List of WWE NXT special episodes
This is a list of WWE NXT special episodes, detailing all professional wrestling television special cards promoted on NXT by WWE.
Special episodes
| Episode Title | Date | Location | Rating (18–49) |
U.S. Viewers (million) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NXT season 1 premiere | February 23, 2010 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1.3[1] | 1.7[2] | Debut episode on Syfy, replacing ECW. First episode under the old, reality competition-based format. |
| NXT season 1 finale | June 1, 2010 | Dallas, Texas | 1.17[3] | 1.4[4] | Wade Barrett was declared the winner. |
| NXT season 2 premiere | June 8, 2010 | Tampa, Florida | 1.07[5] | 1.5[6] | |
| NXT season 2 finale | August 31, 2010 | Albany, New York | 1.02[7] | 1.3[8] | Kaval was declared the winner. |
| NXT season 3 premiere | September 7, 2010 | Baltimore, Maryland | 0.96[9] | 1.2[10] | Featured an all Divas season. Show was moved from Syfy to WWE.com mid-season. |
| NXT season 3 finale | November 30, 2010 | Norfolk, Virginia | N/A | Kaitlyn was declared the winner. | |
| NXT season 4 premiere | December 7, 2010 | Dayton, Ohio | First season broadcast entirely on WWE.com. | ||
| NXT season 4 finale | March 1, 2011 | Cleveland, Ohio | Johnny Curtis was declared the winner. | ||
| NXT Redemption premiere | March 8, 2011 | Houston, Texas | Featured seven rookies chosen from the previous male-only seasons. | ||
| NXT Redemption finale | June 13, 2012 | Manchester, New Hampshire | Final episode of NXT under its reality competition-based format. | ||
| NXT season 6 premiere | June 20, 2012 | Winter Park, Florida | First episode of NXT under its developmental brand format. Debut at Full Sail University. | ||
| NXT Rewind 2013 | December 25, 2013 | Recap episode featuring all of the year's events on NXT. Featured a match between Antonio Cesaro and William Regal, in what would be Regal's final professional wrestling match. | |||
| NXT Rewind 2014 | December 25, 2014 | Recap episode featuring all of the year's events on NXT. Featured Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks for the NXT Women's Championship. | |||
| The Best of NXT 2015 | December 30, 2015 | Recap episode featuring all of the year's events on NXT. | |||
| NXT in Japan | December 28, 2016 | Osaka, Japan | First 2-hour edition of NXT, from the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.
Featured matches included:
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| NXT Holiday Week | December 13, 2017 | Winter Park, Florida | 0.27[11] | 0.84[12] | Christmas special on the USA Network, while being simulcasted on the WWE Network. Part of USA's WWE Holiday Week. |
| NXT's USA Network premiere | September 18, 2019 | 0.43[13] | 1.18[14] | Live debut on the USA Network. 2-hour show in which the first hour aired on USA, while the remainder aired on the WWE Network. Featured Roderick Strong (c) vs. Velveteen Dream for the NXT North American Championship. | |
| First two-hour NXT on USA | October 2, 2019 | 0.32[15] | 0.89[16] | First 2-hour live episode aired in full on USA Network. First episode opposite of AEW Dynamite, in what would start the Wednesday Night Wars. Featured matches included:
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| 2019 NXT Year-End Awards | January 1, 2020 | 0.15[17] | 0.55[18] | Year-end awards edition of NXT. | |
| The Great American Bash | July 1, 2020 | 0.22[19] | 0.79[20] | The first part of a two-week special event. Both nights went head-to-head with All Elite Wrestling's Fyter Fest. | |
| July 8, 2020 | 0.20[21] | 0.76[22] | Featured Keith Lee (c – NA) vs. Adam Cole (c – NXT) in a Winner Takes All match for the NXT Championship and the NXT North American Championship. | ||
| NXT Super Tuesday | September 1, 2020 | 0.26[23] | 0.85[24] | The first part of a two-week special Tuesday event due to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs on USA Network in the normal Wednesday time slot. Returned to Syfy for the first time since 2010. Featured Finn Bálor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano for the vacant NXT Championship in a 60 minute Iron Man match. | |
| September 8, 2020 | 0.22[25] | 0.84[25] | Featured Finn Bálor vs. Adam Cole for the vacant NXT Championship and Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez in a Steel Cage. | ||
| Takeoff to TakeOver | September 23, 2020 | 0.18[26] | 0.7[26] | NXT TakeOver 31 preview show. Featured matches included:
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| NXT: Halloween Havoc | October 28, 2020 | Orlando, Florida | 0.25[27] | 0.88[27] | Special Halloween-themed episode of NXT, hosted by Shotzi Blackheart. First Halloween Havoc event held since 2000, making its WWE debut. Featured the classic "Spin The Wheel, Make the Deal" gimmick, where match stipulations are determined by a spin of a roulette wheel. Featured matches included:
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| A Very Gargano Christmas Special[28] | December 23, 2020 | 0.19[29] | 0.7[29] | Christmas special episode. Went head-to-head with All Elite Wrestling's Holiday Bash. Featured Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan (c) vs. Drake Maverick and Killian Dain in a street fight for the NXT Tag Team Championship. | |
| 2020 NXT Year-End Awards[30] | December 30, 2020 | 0.59[31] | 0.12[32] | Year-end awards edition of NXT. | |
| NXT: New Year's Evil | January 6, 2021 | 0.64[33] | 0.16[34] | New Year's special, hosted by Dexter Lumis. Went head-to-head with night 1 of All Elite Wrestling's New Year's Smash. First New Year's Evil special since 1999, making its WWE debut. Featured Finn Bálor (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Championship, Karrion Kross vs. Damian Priest and Raquel González vs. Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match | |
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