List of WWE NXT special episodes
This is a list of WWE NXT special episodes , detailing all professional wrestling television special cards promoted on NXT by WWE .
Special episodes
2010
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
NXT season 1 premiere
February 23, 2010
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bradley Center
1.3[ 1]
1.7[ 2]
Debut episode on Syfy , replacing ECW . First episode under reality competition-based format.
NXT season 1 finale
June 1, 2010
Dallas, Texas
American Airlines Center
1.17[ 1]
1.4[ 3]
Wade Barrett was declared the winner.
NXT season 2 premiere
June 8, 2010
Tampa, Florida
St. Pete Times Forum
1.07[ 1]
1.5[ 4]
NXT season 2 finale
August 31, 2010
Albany, New York
Times Union Center
1.02[ 5]
1.3[ 6]
Kaval was declared the winner.
NXT season 3 premiere
September 7, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland
1st Mariner Arena
0.96[ 7]
1.2[ 8]
Featured an all Divas season. Show was moved from Syfy to WWE.com mid-season.
NXT season 3 finale
November 30, 2010
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk Scope
N/A
Kaitlyn was declared the winner.
NXT season 4 premiere
December 7, 2010
Dayton, Ohio
Nutter Center
First season broadcast entirely on WWE.com .
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
2020
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
2019 NXT Year-End Awards
January 1, 2020
Winter Park, Florida
Full Sail University
0.15[ 13]
0.55[ 14]
Year-end awards edition of NXT .
The Great American Bash
July 1, 2020
0.22[ 15]
0.79[ 16]
The first part of a two-week special event. Both nights went head-to-head with All Elite Wrestling 's Fyter Fest .
July 8, 2020
0.20[ 17]
0.76[ 18]
Featured Adam Cole (NXT Champion ) vs. Keith Lee (NXT North American Champion ) in a Winner Takes All match .
Super Tuesday
September 1, 2020
0.26[ 19]
0.85[ 20]
The first part of a two-week special Tuesday event due to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs on USA Network in the normal Wednesday time slot. Featured Finn Bálor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano for the vacant NXT Championship in a 60 minute Iron Man match .
September 8, 2020
0.22[ 21]
0.84[ 21]
Featured matches included:
Takeoff to TakeOver
September 23, 2020
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
0.18[ 22]
0.7[ 22]
TakeOver 31 preview show. Featured matches included:
Halloween Havoc 2020
October 28, 2020
0.25[ 23]
0.88[ 23]
Special Halloween -themed episode of NXT , hosted by Shotzi Blackheart . First Halloween Havoc event held since 2000 , making its WWE debut. Featured the classic "Spin The Wheel, Make the Deal " gimmick, where match stipulations are determined by a spin of a roulette wheel.
Featured matches included:
A Very Gargano Christmas Special[ 24]
December 23, 2020
0.19[ 25]
0.7[ 25]
Christmas special episode. Went head-to-head with All Elite Wrestling 's Holiday Bash television special. Featured Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan (c) vs. Drake Maverick and Killian Dain in a street fight for the NXT Tag Team Championship .
2020 NXT Year-End Awards [ 26]
December 30, 2020
0.12[ 27]
0.59[ 28]
Year-end awards edition of NXT . Went head-to-head with All Elite Wrestling 's Celebration of Mr. Brodie Lee's Life event.
2021
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
New Year's Evil 2021
January 6, 2021
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
0.16[ 29]
0.64[ 30]
New Year's special, hosted by Dexter Lumis . Went head-to-head with night 1 of All Elite Wrestling 's New Year's Smash . First New Year's Evil special since 1999, making its WWE debut. Featured matches included:
TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
April 7, 2021
0.24[ 31]
0.768[ 31]
Night 1 of a two-night TakeOver special event, airing in NXT ' s normal timeslot. Was the first TakeOver event to air on the USA Network . Concluded the Wednesday Night Wars , as NXT moved to Tuesdays starting April 13.[ 32]
Featured matches included:
NXT ' s move to Tuesday
April 13, 2021
0.22[ 33]
0.805[ 33]
Was the first NXT episode since the conclusion of the Wednesday Night Wars and the first on their new night on the USA Network .
Featured matches included:
The Great American Bash
July 6, 2021
0.19[ 34]
0.707[ 34]
Featured matches included:
NXT on Syfy
July 27, 2021
0.12[ 35]
0.52[ 35]
Special airing of NXT on Syfy due to NBCUniversal coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics on USA Network . First episodes of NXT broadcast on Syfy since September 28, 2010.
August 3, 2021
0.10[ 36]
0.52[ 36]
NXT 2.0 premiere
September 14, 2021
0.21[ 37]
0.77[ 37]
The first episode of the newly revamped NXT , featuring a new logo, remodeled WWE Performance Center , and new theme song performed by Wale . Featured the wedding of Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis , with the main event match being Tommaso Ciampa vs. Pete Dunne vs. LA Knight vs. Von Wagner in a fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Championship .
Halloween Havoc 2021
October 26, 2021
0.18[ 38]
0.746[ 38]
Special Halloween -themed episode of NXT . Featured Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship .
2022
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
New Year's Evil 2022
January 4, 2022
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
0.16[ 39]
0.685[ 39]
New Year's special of NXT. Featured Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship .
Vengeance Day 2022
February 15, 2022
0.11[ 40]
0.525[ 40]
Valentine's Day special edition of NXT. Aired on Syfy . Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. Santos Escobar for the NXT Championship
Roadblock 2022
March 8, 2022
0.13[ 41]
0.613[ 41]
Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tommaso Ciampa in a triple threat match for the NXT Championship
Spring Breakin' 2022
May 3, 2022
0.13[ 42]
0.661[ 42]
Spring Break special edition of NXT . Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. Joe Gacy for the NXT Championship
The Great American Bash
July 5, 2022
0.12[ 43]
0.593[ 43]
Fourth of July special edition of NXT. Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. Cameron Grimes for the NXT Championship
Heatwave 2022
August 16, 2022
0.14[ 44]
0.678[ 44]
First Heat Wave event held since 2000 , making its WWE debut. Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. JD McDonagh for the NXT Championship .
1 Year Anniversary Celebration of NXT 2.0
September 13, 2022
0.15[ 45]
0.728[ 45]
One year anniversary celebration of NXT 2.0 . At the end of the show, a video narrated by Shawn Michaels featured a revised NXT logo which effectively ended the "2.0" branding. Fan interactive vote for matches revived the Taboo Tuesday concept used from 2004 to 2008, but not branded as such.
2023
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
New Year's Evil 2023
January 10, 2023
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
0.15[ 46]
0.700[ 46]
New Year's special of NXT. Featured Bron Breakker (c) vs. Grayson Waller for the NXT Championship
Roadblock 2023
March 7, 2023
0.17[ 47]
0.624[ 47]
Featured Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Meiko Satomura for the NXT Women's Championship
Spring Breakin' 2023
April 25, 2023
0.18
0.647
Featured Indi Hartwell (c) vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Tiffany Stratton for the NXT Women's Championship
Gold Rush
June 20, 2023
0.23
0.773
Featured Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the World Heavyweight Championship
June 27, 2023
0.17
0.622
Featured Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Baron Corbin for the NXT Championship
Heatwave 2023
August 22, 2023
0.19
0.720
Featured Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Wes Lee for the NXT Championship
First 30 Minutes Commercial-Free
October 10, 2023
0.30
0.921
The first 30 minutes of the NXT broadcast was commercial-free . Featured matches included:
Cody Rhodes was named the special guest general manager for the night. WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker made a surprise appearance. This episode went head-to-head with AEW Dynamite , which was aired on Tuesday due to TBS coverage of the MLB playoffs .
Halloween Havoc 2023
October 24, 2023
0.21[ 48]
0.787[ 48]
Featured Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship
October 31, 2023
0.20[ 49]
0.674[ 49]
Featured Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Championship
2024
Episode Title
Date
Location
Venue
Rating (18–49)
U.S. Viewers (million)
Notes
New Year's Evil 2024
January 2, 2024
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
0.25
0.768
Fourth annual NXT: New Year's Evil event.
Roadblock 2024
March 5, 2024
0.16
0.654
Third annual Roadblock event.
Spring Breakin' 2024
April 23, 2024
0.20[ 50]
0.661[ 50]
Third annual Spring Breakin' event
April 30, 2024
0.14
0.564
Part 2 of the fourth annual Spring Breakin' event.
The Great American Bash 2024
July 30, 2024
0.15[ 51]
0.468[ 51]
Aired on Syfy due to USA Network ’s coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics . Part 1 of the fifth annual NXT: The Great American Bash .
August 6, 2024
0.16
0.534
Aired on Syfy due to USA Network ’s coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics . Part 2 of the fifth annual NXT: The Great American Bash .
WWE Week on USA
September 10, 2024
0.19
0.628
The first 30 minutes of the NXT broadcast was commercial-free . Special episode as a part of the WWE Week on USA Network , where NXT alongside with Raw and SmackDown was aired on USA Network that week.
NXT ' s CW PremiereWeek 1
October 1, 2024
Rosemont, Illinois
Allstate Arena
0.26[ 52]
0.895[ 52]
Live debut episode on The CW held outside of the WWE Performance Center to mark the start of the “CW Era” of NXT . CM Punk , Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair made appearances, while a special MizTV episode hosted by The Miz , featuring NXT North American Champion Oba Femi and Tony D'Angelo took place.
NXT ' s CW PremiereWeek 2
October 8, 2024
Chesterfield, Missouri
The Factory At The District
0.24
0.874
Second NXT episode on The CW , held outside of the WWE Performance Center to mark the start of the “CW Era” of NXT . Sexyy Red made an appearance. This episode went head-to-head with AEW Dynamite ' s Title Tuesday special episode, which aired on Tuesday due to TBS coverage of the MLB playoffs .
NXT 2300
November 6, 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2300 Arena
0.17
0.619
Special Wednesday episode of NXT held outside of the WWE Performance Center , marking NXT ' s first broadcast from 2300 Arena , the former ECW Arena. This episode took place on a Wednesday due to the 2024 United States presidential election , thus going head-to-head with AEW Dynamite .
See also
References
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