WWE NXT Notes: Wade Barrett Fills In For Booker T On NXT Commentary, Mason Rook Surprise Return, Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, & Kelani Jordan Revealed As Next Competitors In John Cena Classic, Perros del Mal Surprise Appears, Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan for NXT Women’s Title and More for 11/17 Show Card

Nov 10, 2026

Wade Barrett Fills In For Booker T On NXT Commentary

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured SmackDown brand commentator Wade Barrett filling in for Booker T on NXT commentary.

At the start of the show, Vic Joseph announced that Booker T was a break for this week and Barrett was his replacement for the show.

Wade Barrett is filling in for Booker T on NXT tonight! #WWENXT https://t.co/HMlgm1TCrH
— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) November 11, 2026

Mason Rook Makes Surprise Return

WWE’s NXT show also featured Mason Rook making a surprise return.

During the show, NXT Champion Grayson Waller and Shiloh Hill had an in-ring promo segment about Waller demanding for someone to come out and be his next challenger and Hill answering it only to be rejected by Waller in the end saying that Hill wasn’t ready to get a title shot. As Waller was leaving to the back, Rook ran out and attacked Waller. Rook then sent Waller back into the ring and him and Hill teamed up to lay out Waller.

HE’S BIG HE’S BAD HE’S BACK!!! @MasonRook_wwe https://t.co/aqUY184rzW
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

This was Rook’s first appearance since this past late September due to an undisclosed medical issue.

Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, & Kelani Jordan Revealed As Next Competitors In John Cena Classic

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, Kelani Jordan being revealed as the newest competitors from the NXT brand for the John Cena Classic, which takes place on December 14 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Dar and Moreno were revealed as the newest competitor following a video backstage segment involving John Cena, Dar, and Moreno.

HISTORY 🤩 @JohnCena has officially invited @NoamDar and @Itsbbyromeo to join the John Cena Classic!! #WWENXT https://t.co/cyZn7Rnmi7
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

BOOK IT ✅ @NoamDar and @Itsbbyromeo are the latest WWE Superstars to be invited into the John Cena Classic! #WWENXT https://t.co/31B3UBe308
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

Jordan was revealed following another video backstage segment involving Cena and Jordan later in the show.

THE STANDOUT 🌟 @kelani_wwe has officially been invited to join the John Cena classic from the man himself! 😊 https://t.co/0Oc87aRVhY
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

ONE SHOT LANI 😤 @kelani_wwe has been invited to join the John Cena Classic! #WWENXT https://t.co/kUcvE7lXw1
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

Current field for John Cena Classic:

Cody Rhodes
Zilla Fatu
Noam Dar
Romeo Moreno
Kelani Jordan

Perros del Mal Makes Surprise Appearance

WWE’s NXT show also featured AAA stable Perros del Mal (Daga, Angel, Berto, & Karmen Petrovic) making a surprise appearance.

During the show, Zilla Fatu came out to the ring and called out NXT Champion Grayson Waller since he wanted a shot at the title. This led to the lights going out and DarkState’s (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, & Cutler James) showing up in the crowd.

OH NO 😨 DarkState have interrupted Zilla Fatu!! https://t.co/XFPv092nKO
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

After some back-and-forth banter between Fatu and DarkState, BirthRight’s (Lexis King, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connor, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, & Arianna Grace) music played to interrupt and came out to the ring. King talked about them taking issue with DarkState claiming to be the biggest threat in NXT when they are instead. As DarkState and BirthRight surrounded the ring, Fatu gave some words about how he’d give a Dion a match with him next week if he survivies this and asked Dempsey if he said dogs. Fatu then pointed to the crowd and said “Hallo” leading to Perros coming out from the crowd. Perros then got onto the apron and all three groups got into the ring for a mass brawl as Fatu slipped away being pleased at what was going down.

PERROS DEL MAL 🔥 OH YEAH!! https://t.co/8vLCQQEtml
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

Current Card For Next Week’s Show

WWE announced two new matches for the card of next week’s WWE NXT show on November 17 at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Among the notable new matches announced was a NXT Women’s Championship match of Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan (c).

This new match was setup following an in-ring promo segment involving Grey coming out to interrupt Jordan after she said she was taking a break for the next few weeks. Grey announced that she is fully cleared for an in-ring return and demanded to get her rematch that she was owed for the title only for Jordan to refuse until NXT GM Robert Stone came out and made the match official for next week’s show.

Set in STONE!! 🤌 @kelani_wwe will defend the NXT Women’s Title against @kendalgreywwe NEXT WEEK! https://t.co/20uXE3eDPd
— WWE (@WWE) November 11, 2026

Current card for November 17th WWE NXT show:

NXT Women’s Championship – Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan (c)
Tony D’Angelo vs. Kam Hendrix