WWE NXT

WWE NXT is a professional wrestling television program for developmental talent produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) which debuted on February 23, 2010. The original format was described as a hybrid between reality television and WWE's scripted live event shows, the premise of the show follows select talent contracted to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in a competition to become WWE's next breakout star with the help of mentors from WWE's Raw and SmackDown brands. In its current form it is no different than any of the WWE's other scripted live event shows other than it primarily features developmental talent.
The show originally made its debut on Syfy in February 2010, replacing ECW. Less than a month after its premiere, it was announced that WWE SmackDown would move from MyNetworkTV to Syfy in October. NXT aired its final episode on Syfy on September 28 to make way for SmackDown, and began airing as a webcast at WWE.com for visitors from the United States on October 5. Outside of the United States, the show is still televised.
==History==
On February 2, 2010, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that ECW would be going off the air and would be replaced with a new weekly program in its slot that McMahon called "the next evolution of WWE; the next evolution of television history." It was later announced that ECW would air its final episode on February 16, 2010, and on the February 9, 2010 episode of ECW, the successor show's name was announced as WWE NXT.
NXT began as a reality competition. From 2010–2012, the show consisted of pairing "Rookies" with WWE Superstars (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). Before season five ended, WWE revamped the show to make it a sports entertainment show, moved the tapings permanently to Florida, and changed the show's roster to feature more developmental wrestlers.
==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. 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. From February 27, 2014, to January 7, WWE NXT streamed over the WWE Network every Thursday night at 9:00 ET/ 8:00 CT. On January 14, 2015, WWE NXT was moved to Wednesday nights at 8:00 ET/ 7:00 CT.
==Championships==
===Active===
*NXT Championship
*NXT North American Championship
*NXT Tag Team Championship
*NXT Women's Championship
*NXT Heritage Cup Championship
===Inactive===
*NXT Cruiserweight Championship
*NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
==On-air personalities==
===Authority Figures===
Authority Figure 	Dates 	Role
Matt Striker 	February 23, 2010– May 17, 2012 	Host
Ashley Valence 	June 22, 2010– August 31, 2010 	Co-Host
Maryse* 	March 8, 2011– October 28, 2011 	Co-Host
William Regal 	February 27, 2012– May 17, 2012August 28, 2014 – January 5, 2022	Match CoordinatorGeneral Manager
Dusty Rhodes 	May 17, 2012- September 12, 2013 	Commissioner
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	September 12, 2013 - August 28, 2014 	Interim Commissioner
Michael Cole 	November 25, 2015 	General Manager
(*) On August 24, Maryse underwent surgery for an abdominal hernia and was on medical leave from WWE, therefore Maryse's role as co-host ended. She would later be released from WWE on October 28, 2011 and would not return to NXT. As of November 2011, there is no official co-host.
===Commentators===
Commentators 	Dates
Jim Ross and Byron Saxton 	June 27, 2012 - July 4, 2012
Byron Saxton, William Regal and Jim Ross 	July 11, 2012 - October 17, 2012
Jim Ross and William Regal 	June 20, 2012October 24, 2012 - October 31, 2012
Tony Luftman and William Regal 	October 24, 2012 - October 31, 2012
Tony Dawson, William Regal, Tom Phillips and Brad Maddox 	November 7, 2012 - July 31, 2013
Tony Dawson, William Regal, Tom Phillips and Alex Riley 	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 and Renee Young 	September 18, 2014 – December 11, 2014
Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert, Renee Young and Corey Graves 	December 11, 2014 - January 21, 2015
Renee Young and Corey Graves 	December 25, 2014
Rich Brennan, Tom Phillips, Alex Riley, Corey Graves and Jason Albert 	January 28, 2015 - March 4, 2015
Rich Brennan, Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Jason Albert 	March 11, 2015 - March 18, 2015
Rich Brennan and Corey Graves 	March 25, 2015 - April 22, 2015August 26, 2015 - September 9, 2015December 30, 2015 - January 6, 2016
Rich Brennan, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton 	April 29, 2015 - August 22, 2015September 16, 2015 - December 23, 2015
Tom Phillips and Corey Graves 	January 13, 2016 – December 14, 2016December 28, 2016 – January 4, 2017
Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Percy Watson 	December 7, 2016 - February 1, 2017
Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson 	February 8, 2017 – June 21, 2017
Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson 	June 28, 2017 – April 11, 2018May 16, 2018 - May 8, 2019
Mauro Ranallo and Percy Watson 	November 29, 2017January 31, 2018April 18, 2018 - November 14, 2018
Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness 	November 14, 2018
Mauro Ranallo, Beth Phoenix and Nigel McGuinness 	May 15, 2019 - March 11, 2020
Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness 	June 12, 2019
Tom Phillips, Beth Phoenix and Nigel McGuinness 	November 27, 2019
Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett and Beth Phoenix 	August 26, 2020 - November 30, 2021
Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett 	June 29, 2021August 10, 2021October 19, 2021December 7, 2021 - September 27, 2022
Vic Joseph and Booker T 	October 11, 2022 - 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 Monday Night Raw. Scott Stanford serves as narrator.
===Ring announcers===
Ring announcer 	Dates
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, Eden Stiles, Alexa Bliss, Kendall Skye and Veronica Lane	February 21, 2013 – September 19, 2013
Eden Stiles and JoJo 	September 26, 2013 – October 10, 2014
Byron Saxton and JoJo 	October 16, 2014 – November 6, 2014
JoJo 	November 13, 2014 – April 29, 2015
JoJo and Greg Hamilton 	May 6, 2015 – July 15, 2015
Greg Hamilton and Dasha Fuentes 	July 22, 2015 – August 24, 2016
Andrea D'Marco and Mike Rome 	August 31, 2016 – January 4, 2017
Mike Rome 	January 11, 2017 – April 5, 2017May 3, 2017 – August 23, 2017
Dasha Fuentes 	April 12, 2017 – April 26, 2017
Mike Rome and Kayla Braxton 	August 30, 2017 – April 11, 2018July 4, 2018 - August 15, 2018
Christy St. Cloud 	November 29, 2017 - March 16, 2018
Kayla Braxton 	August 22, 2018 - April 17, 2019
Alicia Taylor 	April 24, 2019 - present
==Gallery of Logos==
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==See also==
*Roster
*Alumni
*NXT UK
==External links==
* Official Website
* on WWE Network
* Twitter Page
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