WWE: NBC Reportedly Very Happy Over NXT, Wes Lee on Transition from Tag to Singles Wrestler, More News

NBC Universal Reportedly Very Happy Over NXT’s Halloween Havoc 2022 Success on Peacock

NBC Universal officials reportedly were very happy with the success of WWE’s NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 event this past Saturday on Peacock, according to The Mat Men Pro Wrestling.

Andrew Zarian reported that his sources stated that the viewership of NXT’s event was the highest ever for a standalone NXT event on Peacock that did not include a WWE main roster event taking place on the same weekend.

Zarian also reported that NBC officials were “encouraged” that WWE’s additional promotion for the event helped translate into additional viewership on Peacock for the event. NBC officials reportedly have held a very positive view towards NXT over the past several weeks.

Halloween Havoc was NXT’s most-viewed standalone PLE since the start of the Peacock relationship.

By Standalone I mean running a weekend where there is no main roster PLE #NXT #WWE #Peacock pic.twitter.com/lSKvwe9b36

— Andrew Zarian (@AndrewZarian) October 25, 2022

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Execs were "encouraged" that additional promotion helped translate into additional viewership for this PLE

The overall attitude towards NXT from NBCU side of things has been very positive over the past few weeks.#NXT #WWE

— Andrew Zarian (@AndrewZarian) October 25, 2022

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Wes Lee Comments on Transitioning from a Tag Team Wrestler to a Singles Wrestler

A recent episode of the Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast had Wes Lee as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Lee’s thoughts on his transition from being a tag team specialist to a singles wrestler in WWE’s NXT brand.

“When I pulled the title from on top of the ladder. It’s a weird process where nothing really feels real until it happens. Things happen throughout life that prevent you from getting to the end goal that is said to be the end goal. I’m very blessed that everything worked out and I became the North American Champion and the hard work and perseverance that I had to endure, it paid off. That feel good story of hard work paying off. This is 100% proof of it. It wasn’t just in-ring hard work, it was personal hard work. There were a lot of times where I was thinking about whether or not I still have this. I had a singles time period before I became a tag team specialist, but even within that, I was still floundering. I was trying to find myself, I was uncomfortable with who I was. I was a very young individual and I hadn’t necessarily had the life experience necessary for me to grow within myself. I don’t want to say I was a sheltered kid, but I shied away from certain things because of preconceived notions of it. As I experienced life and I see what I’m capable of, life is difficult, but it definitely equips you with tools necessary to become successful.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE News & Notes

Xavier Woods recently announced on Twitter that he will be one of the contestants on this Sunday’s episode of Wheel of Fortune on ABC.

WWE recently announced that they have moved up their upcoming third quarter 2022 fiscal report release and investor’s meeting from its originally scheduled date of November 3rd to a new date of November 2nd.

As noted before, WWE recently announced that next year’s Elimination Chamber event will be taking place on February 23, 2023 in Montreal, Canada. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that WWE officials currently do not have any plans to hold their next event in Saudi Arabia that month as has been the case the past two years. Johnson reported that WWE is currently planning for their first Saudi event in 2023 to take place during sometime in the Spring instead.

WWE reportedly recently scheduled their next Campus Rush themed NIL tryouts to take place on November 8th at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho and on November 9th at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, according to PWInsider.

As noted before, WWE is currently planning to remove all of their content very soon from streaming service Hulu due to their deal with Hulu is currently set to expire by the end of this year. PWInsider’s Paul Jordan reported that the newest expiration date for the removal of WWE’s content this week was recently removed from Hulu.

NXT talent Robert Stone, also known as Mr. Stone, announced on Twitter that his mother had recently passed away.

Vulture Fest recently announced that Sasha Banks and Naomi will be among the guests for this year’s Vulture Fest event on November 12th at The Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles, California.