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You know, Ryan Fassett may have stolen The Chadster's job as NXT recapper, a slight for which The Chadster will never forgive him But he was right about one thing: the Tuesday Night era has indeed begun WWE NXT aired its first show on its new home of Tuesday night, and it led to a[...]

Hey gang!  So after a fantastic event that in my opinion easily outdid Wrestlemania, we have new champions and lots of issues to be settled as NXT premieres on its new home on Tuesday nights  NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver left the landscape changed and a lot to be dealt with, so let's see how[...]

Hey gang!  So if you watched NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, you know, we have a new NXT Champion (Karrion Kross), a new NXT Women's Champion (Raquel Gonzalez), and new NXT Tag Team Champions (MSK)  On the first Tuesday show, I'm sure we'll hear from the new champs and maybe see who's stepping up as[...]

Ripley tore up her time in NXT for a good long while and was finally called up to the main roster last month She was given the title match against Asuka quickly, some would say too fast But with Charlotte not available, this was the way they had to go Asuka has held the title[...]

Hey gang!  So after last night's barn-burner night one of NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, our expectations are pretty high for what NXT has in store for us for night two on the Peacock app  Luckily for us, the card is stacked, and it should live up to the hype  Now on to the show! Tonight's[...]

In the final battle of the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars, The Chadster's beloved WWE NXT tried its hardest but ultimately failed to defeat its bitter rival, AEW Dynamite NXT did manage to draw more viewers than AEW, but AEW ranked higher in the ratings charts, which are based on the 18-49 demographic To say that[...]

If you saw night one of NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver on the USA Network last night, then you know NXT seems pretty deadset on stealing all of the attention from Wrestlemania week  The matches were exciting and hard-hitting and tonight might even surpass that with title matches and an unsanctioned grudge match  Let's take[...]

Hey gang!  It's Wrestlemania week, the biggest wrestling week of the year, and that means NXT is having its biggest Takeover event of the year  And as Wrestlemania has gotten bigger and longer, so has NXT, and that leads us to tonight, where we'll get to see night one of the two-night event that is NXT Takeover: Stand &[...]

Singer Poppy will return to WWE to once again perform at an NXT Takeover event, WWE revealed on Wednesday Poppy will debut a new song during NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver night two Poppy joins Bebe Rexha, Ash Costello, and Nita Strauss as musical performers at WWE events during WrestleMania week, though it's hard for[...]

Wrestlemania week is off and running and starting tonight begins the now annual tradition of NXT putting on their own special event that will probably eclipse Wrestlemania in quality  And seeing as Wrestlemania has now become a two-night event, NXT has followed suit with their first-ever two-night event, NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, which will kick-off tonight at[...]

NXT is moving to Tuesday nights, and it's gonna be better than ever! NXT will chase Impact to Thursdays in no time, and with the lead-in from Raw, NXT will be getting millions of viewers before you know it! Then, NXT can go back to Wednesdays and kick AEW Dynamite's dang behind! Wooo! The Chaster[...]

On the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Radio show, shock jock Meltzer and his zany sidekick Brian Alvarez discussed a talent meeting that reportedly occurred at NXT this week about the show moving to Tuesday nights Long-rumoured, WWE admitted defeat in the Wednesday night Ratings Wars with AEW Dynamite with an official announcement earlier[...]

Hey gang!  Tonight we can look forward to the last ever proper Wednesday night episode of NXT on the USA Network as next Wednesday will be night one of NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, and then starting on April 13, NXT will be a Tuesday night program  So how is NXT going out for the[...]

After a not too long and not too bloody battle, NXT has waved the white flag and has conceded the "Wednesday Night Wars" to upstart rival wrestling company AEW with their announcement this week that starting on April 13, NXT will be moving to Tuesday nights on the USA Network  Now with that in mind,[...]

WWE has surrendered, making AEW the winner of the Wednesday Night Wars, as NXT flees to Tuesday nights starting April 13th The move has been long rumored since NXT has lost nearly every single night, often by a large margin, in the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars with AEW Dynamite The press release spins the move[...]

Hey gang!  So as we continue on the road to NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, NXT Commissioner William Regal has demanded that both Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly show up tonight so that he can confront them both and figure out how to settle this war between them  Will they show up?  How does Regal plan[...]

As was just announced on tonight's episode of NXT, the vacated NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line at NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver Night One in a triple threat tag team match between MSK, Grizzled Young Veterans, and Legado Del Fantasma  The match was made official by NXT Commissioner William Regal and announced[...]

It's Wednesday night so you know that NXT will be hitting the air on the USA Network at 8 pm!  And while they have been hesitant to announce too many matches since last week, due mostly to the fact that they probably weren't positive about which stars would be available tonight or might be in[...]

We received some unfortunate news this afternoon, as NXT Commissioner William Regal confirmed on Twitter that Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan's long title reign as NXT Tag-Team Champions has come to an end as a result of Burch's separated shoulder  During the main event Tag-Team title match of last Wednesday's episode of NXT on the USA[...]

NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver will be the brand's biggest event ever, if not in quality, then definitely in quantity  Being held the week of WrestleMania, the event will take place over the two nights of April 7 & 8  And now we know that headling each night will be a big title match for[...]

If you saw this past Wednesday's episode of NXT and its main event featuring Finn Balor and Karrin Kross challenging NXT Tag-Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch for their titles, then you noticed that something went quite wrong in the middle of the match  During a spot where the tag champs tried to double-suplex Kross, he reversed the move on[...]

NXT will be holding its biggest ever Takeover event the week of this year's WrestleMania  NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver will be the brand's first-ever Takeover event to take place over the course of two nights, April 7 and 8  With two nights' worth of NXT action, that's a lot of matches to book[...]

As we've all heard, NXT and the WWE Performance Center suffered another COVID-19 outbreak last week and it had ramifications on this past Wednesday's episode of NXT on the USA Network  A promoted match between Swerve and Leon Ruff didn't take place and wasn't mentioned, while certain wrestlers who had featured heavily in programming as of late, such[...]

Hey gang!  So tonight's episode of NXT on the USA Network should be an interesting one for non-storyline reasons  If you read my report from Monday, then you know that they had another COVID-19 outbreak at the Performance Center and NXT stemming from last Thursday  Word is several NXT talents were ordered into quarantine and that it[...]

WWE (and NXT with it) has had an interesting and at times, infuriating run throughout the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis  While every sports league and every form of entertainment has been forced to amend their schedules or even shut down for a prolonged period, WWE has chugged along  Everyone who knows about Vince[...]

NXT's viewership remained steady but the show fell in the ratings and in 18-49 this week South Park won the night overall in 18-49, followed by MTV's The Challenge and Real Housewives of New Jersey The ratings were released as usual by Showbuzz Daily. AEW Dynamite Somehow Still Wins Despite Everything Here was the story last week: So[...]

Did you check out this week's episode of NXT on the USA Network?  No?  Why the hell not?  Oh, you wanted to see how AEW would explain the greatest botch in recent wrestling history over on Dynamite?  Ok, I guess that makes sense  Well, you missed out on a pretty good one as NXT was a packed[...]

Hey gang!  So NXT has promised a huge show tonight with some history-making announcements and some pay-per-view-worthy title matches Did they deliver?  Well, I know the answer, and I guess you don't yet, so read on, and I shall tell you a tale! The main event for the 3/10/2021 episode of NXT. This particular evening of wrestling[...]

NXT Commissioner William Regal opened up tonight's episode in the ring to give the first of the promised two bombshell announcements, which is that Wrestlemania weekend, we will be getting the biggest NXT Takeover show ever  Over the course of two nights (April 7 and 8, to be more specific), we will be getting Stand and Deliver, NXT's Wrestlemania[...]

WWE NXT may soon be running like a scalded dog away from the Wednesday Night Wars with AEW Dynamite The show is heavily rumored to move to Tuesdays following WrestleMania this year But that doesn't mean NXT is giving up on finally scoring a ratings victory before the war is over Tonight's episode of NXT[...]