NXT: Last News

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE‘s weekly NXT show is heading to The CW. NXT, which serves as a showcase for WWE’s developmental talent, currently airs on USA Network but will move to CW in October 2024 in a new five-year deal. NXT will air weekly throughout the year on CW, marking the first time the show has aired on broadcast television since it launched its weekly format in 2012.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fresh off his win at WrestleMania 40, WWE star Damian Priest has signed with Paradigm for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. Paradigm will work to build his business across books, acting, marketing, unscripted and more. Priest, who was born Luis Berrios (Martinez), most recently won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship during Night 2 of WrestleMania 40 by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract against Drew McIntire, who himself had just won the championship from Seth Rollins.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WrestleMania 40 broke multiple WWE records and has become the most successful live event in the company’s history. WrestleMania 40 took place over two nights at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA. Per WWE, the gate for the event was up 78% compared to the previous record set during WrestleMania 39, with 145,298 in attendance across both nights this year.

WWE is making another change with it’s Monday Night Raw programming!

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. WWE‘s latest premium live event takes place tonight in Connecticut as Baron Corbin faces off against Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship at NXT Deadline. You can watch NXT Deadline tonight, Saturday, Dec.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The returns of both CM Punk and Randy Orton saw the ratings for WWE‘s “Monday Night Raw” rise by nearly a third over last week. The Best in the World and the Apex Predator helped the “Raw” viewership rise to 1.88 million viewers, up 29% over last week and 13% over the comparable show a year ago. That is the highest viewership for a “Raw” episode since August 7.

The CW will become the official broadcast home of WWE NXT in a new five-year deal that will see the showcase for WWE’s up-and-coming stars move from USA Network in October of 2024.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE‘s NXT won out in the so-called Tuesday Night War against AEW‘s “Dynamite.” According to the Nielsen overnight ratings, NXT pulled in 921,000 viewers on Tuesday night with 396,000 in the key adults 18-49 demographic. “Dynamite” averaged 609,000 viewers with 346,000 in the demo. While that is a far cry from the numbers seen during the Monday Night Wars between WWE (then WWF) and WCW, it is still a resounding victory for WWE, with NXT up approximately 7.5% compared to last week’s show.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE’s “SmackDown” is officially set to return to USA Network in a new five-year rights deal. The weekly show currently airs on Fox but will move to its new network home in October 2024 when the Fox deal expires. “Smackdown” originally began airing on Fox in 2019 as part of a five-year deal between the network and WWE.

A major WWE show is moving to a new network.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE is once again making changes to its on-air commentary teams, Variety has learned exclusively. Beginning Aug. 7, Michael Cole and Wade Barrett will serve as the commentators for “Monday Night Raw” on USA Network.

Audiences flocked to Peacock for WWE‘s WrestleMania 39.

Peacock. WrestleMania 39 will stream live on Peacock beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 1 and continuing with the main events at 8:00 p.m.

Peacock. WrestleMania 39 will stream live on Peacock beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on both nights. Pre-show coverage starts at 6 p.m.

BreAnna Bell Professional wrestler, actress, and model Mercedes Varnado has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The agency will help her secure new opportunities across film, television, theater and more. Varnado is most recognized for her work in WWE under the name Sasha Banks. She exited that company in 2022 and now wrestles under the name Mercedes Moné. In January 2023, she appeared in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 17, which helped the company generate over 900,000 new users — the most in NJPW world history — and sell over 25k tickets, which marks the highest ticket sales for a non-WWE live event in the last three years.

A Lanarkshire wrestling star will put his championship on the line against a former WWE star.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE superstar Bianca Belair has signed with WME for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. With the signing, the powerhouse Hollywood agency will work to build her business across podcasting, acting, marketing, and more. Belair was originally a track and field standout at the University of Tennessee, where she earned All-SEC and All-American Honors. She first signed with WWE in 2016, joining the sports entertainment giant’s developmental brand, NXT. During her time there, she challenged for the NXT Women’s Championship on multiple occasions and went on a winning streak that lasted just over a year.

READ MORE: WWE super-fan left floored after tribute from icon Shawn Michaels at NXT UK showAnd there's one thing Liv - the current WWE Smackdown Women's champion - is looking forward to more than anything.She said: “The UK crowd is the best – the best.“The best chants, I'm so ready to hear the chants - they're so funny, so great and they crack me up.“Sometimes they're a little bit vulgar and a little bit mean, but I'm so here for it and I love it.“I am so ready to just hear what they've got.”Before Liv gets to Cardiff, she has to defend her championship against the former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion-turned-wrestler Ronda Rousey.Rousey lost to Liv during the Money in the Bank show earlier this month when Morgan cashed in her newly-won Money in the Bank contract to beat Rousey after she had already defended the title against Natalya.(Non-wrestling fans, watch the video at the top of this interview for that to make sense!)It was Liv's first title win, and something fans worldwide had been calling for for a long time.And even now, it's something Liv still hasn't quite got her head around.She told The Star: “The feeling has not worn off – not even a little bit, not a smidge.“I'm feeling it at all times, every second of the day, and I just want to keep going.“It's a feeling beyond words.“It also feels weird to a degree – I've been laser focussed my entire life on getting to WWE and being successful.“To hold a WWE title is the culmination of that, and I'm kind of like 'oh . .

Hours after Vince McMahon’s retirement as CEO from his WWE empire, his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, passed along her father’s thanks to fans in a live appearance on Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

AEW – claiming the former WWE Champion is like his "fourth son".Danielson, formerly Daniel Bryan in Vince McMahon’s organisation, has always been close to Regal and the two have done battle across the globe.They’re paired once again in Tony Khan’s All Elite Wrestling as part of the hard-hitting Blackpool Combat Club.Being able to be at such close quarters with the 41-year-old is clearly a major thrill for the British veteran, who spoke to Daily Star this week ahead of Saturday’s Double or Nothing event in Las Vegas.“He’s like my fourth son isn’t he really?” said Regal, of the hugely talented and respected Danielson.“His whole mission was to be what we set out to be a – a great wrestler.

Impact Wrestling star Deonna Purrazzo has hit back at creepy “fat shaming” fans with a sizzling bikini pic.The 27-year-old former two-time Impact Knockouts champion, who recently held the Ring of Honor women's championship, was subjected to abuse when she posted a selfie on Twitter.The sultry image featured her posing while walking upstairs, wearing a revealing black outfit.This prompted one strange Twitter used to tweet: “Deonna is getting really fat.”But the former WWE NXT star hit back at the comment.She tweeted a picture of herself in a grey and bikini, on a beach and wrote:” Yeah...