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WWE revealed the updated card for NXT New Years Evil, adding a new match between Gran Metalik and Santos Escobar or the NXT Cruiserweight Championship Dexter Lumis is set to host the special episode of NXT, which has five huge matches booked so far The Chadster is really looking forward to this show I can[...]

On WWE NXT this week, WWE revealed the winners of the 2020 NXT Year-End Awards WWE claims the awards were decided by industry professionals, wrestling media, and the fans, but who knows whether you can trust that My guess is the awards are worked In any case, here's who walked away with NXT 2020 Year-End[...]

Not necessarily the best frame of mind to now watch another two hours of wrestling to recap WWE NXT, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do… The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE NXT Recap for December 30th, 2020 Before NXT,[...]

Ho ho ho! Merry Chadmas! The ratings are in for this week's Wednesday Night Wars, and with NXT running unopposed and Dynamite starting over two hours later than normal due to an NBA game, the ratings were… pretty much normal Dynamite still beat NXT in both overall viewership and in the 18-49 demographic AEW and[...]

Following last night's episode of WWE NXT, the card for New Years Evil is shaping up The special episode of NXT will air on the USA Network on January 6th in NXT's regular timeslot, and it's being booked like a mini-PPV Here's the four matches booked so far for the event. Dexter Lumis, host of WWE[...]

WWE NXT aired in its regular time spot on USA Network last night, unopposed on a rare night when AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT did not go head-to-head because Dynamite was pushed back to a 10PM start time by the NBA season opening NXT didn't take the night off from delivering great matches and setting[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

A new report from Wrestling Inc claims that Triple H has tapped Gabe Sapolsky to run an additional NXT television show featuring developmental wrestlers to serve as a developmental feeder system for NXT, which is itself the developmental feeder system of WWE Raw and Smackdown. The official logo for WWE NXT. The report says the original plan[...]

Last week's huge episode of Dynamite earned a .45, a record-high for 2020. The official logo for WWE NXT. WWE NXT Ratings and Viewership Up It seems that NXT may have benefited from AEW's decline this week The show drew 766,000 viewers this week, up over a hundred-thousand from last week's number and the highest viewership the show[...]

Today's edition covers the Wednesday Night Wars between AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock][MULTINAV] AEW NXT Recap for December 16th, 2020 Part 2 McKenzie Mitchell talks to Rhea Ripley backstage Ripley talks some trash about Raquel Gonzales and Toni[...]

Today's edition covers the Wednesday Night Wars between AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock][MULTINAV] AEW NXT Recap for December 16th, 2020 Part 1 Vince McMahon is terrified of AEW Dynamite getting higher ratings than Raw regularly, which means I[...]

After CM Punk was fired by WWE, his wife, April Mendez, worked there for a year. How did it affect their marriage?

[Photo: All Elite Wrestling] Dynamite Crushes NXT in Ratings and Viewership Dynamite drew 995,000 overall viewers for TNT on Wednesday, with a .45 rating in people 18-49, according to Showbuzz Daily That was enough for Dynamite to rank number two for the night, behind MTV's The Challenge, but The Challenge had fewer viewers The Challenge also did[...]

WWE NXT ran its Takeover WarGames PPV on Sunday and has the fallout of that booked for tonight's show, along with the return of NXT Champion Finn Balor I'm Jude Terror This is The Shovel For the low price of just four of your clicks, I will provide a detailed account of the important stuff[...]

WWE NXT ran its Takeover WarGames PPV on Sunday and has the fallout of that booked for tonight's show, along with the return of NXT Champion Finn Balor I'm Jude Terror This is The Shovel For the low price of just four of your clicks, I will provide a detailed account of the important stuff[...]

At the media conference call following NXT Takeover WarGames, Triple H was asked about Pat McAfee's incredible debut, coming into NXT with no experience in wrestling and quickly becoming the company's top heel, headlining the PPV last night for his second-ever match And while Triple H did put over McAfee for having natural talent and[...]

According to WWE executive Triple H, Undertaker may find that something new as a coach at the WWE Performance Center. Would The Undertaker return for one last match?: Undertaker: The Last Ride (Image: WWE) At the NXT Takeover WarGames post-show media call, Triple H was asked about The Undertaker's potential future by In The Ropes' Gary Cassidy,[...]

It looks like Candice LeRae and Bobby Fish may be injured coming out of NXT Takeover WarGames LeRae, who seemed to favor her arm last night after taking a senton from Shotzi Blackheart off a ladder and through a chair near the end of the match, may have suffered a broken arm, according to Triple[...]

At last night's NXT Takeover WarGames PPV, WWE revealed that the first episode of NXT to air on USA Network in 2021 will be a special episode called New Years Evil New Years Evil was originally supposed to be a WCW PPV held on New Year's Eve, 1999, to bring in the year 2,000 with[...]

Who won the men's WarGames match at NXT Takeover Wargames between Undisputed Era and Pat McAfee's team of mercenaries? WWE NXT WarGames 2020 official key art (Image: WWE) Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020 There are just five matches[...]

Who won when Leon Ruff defended the North American title against Johnny Gargano and Damian Priest in a triple threat at NXT Takeover WarGames? WWE NXT WarGames 2020 official key art (Image: WWE) Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020[...]

Dexter Lumis faced Cameron Grimes in a strap match at NXT Takeover WarGames Did Grimes prove he isn't a coward in this brutal brawl? WWE NXT WarGames 2020 official key art (Image: WWE) Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020[...]

Tommaso Ciampa took on Timothy Thatcher at NXT Takeover WarGames because kids these days or something Find out who won the bloody fight. WWE NXT WarGames 2020 official key art (Image: WWE) Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020 There[...]

The Women's WarGames matched kicked off NXT Takeover WarGames Who came out on top: Team Shotzi or Team Candice? WWE NXT WarGames 2020 official key art (Image: WWE) Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020 There are just five matches[...]

Ahead of NXT Takeover WarGames, Sam Roberts and Wade Barrett hosted a relatively uneventful pre-show, and Cameron Grimes cut a promo. Emanating from the COVID Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida, on December 6th, NXT Takeover WarGames is the final NXT PPV event of 2020 There are just five matches scheduled for the show Timothy Thatcher[...]

Ahead of Sunday's NXT Takeover WarGames PPV, Triple H was interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell on WWE's YouTube channel. Triple H is interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell ahead of NXT Takeover WarGames. Triple H, who sounded like he might have a little cold (uh oh), remembered Pat Patterson and talked about Patterson's effect on the wrestling business surpassing even[...]

Two more matches are on the card for WWE's December PPV, TLC, following last night's episode of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.

WWE executive, NXT showrunner, and Jared Kushner to Vince McMahon's Donald Trump, Triple H, took aim at rival pro wrestling organization Impact in a recent interview after Impact became publicly involved in a wrestling super-mega-crossover event with NXT's biggest rival, AEW Dynamite Triple H was speaking with paid shill Ryan Satin, who shamelessly begged clickbait[...]

Since the game will air on TNT, that means AEW Dynamite will be preempted, which means NXT will run unopposed that night This means NXT wins… by default! Santa Claus is coming to town… and he's bringing a ratings victory for WWE NXT over AEW Dynamite in the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars. And in The Chadster's book,[...]

Just when you thought Dave Bautista's feud with Donald Trump may have run its course, The Animal shows he still has gas in the creative tank.