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NXT’s most recent Premium Live Event – Halloween Havoc – took place on October 22nd. Led by Bron Breakker, who was defending the “NXT” Championship in a Triple Threat match against Ilya Dragunov and JD McDonagh, the card was apparently a huge miss at Peacock.
On TwitterWrestling Observer’s Andrew Zarian posted a rather positive statistic for the “NXT” event: “Halloween Havoc was NXT’s most-watched standalone PLE since the Peacock relationship began. By standalone I mean running a weekend where there is no main list PLEASE.”
“NXT” TakeOver In Your House 2021, “NXT” TakeOver 36 and “NXT” WarGames 2021 were the only three standalone premium live events the brand has hosted since the Peacock partnership began in early 2021. Halloween Havoc 2022 can now be added to this list that tops them all.
Zarian also added: “More on Halloween Havoc – Execs have been ‘encouraged’ that additional advertising has helped translate into additional viewership for this PLE. The general attitude towards NXT from NBCU has been very positive over the past few weeks.”
“NXT” officially dropped the “2.0” from its name a few weeks ago as the brand had adopted a new identity as of September 2021. More new development stars were introduced, many of whom didn’t have much professional wrestling experience and were new to the business. This was a massive change from the “NXT” fans were previously familiar with, as “NXT” scheduled takeovers on major event weekends and was associated with WrestleMania and SummerSlam.
“NXT” will have its next Premium Live Event, “NXT” Deadline, on December 10th – the same day as Ring of Honor’s Final Battle pay-per-view. No matches for “NXT” Deadline have been announced yet.