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Revision as of 23:34, 8 January 2015
WWE NXT logo | |
Founded | August 2012 |
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Style | Professional wrestling |
Headquarters | Winter Park, Florida |
Founder(s) | Vince McMahon |
Owner(s) | Triple H |
Parent | WWE |
Formerly | NXT Wrestling Florida Championship Wrestling |
Website | www |
WWE NXT is the professional wrestling developmental branch for WWE, based in Winter Park, Florida with current NXT Champion as Sami Zayn. From its inception in August 2012 to June 2013, it was a distinct but affiliated developmental territory for WWE under the name NXT Wrestling. In June 2013, the NXT Wrestling website was shut down and NXT content was moved to within WWE.com.
History
In August 2012, WWE ceased operating Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), its developmental promotion in Tampa, Florida, deactivated FCW titles, and began running all of its developmental events and operations at Full Sail University under the "NXT Wrestling" banner. WWE had been using the NXT name for a television program featuring rookies from FCW competing to become WWE main roster members, though the "reality television" aspects of the show had been dropped earlier in 2012; WWE NXT now serves as the primary television program for the promotion.[1]
In 2013, several wrestlers who had been released by WWE made allegations regarding wrongdoings in NXT. Trent Barreta and Briley Pierce accused the NXT strength coach of sexually harassing the female NXT wrestlers,[2] while Chase Donovan and Chad Baxter accused Bill DeMott of using homophobic slurs, breaking yardsticks over the backs of developmental wrestlers and pulling out a gun during training. In response, WWE released a statement in July, stating that "There have been no sexual harassment complaints filed against any employee at the WWE's training facility in Orlando. Instead there have been baseless allegations made by disgruntled talent recently released by WWE. Regardless, WWE takes these issues seriously and investigated this matter, concluding that there was no wrongdoing."[3]
On February 27, 2014, NXT held its first live two-hour special event called NXT Arrival, which was also the first live in-ring program broadcast on the WWE Network [4][5][6] Eventually, WWE scheduled more live two-hour special events.[7]
Developmental territory champions
Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Location | Notes |
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NXT Championship | Sami Zayn | 1 | December 11, 2014 | 3668 | Winter Park, Florida | Defeated Adrian Neville at NXT Takeover: R Evolution.[8] |
NXT Tag Team Championship | The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) |
1 | September 11, 2014 | 3759 | Winter Park, Florida | Defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) at NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way.[9] |
NXT Women's Championship | Charlotte | 1 | May 29, 2014 | 3864 | Winter Park, Florida | Defeated Natalya at NXT Takeover.[10] |
Roster
Male wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
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Adrian Neville[11] | Benjamin Satterly[12] | |
Aiden English[13] | Matthew Rehwoldt[14] | |
Angelo Dawkins[15] | Gary Gordon | |
Baron Corbin[16] | Thomas Pestock | |
Buddy Murphy[17] | Matt Silva | |
Bull Dempsey[18] | James Smith | |
Cal Bishop[19] | Clayton Jack | |
CJ Parker[20] | Joseph Robinson[21] | |
Colin Cassady[22] | Bill Morrissey[23] | |
Dash Wilder[24] | Steven Walters | |
Enzo Amore[25] | Eric Arndt[26] | |
Finn Bálor[27] | Fergal Devitt | |
Hideo Itami[28] | Kenta Kobayashi | |
Jason Jordan[29] | Nathan Everhart | |
Kalisto[30] | Emanuel Rodriguez[31] | NXT Tag Team Champion |
Marcus Louis[32] | Pierre Marceau | |
Kevin Owens[33] | Kevin Steen | |
Mojo Rawley[34] | Dean Muhtadi | Inactive; shoulder injury |
Sami Zayn[35] | Rami Sebei | NXT Champion |
Sawyer Fulton[36] | Jacob Southwick | |
Scott Dawson[37] | David Charwood[38] | |
Simon Gotch[39] | Ryan Drago[39] | |
Sylvester Lefort[40] | Thomas La Ruffa[41] | |
Tye Dillinger[42] | Ronnie Arneill | |
Tyler Breeze[43] | Mattias Clement[44] | |
Wesley Blake[45] | Cory Weston[46] |
Female wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
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Alexa Bliss[47] | Alexis Kaufman | |
Bayley[48] | Pamela Martinez[49] | |
Becky Lynch[50] | Rebecca Quin[51] | |
Carmella[52] | Leah Van Dale[53] | Valet of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady |
Charlotte[54] | Ashley Fliehr | NXT Women's Champion |
Dana Brooke[55] | Ashley Sebera | |
Dasha Kuret[56] | Dasha Gonzalez | Backstage interviewer for NXT |
Devin Taylor[57] | Brittany Fetkin | Backstage interviewer for NXT |
JoJo[58] | Joseann Offerman[59] | Also ring announcer for NXT |
Sasha Banks[60] | Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado[61] |
Backstage personnel
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
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Berkley Ottman | Berkley Ottman | NXT floor Manager |
Bill DeMott | William DeMott II | Head trainer |
Billy Gunn[62] | Monty Sopp | Trainer |
Brian Duncan | Brian Duncan | Head Athletic Trainer[63][64] |
Canyon Ceman | Canyon Ceman | Senior director of talent development[65] |
David Bailey | David Bailey | General Manager of the WWE Performance Center [66] |
Dusty Rhodes[67] | Virgil Runnels, Jr.[68] | Trainer Hall of Famer |
Gerald Brisco | Floyd Brisco | Recruiter Hall of Famer[69] |
Jose Parker | Jose Parker | Talent Scout |
Matt Wichlinski | Matt Wichlinski | Strength and Conditioning Coach[70] |
Ryan Ward | Ryan Ward | Head of Creative[71] |
Mickey Keegan | Max Pelham | Creative[72] |
Norman Smiley[73][74] | Norman Smiley | Trainer |
Robbie Brookside | Robert Brooks | Trainer[75] |
Sara Amato[76] | Sara Amato | Trainer |
Steve Keirn[77] | Stephen Keirn | Trainer |
Tara Halaby | Tara Halaby | Physical Therapist and Athletic Trainer[63][64] |
Terry Taylor | Paul Taylor lll | Trainer |
Referees
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
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Danilo Anfibio[78] | Danilo Anfibio | |
Drake Wuertz[79] | Drake Wuertz | |
Shawn Bennett[80] | Matt Bennett |
On-air personalities
Authority figures
Authority figures | Dates | Position |
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Dusty Rhodes | June 20, 2012 | —September 12, 2013Interim General Manager Commissioner** |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield | September 12, 2013 | —July 31, 2014General Manager |
William Regal | July 31, 2014 | —presentGeneral Manager[81] |
(**) 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. The August 29, 2012 episode (taped July 29, 2012) of NXT identified Rhodes as the NXT Commissioner.
Commentators
Commentators | Dates |
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Jim Ross and Byron Saxton | June 27, 2012 | –July 4, 2012
Byron Saxton, William Regal and Jim Ross7 | July 11, 2012 | –October 17, 2012
Jim Ross and William Regal | June 20, 2012 October 24, 2012 –October 31, 2012 |
Tony Luftman and William Regal | October 24, 2012 | –October 31, 2012
Tony Dawson, William Regal, Tom Phillips and Brad Maddox8 | November 7, 2012 | –July 31, 2013
Tony Dawson, William Regal, Tom Phillips and Alex Riley8 | August 7, 2013 | –September 20, 2013
Tom Phillips, William Regal, Byron Saxton, Alex Riley, Jason Albert and Renee Young | September 20, 2013 | –April 3, 2014
Tom Phillips, William Regal, Byron Saxton, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert and Renee Young | April 10, 2014 | –July 24, 2014
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Renee Young, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley and Jason Albert | July 31, 2014 | -September 11, 2014
Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert, Renee Young | September 18, 2014 | – December 11, 2014
Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert, Renee Young and Corey Graves | December 11, 2014 | - Present
- Notes
- ^ Jim Ross only called the main event.
- ^ The pairings of Dawson and Regal and Phillips and Maddox commentate on alternate shows. Riley replaced Maddox in August 2013 after Maddox became General Manager of WWE Raw. Scott Stanford serves as narrator.
Ring announcers
Ring announcer | Dates |
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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, Kendall Skye, Alexa Bliss, Eden Stiles, and Veronica Lane | February 21, 2013 – September 19, 2013 |
Eden and JoJo | September 26, 2013 – October 10, 2014 |
Byron Saxton and JoJo | October 17, 2014 – Present |
Television show
NXT | |
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File:NXT Wrestling.png | |
Created by | Vince McMahon |
Starring | WWE/WWE NXT roster |
Opening theme | "Roar of the Crowd" by CFO$ |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 256 (as of January 1, 2015 | )
Production | |
Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | WWE Network (2014 – present) Internationally syndicated (2012 – present) |
Release | February 23, 2010 present | –
Related | |
WWE Raw WWE SmackDown WWE Main Event WWE Superstars |
WWE NXT is a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that on the WWE Network in the United States. The show (which premiered February 23, 2010 ) features wrestlers from NXT and WWE. The show currently serves as the flagship program for the eponymous WWE NXT developmental system.
From 2010–2012, WWE aired a previous version of WWE NXT which consisted of pairing "Rookies" with WWE main roster members (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, the show was replaced with a homonymous television show featuring the developmental NXT roster.
Production
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.[82] Tickets are available free for Full Sail students; general admission for non-students is $10.[83] 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.[84] On August 22, 2013, Hulu announced that all episodes of "NXT" would no longer be exclusive to Hulu Plus subscribers, and would be available for viewing through both Hulu and Hulu Plus.[85]
NXT began airing on the WWE Network on February 27, 2014 with a live event called NXT Arrival.
International broadcasters
NXT is also televised on a number of channels in many different countries.
Country | Network | Ref |
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Arab world | OSN | [86][87][88] |
Australia | Fox8 | [89] |
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka | TEN Sports | [90][91][92] |
Brazil | FOX SPORTS HD | |
Cambodia | CTN | [93] |
Canada | WWE Network (Canada) | [94] |
France | Action | [95] |
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein |
ProSieben Fun | [96][97][98] [99][100][101] |
India | TEN Sports | [102] |
Italy | Sky Italia | [103] |
Japan | J Sports 1 | [104] |
Latin America | Fox Sports Latinoamérica | [105] |
Malaysia | Astro SuperSport | [106] |
Mexico | Viva Sports | [107] |
Philippines | Fox Channel Asia | [108] |
Poland | Extreme Sports Channel | [109] |
Portugal | SportTV 3 | [110] |
Romania | Sport.ro | |
Singapore | SuperSports | |
South Africa | e.tv | [111] |
Taiwan | Videoland Max-TV | [112] |
Thailand | CTH | |
Ukraine | QTV, Mega | [113]
See also
References
External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to WWE NXT.
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