Report: WWE considering more road dates for NXT TV

WWE’s developmental program NXT is based out of Florida, but they look to be spending a lot more time on the road next year. 

According to a report by Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select, NXT is considering increasing their road schedule for TV in 2026. “The emphasis is to get more reps on the road for a lot of their talent on the show,” according to the report. 

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful clarifies that despite the added road dates, the WWE’s Performance Center will still be NXT’s home arena, and there are no plans to abandon the building entirely. 

Our own Bryan Alvarez is reporting that the extended road schedule has been planned for a long time, and in fact is included in NXT’s contract with the CW Network. 

WWE executive Shawn Michaels, who has been in charge of NXT since 2022, talked about the need for house shows a few months ago. 

“We always talk about this: there’s TV, there’s live events, there’s PLEs. They’re all kind of different. And all those performances have to be different,” Michaels said at the time. “And this feel [of the shows is different], and so many things that we say that they haven’t had the opportunity to really experience, because we’re in the Performance Center on a regular basis. And that audience is an audience that is sort of there playing their part on television and doing their role, which they do in a great way more often than not.”

Stubhub currently lists NXT events in Florida, Tennessee, and Washington state over the next few months. However, they are only listing one televised event away from the Performance Center: a February 24 event at Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.