List of WWE NXT on-air personalities
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This is a list of on-air personalities from the professional wrestling television series WWE's NXT. On-air personalities include the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators, and on-screen authority figures.
Authority figures[edit]
| Authority figure | Position | Date started | Date finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Striker | Host | February 23, 2010 | June 13, 2012 |
| Ashley Valence | Co-host | June 22, 2010 | August 31, 2010 |
| Maryse | Co-host | March 8, 2011 | July 26, 2011 |
| William Regal | Match Coordinator | February 29, 2012 | June 13, 2012 |
| General Manager | July 31, 2014 | January 5, 2022 | |
| Dusty Rhodes | Interim General Manager | June 20, 2012 | September 25, 2013 |
| Commissioner | August 29, 2012
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| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | General Manager | September 25, 2013 | July 31, 2014 |
| Michael Cole | Interim General Manager | November 25, 2015
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| Samoa Joe | Executive Enforcer | June 15, 2021 | July 27, 2021 |
| Shawn Michaels | Senior Vice President | September 13, 2022 | present |
| Cody Rhodes | Guest General Manager | October 10, 2023
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| Ava | General Manager | January 23, 2024 | present |
On August 24, 2011, Maryse underwent surgery for an abdominal hernia and was on medical leave from WWE, therefore Maryse's role as co-host ended.[1][2] She would later be released from WWE on October 28 and would not return to NXT.[3] A new co-host was never announced. Dusty Rhodes was named Interim NXT General Manager on June 20, 2012, which coincided with the rebranding of NXT into a full scale developmental promotion. On the August 29 episode (taped July 29) of NXT, Rhodes was noted as NXT Commissioner. On September 25, 2013, Triple H relieved Dusty Rhodes of his duties and replaced him with John Bradshaw Layfield. On November 25, 2015, the Raw lead commentator Michael Cole replaced William Regal as NXT General Manager while Regal was recovering from neck surgery.
Commentators[edit]
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| Commentators | Dates |
|---|---|
| Michael Cole and Josh Mathews | February 23, 2010 – November 30, 2010 January 18, 2012 |
| Michael Cole, Josh Mathews and CM Punk | September 21, 2010 |
| Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews | December 7, 2010 – March 1, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and William Regal | March 8, 2011 – April 12, 2011 April 26, 2011 May 17, 2011 – May 24, 2011 June 7, 2011 – August 23, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and Matt Striker1 | May 3, 2011 – May 10, 2011 |
| Todd Grisham and Michael Cole2 | May 31, 2011 |
| Jack Korpela and William Regal | September 6, 2011 – November 3, 2011 |
| Jack Korpela and Michael Cole2 | September 13, 2011 |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker3 | November 9, 2011 – December 28, 2011 |
| Matt Striker and William Regal4 | November 23, 2011 January 4, 2012 – January 11, 2012 |
| Josh Mathews and William Regal6 | April 19, 2011 November 16, 2011 January 25, 2012 – June 13, 2012 |
| Matt Striker and guest commentators5 | April 25, 2012 |
| Jim Ross and Byron Saxton | June 27, 2012 – July 4, 2012 |
| Byron Saxton, William Regal and Jim Ross7 | July 11, 2012 – October 17, 2012 |
| Jim Ross and William Regal | June 20, 2012 October 24, 2012 – October 31, 2012 |
| Tony Luftman and William Regal | October 24, 2012 – October 31, 2012 |
| Tom Phillips, William Regal, Tony Dawson and Brad Maddox8 | November 7, 2012 – July 31, 2013 |
| Tony Dawson, William Regal, Tom Phillips and Alex Riley8 | August 7, 2013 – September 20, 2013 |
| Tom Phillips, William Regal, Byron Saxton, Alex Riley, Jason Albert and Renee Young | September 20, 2013 – April 3, 2014 |
| Tom Phillips, William Regal, Byron Saxton, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert and Renee Young | April 10, 2014 – July 24, 2014 |
| Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Renee Young, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley and Jason Albert | July 31, 2014 – September 11, 2014 |
| Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert and Renee Young | September 18, 2014 – December 11, 2014 |
| Rich Brennan, Alex Riley, Jason Albert, Renee Young and Corey Graves | December 11, 2014 – January 21, 2015 |
| Renee Young and Corey Graves | December 25, 2014 |
| Rich Brennan, Tom Phillips, Alex Riley, Corey Graves and Jason Albert | January 28, 2015 – March 4, 2015 |
| Rich Brennan, Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Jason Albert | March 11, 2015 – March 18, 2015 |
| Rich Brennan and Corey Graves | March 25, 2015 – April 22, 2015 August 26, 2015 – September 9, 2015 December 30, 2015 – January 6, 2016 |
| Rich Brennan, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton | April 29, 2015 – August 22, 2015 September 16, 2015 – December 23, 2015 |
| Tom Phillips and Corey Graves | January 13, 2016 – November 30, 2016 |
| Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Percy Watson | December 7, 2016 – February 1, 2017 |
| Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson | February 8, 2017 – June 21, 2017 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson | June 28, 2017 – April 11, 2018 May 16, 2018 – May 8, 2019 |
| Mauro Ranallo and Percy Watson | November 29, 2017 January 31, 20189 April 18, 2018 – May 9, 201810 |
| Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson | June 20, 2018 October 24, 2018 – November 14, 2018 |
| Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness | November 28, 2018 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness and Beth Phoenix | May 15, 2019 – March 11, 2020 |
| Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness | June 12, 2019 March 4, 2020 |
| Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness and Beth Phoenix | November 27, 2019 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Tom Phillips and Beth Phoenix | December 25, 201911 |
| Mauro Ranallo and Beth Phoenix | January 15, 2020 June 24, 2020 |
| Tom Phillips and Triple H | March 18, 2020 |
| Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton | March 25, 2020 April 15, 2020 – April 22, 2020 |
| Tom Phillips and Sam Roberts | April 1, 2020 |
| Mauro Ranallo | April 8, 2020 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Tom Phillips and Beth Phoenix | April 29, 2020 – May 6, 2020 May 27, 2020 – June 17, 2020 July 1, 2020 – August 5, 2020 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Beth Phoenix and Byron Saxton | May 13, 2020 – May 20, 2020 |
| Mauro Ranallo, Vic Joseph and Beth Phoenix | August 12, 2020 – August 19, 2020 |
| Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett and Beth Phoenix | August 26, 2020 – September 16, 2020 October 7, 2020 – November 18, 2020 December 2, 2020 – June 22, 2021 July 6, 2021 – August 3, 2021 August 17, 2021 – October 12, 2021 October 26, 2021 – November 30, 2021 |
| Tom Phillips and Beth Phoenix | September 23, 2020 – September 30, 2020 |
| Vic Joseph, Kevin Owens and Beth Phoenix | November 25, 2020 |
| Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett | December 7, 2021 – September 27, 2022 |
| Sudu Shah, Wade Barrett and Byron Saxton | October 4, 2022 |
| Vic Joseph and Booker T | October 11, 2022 – January 30, 2024 February 27, 2024 – present |
| Vic Joseph and Byron Saxton | February 6, 2024 – February 20, 202412 |
- Notes
- ^ Matt Striker became the alternate color commentator on NXT beginning May 3, 2011 due to Regal's increased in-ring schedule (Regal would continue as commentator when he was not wrestling). This ended on the May 17, 2011 episode of NXT when Regal would return as a full-time commentator.
- ^ ^ Michael Cole served as special guest color commentator on NXT for the May 31, 2011 broadcast substituting for an absent William Regal. Cole would also substitute for Regal again on commentary on the September 13, 2011 broadcast due to Regal and Striker competing in a match that night.
- ^ Matt Striker and Josh Mathews were guest commentators on NXT for the November 9, 2011 broadcast substituting for the absent William Regal and Jack Korpela. Striker and Mathews returned to commentary the following two weeks because Jack Korpela's contract with the WWE had expired and he opted not to renew.
- ^ Matt Striker and William Regal commentated the November 23, 2011 episode of NXT due to Mathews being absent.
- ^ Following the absence of Josh Mathews from NXT after being attacked by Brock Lesnar on the April 23, 2012 episode of Raw, Matt Striker was joined by several guest commentators for one night on NXT: Hornswoggle, AJ Lee, and Michael McGillicutty.
- ^ On the April 19, 2011 episode of NXT, Josh Mathews was substituting for an absent Todd Grisham. This repeated on November 16, 2011, but this time he was substituting for an absent Jack Korpela, who would later be released from his WWE contract.
- ^ Jim Ross only called the main event.
- ^ The pairings of Dawson/Luftman (Dawson and Luftman were the same man) and Regal and Phillips and Maddox commentate on alternate shows. Riley replaced Maddox in August 2013 after Maddox became the Raw General Manager. Scott Stanford serves as narrator.
- ^ When McGuinness was feeling under the weather, so only Ranallo and Watson called the event.
- ^ When McGuinness was absent for the birth of his daughter, so only Ranallo and Watson called the event.
- ^ On the December 25, 2019 Christmas episode of NXT, Ranallo/McGuinness called some of the show from Full Sail, While Phillips/Phoenix called the other half from Brooklyn.
- ^ Byron Saxton filled in for Booker T, while Booker T recovers from a medical procedure.
Ring announcers[edit]
| Ring announcer | Date started | Date finished |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah | February 23, 2010 | June 1, 2010 |
| Jamie Keyes | June 8, 2010 | August 24, 2010 |
| Justin Roberts | December 7, 2010 | |
| March 8, 2011 | ||
| September 13, 2011 | ||
| Tony Chimel* | August 31, 2010 | November 30, 2010 |
| December 14, 2010 | March 1, 2011 | |
| March 15, 2011 | November 30, 2011 | |
| December 28, 2011 | January 11, 2012 | |
| January 26, 2012 | June 13, 2012 | |
| Eden Stiles | July 12, 2011 | |
| November 9, 2011 | ||
| December 7, 2011 | December 21, 2011 | |
| Lilian Garcia | January 18, 2012 | |
| Caylee Turner, Summer Rae and Chris Russo | June 20, 2012 | October 17, 2012 |
| Howard Finkel | Main Event, July 29, 2012 (aired August 29, 2012) | |
| Summer Rae and Byron Saxton | October 24, 2012 | February 14, 2013 |
| Byron Saxton, Kendall Skye, Alexa Bliss, Eden Stiles and Veronica Lane | February 21, 2013 | September 19, 2013 |
| Byron Saxton, Eden, JoJo, Alexa Bliss and Veronica Lane | September 26, 2013 | October 10, 2014 |
| Byron Saxton and JoJo | October 16, 2014 | November 6, 2014 |
| JoJo | November 13, 2014 | April 29, 2015 |
| JoJo and Greg Hamilton | May 6, 2015 | July 15, 2015 |
| Greg Hamilton and Dasha Fuentes | July 22, 2015 | August 24, 2016 |
| Andrea D'Marco and Mike Rome | August 31, 2016 | January 4, 2017 |
| Mike Rome | January 11, 2017 | April 5, 2017 |
| May 3, 2017 | August 23, 2017 | |
| May 14, 2024 | present | |
| Dasha Fuentes | April 12, 2017 | April 26, 2017 |
| Christy St. Cloud | November 29, 2017 | March 16, 2018 |
| Mike Rome and Kayla Braxton | August 30, 2017 | April 11, 2018 |
| July 4, 2018 | August 15, 2018 | |
| Kayla Braxton | April 18, 2018 | June 27, 2018 |
| August 22, 2018 | April 17, 2019 | |
| Alicia Taylor | April 24, 2019 | May 7, 2024, |
| September 1, 2024* [4] | ||
| September 3, 2024 | September 10, 2024 | |
| Greg Hamilton | March 25, 2020 | April 8, 2020 |
| Kelly Kincaid | November 14, 2023 | November 21, 2023 |
- If Chimel was absent from the NXT/SmackDown tapings, he would have been substituted as ring announcer by Raw’s Justin Roberts or Superstars’ Eden Stiles, who would also serve as SmackDown’s ring announcer for that week's episode. Effective December 8, 2011, Chimel has been replaced by Lilian Garcia on SmackDown and Eden Stiles has picked up Chimel's NXT announcing duties until December 13, 2011. On December 21 prior to NXT being uploaded on WWE.com, Stiles announced that she asked for her release from WWE a day after her final Superstars and NXT appearances had been recorded.
- Alicia Taylor appeared on a off as ring announcer for WWE PLE NXT No Mercy (2024)
Backstage interviewers[edit]
| Backstage interviewer | Date started | Date finished |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Luftman | October 24, 2012 | January 29, 2014 |
| Renee Young | January 23, 2013 | April 10, 2013 |
| Devin Taylor | November 20, 2013 | September 30, 2015 |
| Dasha Fuentes | April 27, 2016 | April 26, 2017 |
| Cathy Kelley | May 4, 2016 | February 12, 2020 |
| Andrea D'Marco | May 4, 2016 | February 15, 2017 |
| Charly Caruso | July 27, 2016 | October 19, 2016 |
| Kayla Braxton | December 21, 2016 | April 19, 2017 |
| Christy St. Cloud | April 26, 2017 | March 7, 2018 |
| Sarah Schreiber | July 18, 2018 | August 1, 2018 |
| Kat Marino | February 19, 2020 | March 4, 2020 |
| McKenzie Mitchell | March 11, 2020 | November 28, 2023 |
| Alyse Ashton | February 3, 2021 | February 10, 2021 |
| Sarah Schreiber | October 24, 2023 | present |
| Kelly Kincaid | December 5, 2023 | present |
| Blake Howard | September 1, 2024 | present |
See also[edit]
- List of WWE Raw on-air personalities
- List of WWE SmackDown on-air personalities
- List of current champions in WWE
References[edit]
- ↑ "WWE Diva undergoes surgery". Pro Wrestling Torch. August 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Martin, Adam (August 25, 2011). "WWE Diva scheduled for surgery on Wednesday". WrestleView. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Maryse released". WWE. October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "NXT No Mercy 2024 | Match Card & Results | WWE PPV".
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