| WWE NXT | |
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| Format | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling Reality television (2010–2011) |
| 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 | 173 (as of June 12, 2013) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syfy (2010) WWE.com (2010 – 2012) Hulu Plus (2012 – present) Internationally syndicated (2010 – present) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | February 23, 2010 – 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) features NXT Superstars and WWE Superstars. The show serves as the flagship program for WWE's developmental territory NXT Wrestling.
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History[edit]
On February 2, 2010, 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]
| WWE NXT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Days Held | Event | Notes |
| NXT Championship | Bo Dallas | May 23, 2013 | 28+ | WWE NXT | Defeated Big E Langston |
| NXT Tag Team Championship | The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) |
May 2, 2013 | 49+ | WWE NXT | Defeated British Ambition's Adrian Neville & Bo Dallas (who filled in for an injured Oliver Grey). Aired May 8, 2013[5] |
Authority figures[edit]
| Authority figures | Dates | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Striker | February 23, 2010 – June 13, 2012 | Host |
| Ashley Valence | June 22, 2010 – August 31, 2010 | Co-Host |
| Maryse | March 8, 2011 – July 26, 2011 | Co-Host* |
| William Regal | February 29, 2012 – June 13, 2012 | Match Coordinator |
| Dusty Rhodes | June 20, 2012 – 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 | February 23, 2010 – September 14, 2010 September 28, 2010 – November 30, 2010 January 18, 2012 |
| Michael Cole, Josh Mathews and CM Punk | September 21, 2010 |
| Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews | December 7, 2010 – March 1, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and William Regal | March 8, 2011 – April 12, 2011 April 26, 2011 May 17, 2011 – May 24, 2011 June 7, 2011 – August 23, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and Matt Striker1 | May 3, 2011 – May 10, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and Michael Cole2 | May 31, 2011 |
| Jack Korpela and William Regal | September 6, 2011 – November 3, 2011 |
| Jack Korpela and Michael Cole2 | September 13, 2011 |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker3 | November 9, 2011 – December 28, 2011 |
| Matt Striker and William Regal4 | November 23, 2011 January 4, 2012 – January 11, 2012 |
| Josh Mathews and William Regal6 | April 19, 2011 November 16, 2011 January 25, 2012 – June 13, 2012 |
| Matt Striker and Guest Commentators5 | April 25, 2012 |
| Jim Ross and Byron Saxton | June 27, 2012 – July 4, 2012 |
| William Regal, Byron Saxton and Jim Ross7 | July 11, 2012 – October 17, 2012 |
| Jim Ross and William Regal | June 20, 2012 October 24, 2012 – October 31, 2012 |
| William Regal and Tony Luftman | October 24, 2012 – October 31, 2012 |
| Tom Phillips, William Regal, Brad Maddox, Tony Dawson and Jim Ross7 | November 7, 2012 – present |
- Notes
- ^ Matt Striker became the alternate color commentator on NXT beginning May 3, 2011 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 edition of NXT when Regal would return to the announce table as normal.
- ^ ^ Michael Cole served as special guest color commentator on NXT for the May 31, 2011 broadcast substituting for an absent William Regal. Cole would also substitute for Regal again on commentary on the September 13, 2011 broadcast due to Regal and Striker competing in a match that night.
- ^ Matt Striker and Josh Mathews were guest commentators on NXT for the November 9, 2011 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.
- ^ Matt Striker and William Regal commentated the November 23, 2011 edition of NXT, due to Mathews being absent.
- ^ Josh Mathews was absent from NXT after being attacked by Brock Lesnar on the April 23, 2012 episode of Raw.
- ^ On the April 19, 2011 edition of NXT, Josh Mathews was substituting for an absent Todd Grisham. This repeated on November 16, 2011, but, this time, he was substituting for an absent Jack Korpela, who would later be released from his WWE contract.
- ^ ^ 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.
See also[edit]
- History of WWE NXT
- NXT Wrestling roster
- NXT Wrestling, the official developmental territory of WWE
- WWE Tough Enough
References[edit]
- ^ Caldwell, James (February 4, 2010). "Caldwell's WWE Superstar TV Report 2/4: Complete coverage of Team Morrison vs. Team McIntyre six-man tag, awesome Bourne vs. Carlito match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ "Sold Out WWE Superstar Showdown". Full Sail Blog. May 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ "WWE/NXT Live Event". Full Sail Blog. October 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ "WWE Corporate". WWE. September 24, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ Santiago, Andres (May 3, 2013). "WWE NXT spoilers from Winter Park, FL: John Cena and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "WWE's Algeria Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
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- ^ "WWE's Qatar Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
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- ^ "WWE's Bangladesh Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's India Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Pakistan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Cambodia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Canada Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's France Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Germany Scheduling". WWE (in German). Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Magazine" (in German). Sky Sport. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Austria Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Switzerland Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Luxembourg Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE Liechtenstein Scheduling". WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Italy Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Japan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Malaysia Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Philippines Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Poland Schedule". WWE. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Portugal Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's South Africa Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Taiwan Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Ukraine Schedule". WWE. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
- ^ "WWE's United Kingdom Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "WWE's Ireland Schedule". WWE. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- WWE NXT on Facebook
- WWE NXT on Twitter
- WWE NXT show on YouTube
- WWE NXT at the Internet Movie Database
- WWE NXT at TV.com
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