Details on WWE NXT botch that led to a major title change
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On December 17, World Wrestling Entertainment taped two episodes of WWE NXT at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, for December 23 and 30. These matches will air over the next two weeks. The spoilers,
TNA’s Jeff Hardy was out next in his first cage match of any kind in seven years, followed by new TNA International Champion Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo representing NXT. About a minute after he entered, The Righteous then came out to no reaction and took Matt Hardy to the back. (I will say their music has always been great, so there.)
After a quick recap of Deadline, we went live in the arena for Femi's entrance to celebrate regaining the NXT title from Saints. He gave a promo in which he promised to defeat Rhodes on Saturday before he was interrupted by Saints' music.
Lola Vice just wanted to record a silly video, but this WWE NXT Superstar couldn’t get through it without being distracted. If there’s one thing NXT Superstars love to do in their downtime, it’s creating video content for platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
A rare, unplanned title switch occurred on WWE NXT this week, forcing WWE to shift gears on creative plans for Blake Monroe and Thea Hail. Monroe defended her WWE NXT Women's North American Championship against Hail on the Dec.
"All Ego" Ethan Page got more than he bargained for tonight on WWE NXT in the form of a former TNA World Champion.
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio noted that WWE higher-ups were quite pleased with the performances of all the “NXT” stars featured on “Saturday Night’s Main Event.” That also includes Joe Hendry,
Programming Insider reports that WWE NXT drew 607,000 viewers on CW Network on December 16. This number is down from the 647,000 viewers the show drew on December 9. Tuesday’s episode scored a 0.08 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, which is down from the 0.09 demo rating last Tuesday.
At NXT Deadline, Je’Von Evans became the number one contender for Oba Femi’s NXT Championship. The prize for winning the Iron Survivor Challenge was a title match at New Year’s Evil.