This is a list of WWE NXT special episodes, detailing all professional wrestling television special cards promoted on NXT by WWE.
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | NXT season 1 premiere | Bradley Center | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Chris Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan | 1.3 [1] | 1.7 [2] | Debut NXT episode on Syfy, replacing ECW . First NXT episode under the reality competition-based format. |
| June 1 | NXT season 1 finale | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas | David Otunga vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Wade Barrett in a triple threat elimination match | 1.17 [1] | 1.4 [3] | Wade Barrett was declared the winner. |
| June 8 | NXT season 2 premiere | St. Pete Times Forum | Tampa, Florida | Cody Rhodes and Husky Harris vs. Montel Vontavious Porter and Percy Watson | 1.07 [1] | 1.5 [4] | |
| August 31 | NXT season 2 finale | Times Union Center | Albany, New York | Alex Riley vs. Kaval vs. Michael McGillicutty in a triple threat match | 1.02 [5] | 1.3 [6] | Kaval was declared the winner. |
| September 7 | NXT season 3 premiere | 1st Mariner Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | AJ & Primo vs. Aksana and Goldust | 0.96 [7] | 1.2 [8] | Featured an all Divas season. The show was moved from Syfy to WWE.com mid-season. |
| November 30 | NXT season 3 finale | Norfolk Scope | Norfolk, Virginia | Kaitlyn vs. Naomi | N/a | N/a | Kaitlyn was declared the winner. |
| December 7 | NXT season 4 premiere | Nutter Center | Dayton, Ohio | Alberto Del Rio and Conor O'Brian vs. Daniel Bryan and Derrick Bateman | N/a | N/a | First season to be broadcast entirely on WWE.com. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1 | NXT season 4 finale | Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | Byron Saxton and Jacob Novak vs. Conor O'Brian and Derrick Bateman | N/a | N/a | Johnny Curtis was declared the winner. |
| March 8 | NXTRedemption premiere | Toyota Center | Houston, Texas | Lucky Cannon vs. Titus O'Neil | N/a | N/a | Featured seven rookies chosen from the previous male-only seasons. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13 | NXT Redemption finale | Verizon Wireless Arena | Manchester, New Hampshire | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) vs. Johnny Curtis and Michael McGillicutty | N/a | N/a | Final episode of NXT under the reality competition-based format. No winner was declared. |
| June 20 | NXT season 6 premiere | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | Michael McGillicutty vs. Tyson Kidd | N/a | N/a | First NXT episode as a developmental brand and first event at Full Sail University. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 24 | Clash of the Champions | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | Wade Barrett (c) vs. Bo Dallas for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | N/a | N/a | |
| December 25 | NXT Rewind 2013 | N/a | N/a | N/a | End of the year recap episode |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 25 | NXT Rewind 2014 | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | N/a | N/a | N/a | End of the year recap episode |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30 | The Best of NXT 2015 | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | N/a | N/a | N/a | End of the year recap episode |
| December 30 | WrestleMania 31 Axxess | McEnery Convention Center | San Jose, California | Finn Bálor vs. Hideo Itami in the final of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal qualifying tournament | N/a | N/a |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 28 | NXT in Japan | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Samoa Joe (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship | N/a | N/a | First 2-hour edition of NXT |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | NXT in Australia | Margaret Court Arena | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage match for the NXT Championship | N/a | N/a | |
| December 13 | NXT Holiday Week | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black for a spot in the Fatal 4-way match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship | 0.27 [9] | 0.84 [9] | Simulcasted on the WWE Network and USA as part of USA's WWE Holiday Week. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18 | NXT's USA Network premiere | Full Sail University | Winter Park, Florida | Killian Dain vs. Matt Riddle in a Street Fight | 0.43 [10] | 1.18 [10] | The first hour aired on USA, while the second hour aired on the WWE Network. |
| October 2 | First two-hour NXT on USA | The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) for the NXT Tag Team Championship | 0.32 [11] | 0.89 [12] | The start of the Wednesday Night Wars. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | New Year's Evil | WWE Performance Center | Orlando, Florida | Finn Bálor (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Championship | 0.16 [29] | 0.64 [30] | Hosted by Dexter Lumis. First New Year's Evil special since 1999 and first under the WWE and NXT banner. Went head-to-head with night 1 of AEW New Year's Smash . |
| April 7 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver (Night 1) | Io Shirai (c) vs. Raquel González for the NXT Women's Championship | 0.24 [31] | 0.768 [31] | Was the first TakeOver event to air on USA. Concluded the Wednesday Night Wars, as NXT moved to Tuesdays on April 13. [32] | ||
| April 13 | NXT's move to Tuesday | The Way (Johnny Gargano, Austin Theory, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell) vs. Dexter Lumis, Bronson Reed, Ember Moon, and Shotzi Blackheart | 0.22 [33] | 0.805 [33] | First NXT episode after the end of the Wednesday Night Wars. | ||
| July 6 | The Great American Bash | Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly | 0.19 [34] | 0.707 [34] | |||
| July 27 | NXT on Syfy | Adam Cole vs. Bronson Reed | 0.12 [35] | 0.52 [35] | Aired on Syfy due to USA's coverage of the Summer Olympics. First NXT episode on Syfy since September 28, 2010. | ||
| August 3 | Johnny Gargano vs. Dexter Lumis in a Love Her or Loser Her match | 0.10 [36] | 0.52 [36] | ||||
| September 14 | NXT 2.0 premiere | Tommaso Ciampa vs. Pete Dunne vs. LA Knight vs. Von Wagner in a fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Championship | 0.21 [37] | 0.77 [37] | First episode of the newly revamped NXT, featuring a new logo, a remodeled WWE Performance Center, and new theme song performed by Wale. | ||
| October 26 | Halloween Havoc | Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship | 0.18 [38] | 0.746 [38] |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | New Year's Evil | WWE Performance Center | Orlando, Florida | Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship | 0.16 [39] | 0.685 [39] | |
| February 15 | Vengeance Day | Bron Breakker (c) vs. Santos Escobar for the NXT Championship | 0.11 [40] | 0.525 [40] | Aired on Syfy. | ||
| March 8 | Roadblock | Bron Breakker (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tommaso Ciampa in a triple threat match for the NXT Championship | 0.13 [41] | 0.613 [41] | |||
| May 3 | Spring Breakin' | Bron Breakker (c) vs. Joe Gacy for the NXT Championship | 0.13 [42] | 0.661 [42] | |||
| July 5 | The Great American Bash | Bron Breakker (c) vs. Cameron Grimes for the NXT Championship | 0.12 [43] | 0.593 [43] | |||
| August 16 | Heatwave | Bron Breakker (c) vs. JD McDonagh for the NXT Championship | 0.14 [44] | 0.678 [44] | First Heat Wave event held since 2000 and first under the WWE and NXT banner. | ||
| September 13 | NXT 2.0: 1 Year Anniversary | Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Solo Sikoa for the NXT North American Championship | 0.15 [45] | 0.728 [45] | Revived the fan voting for matches concept from Taboo Tuesday used from 2004 to 2008. At the end of the show, Shawn Michaels revealed the new NXT logo which effectively ended the "2.0" branding. |
| Date | Episode title | Venue | Location | Final match | Rating (18–49) | U.S. Viewers (million) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | New Year's Evil | TBA | TBA | TBA | N/a | N/a | |