Mike Rome is back in NXT. Ring announcer Alicia Taylor wrapped up with NXT following the May 7 episode and moved to WWE SmackDown. Mike Rome then returned to NXT on the May 14 episode and worked as the ring announcer for the show. Mike Rome is no slouch.#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/ZKtSbyNhhR — FirstNameJ0hn (@FirstNameJ0hn) May 15, 2024 Corey Brennan of Fightful Select previously reported that Mike Rome would be returning to NXT. Rome signed with WWE in 2016 and spent time in NXT before he moved...
Tony D'Angelo makes history. On the May 14 episode of WWE NXT, Tony D'Angelo challenged Charlie Dempsey for the NXT Heritage Cup. The week before, D'Angelo and The Family abducted Dempsey's stablemates, Myles Borne and Damon Kemp, to neutralize the Catch Clause, ensuring that he would face Dempsey. D'Angelo and Dempsey felt each other out with some technical wrestling, and "The Don" scored the first fall with a roll-up. Dempsey nearly scored a fall with an arm-bar, but the round ended before...
Below are all of the WWE NXT TV viewership numbers since the start of 2019. You can see a complete list of cable televised numbers at this link. Below are links to individual shows' viewership numbers WWE Raw WWE Smackdown WWE NXT AEW Dynamite AEW Rampage IMPACT Wrestling NXT on USA Network: September 18, 2019: 1.179 million viewers (First hour on USA Network) September 25, 2019: 1.006 million viewers (First hour on USA Network) October 2, 2019: 891,000 viewers (Two hours, head-to-head with...
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Gallus boys are back on top. Mark Coffey, now sporting a shaved head, Joe Coffey, and Wolfgang, better known as Gallus returned to close out the May 14 episode of WWE NXT. They made their appearance at the very end by standing tall among the wreckage that included the fallen bodies of Wes Lee, Josh Briggs, and Ivar. In a quick promo, Joe Coffey declared that this was only the beginning. While this was the return to television, they had continued competing on NXT Live Events. The last time they...
Shawn Spears is impressed. Shawn Spears returned to WWE and made his in February, as he made a surprise appearance on the February 27 episode of NXT and attacked Ridge Holland. Fightful Select's Corey Brennan previously reported that Spears started producing on NXT, so he has worked closely with the talent there. Shawn Spears answered some questions from fans on Twitter/X, and in one highlight, he was asked to name who in NXT has impressed him. Spears replied by saying there have been a few...
Lash Legend says she knew she could kill it. On the May 14 episode of WWE NXT, Lash Legend defeated Ivy Nile to qualify for the NXT Women's North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Battleground. Meanwhile, she had a run-in with NXT Champion Trick Williams, and Noam Dar was found attacked backstage. In an NXT Exclusive, Lash Legend commented on her win. "Of course, I bullied my way into this historic ladder match. I mean, I did exactly what I said I was gonna do, bully all these...
With qualifiers beginning and a major title match, the May 14 edition of NXT promised major momentum for the gold brand. Tony D'Angelo set the challenge to
Ring the alarm. During the May 14th episode of WWE NXT, a quick vignette aired following a commercial break which featured a black screen and nothing but the sound of the iPhone alarm going off. Coming out of the commercial, there was a segment where Jazmin Nyx tried to have people sign a get-well card for Jacy Jayne. Only Lexis King signed it and he dedicated it to "Jackie." It is not known who the vignette ahead of the backstage segment was for. Fightful will continue to monitor the story...
Tony D'Angelo and Shawn Michaels shared a special moment. Tony D'Angelo captured his first singles title in WWE by beating Charlie Dempsey to win the NXT Heritage Cup on the May 14 episode of WWE NXT. NXT's Twitter/X account then shared a clip of Shawn Michaels congratulating D'Angelo backstage. Michaels jokingly asked whether The Family was going to take him to the river, and D'Angelo played along by saying that it depended. He then clarified that he was kidding. A moment that was a long time...
Check out the ratings for the May 7 episode of NXT. According to Wrestlenomics, the May 7 episode of NXT drew 659,000 viewers. This number is up big from the 564,000 viewers recorded on April 30. The May 7 episode posted a 0.19 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, which is also up big from the 0.14 rating that the show recorded on April 30. Tuesday's episode of NXT went head-to-head with the NBA playoff game between Celtics vs. Cavaliers, which drew 2.9M viewers and a 0.97 rating on TNT. The show...