guest color commentator on NXT for the May 31, 2011 (2011-05-31) broadcast substituting for an absent William Regal. Cole would also substitute for Regal again on commentary on the September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13) broadcast due to Regal and Striker competing in a match that night.
  3. ^ Matt Striker and Josh Mathews were guest commentators on NXT for the November 9, 2011 (2011-11-09) broadcast substituting for the absent William Regal and Jack Korpela. Striker and Mathews returned to commentary the following 2 weeks because Jack Korpela's contract with the WWE had expired and he opted not to renew.
  4. ^ Matt Striker and William Regal commentated the November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23) edition of NXT, due to Mathews being absent.
  5. ^ Josh Mathews was absent from NXT after being attacked by Brock Lesnar on the April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23) episode of Raw.
  6. ^ On the April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19) edition of NXT, Josh Mathews was substituting for an absent Todd Grisham. This repeated on November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16), but, this time, he was substituting for an absent Jack Korpela, who would later be released from his WWE contract.
  7. ^ ^ Jim Ross only calls the main event.

Ring announcers [edit]

Ring announcer Dates
Savannah February 23 – June 1, 2010
Jamie Keyes June 8 – August 24, 2010
Justin Roberts December 7, 2010
March 8, 2011
September 13, 2011
Tony Chimel* August 31 – November 30, 2010
December 14, 2010 – March 1, 2011
March 15 – November 30, 2011
December 28, 2011 – January 11, 2012
January 26 – June 13, 2012
Eden Stiles July 12, 2011
November 9, 2011
December 7–21, 2011
Lilian Garcia January 18, 2012
Caylee Turner, Summer Rae and Chris Russo June 20, 2012 - October 17, 2012
Howard Finkel Main Event, July 29, 2012 (aired August 29, 2012)
Summer Rae and Byron Saxton October 24, 2012 - February 14, 2013
Byron Saxton February 21, 2013 – April 4, 2013
Byron Saxton and Kendall Skye April 11, 2013 - present

(*) If Chimel was absent from the NXT/Smackdown tapings, he would have been substituted as ring announcer by RAW's Justin Roberts or WWE Superstars' Eden Stiles, who would also serve as Smackdown's ring announcer for that week's episode. Effective December 8, 2011, Chimel has been replaced by Lilian Garcia on SmackDown and Eden Stiles has picked up Chimel's NXT announcing duties until December 13, 2011. On December 21, prior to NXT to be uploaded on WWE.com, Stiles would announce that she asked for her release from WWE a day after her final Superstars and NXT appearances have been recorded.

International broadcasters [edit]

While in the United States the show is no longer broadcast, NXT is still televised on a number of channels in many different countries.

Country Network Ref
Arab world OSN [7][8][9]
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela		 FX Latin America [10][11][12][13]
[14][15][16][17]
[18][19][20][21]
[22][23]
Australia Fox8 [24]
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka TEN Sports [25][26][27]
Cambodia CTN [28]
Canada The Score Television Network [29]
France Action [30]
Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Luxembourg and Liechtenstein		 Sky Sport 2, Sky Sport HD 2 [31][32][33]
[34][35][36]
Italy Sky Italia [37]
Japan J Sports 1 [38]
Malaysia Astro SuperSport [39]
Philippines Studio 23 [40]
Poland Extreme Sports Channel [41]
Portugal SportTV 3 [42]
Romania Sport.ro
Singapore SuperSports
South Africa e.tv [43]
Taiwan Videoland Max-TV [44]
Ukraine QTV, Mega [45]
United Kingdom and Ireland Sky Sports 3 & Sky Sports 3 HD [46][47]

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

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  4. ^ "WWE Corporate". WWE. September 24, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012. 
  5. ^ Rolls, James. "*SPOILERS* WWE NXT TAPING RESULTS FOR 1/2, 1/9 & 1/16". Ringsidexecss. Retrieved December 6, 2012. 
  6. ^ Rolls, James. "*SPOILERS* WWE NXT TAPING RESULTS FOR 5/8 – 5/29". Ringsidexcess. Retrieved May 2, 2013. 
  7. ^ "WWE's Algeria Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  8. ^ "WWE's Egypt Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  9. ^ "WWE's Qatar Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  10. ^ "WWE's Argentina Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  11. ^ "WWE's Bolivia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  12. ^ "WWE's Brazil Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  13. ^ "WWE's Chile Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  14. ^ "WWE's Colombia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  15. ^ "WWE's Costa Rica Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  16. ^ "WWE's Dominican Republic Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  17. ^ "WWE's Ecuador Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  18. ^ "WWE's El Salvador Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  19. ^ "WWE's Guatemala Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  20. ^ "WWE's Mexico Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  21. ^ "WWE's Panama Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  22. ^ "WWE's Peru Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  23. ^ "WWE's Venezuela Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  24. ^ "WWE's Australia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  25. ^ "WWE's Bangladesh Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  26. ^ "WWE's India Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  27. ^ "WWE's Pakistan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  28. ^ "WWE's Cambodia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  29. ^ "WWE's Canada Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  30. ^ "WWE's France Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  31. ^ "WWE Germany Scheduling". WWE (in German). Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  32. ^ "WWE Magazine" (in German). Sky Sport. Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  33. ^ "WWE Austria Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  34. ^ "WWE Switzerland Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  35. ^ "WWE Luxembourg Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  36. ^ "WWE Liechtenstein Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010. 
  37. ^ "WWE's Italy Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  38. ^ "WWE's Japan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  39. ^ "WWE's Malaysia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  40. ^ "WWE's Philippines Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  41. ^ "WWE's Poland Schedule". WWE. Retrieved June 2, 2010. 
  42. ^ "WWE's Portugal Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  43. ^ "WWE's South Africa Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  44. ^ "WWE's Taiwan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  45. ^ "WWE's Ukraine Schedule". WWE. Retrieved October 7, 2009. 
  46. ^ "WWE's United Kingdom Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 
  47. ^ "WWE's Ireland Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010. 

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