NXT Homecoming (2025)
| NXT Homecoming | |||
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 Event logo | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand | NXT | ||
| Date | September 16, 2025 | ||
| City | Winter Park, Florida | ||
| Venue | Full Sail University | ||
| Attendance | 1,200 | ||
| NXT special episodes chronology | |||
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NXT: Homecoming was a 2025 professional wrestling television special produced by WWE for its NXT brand. The event took place on September 16, 2025, at NXT's original home arena of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida and aired live as a special episode of NXT on The CW. Full Sail had served as NXT's home venue from 2012 to 2020 before moving to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Four matches took place during the broadcast, with two dark matches held before the event aired live.
Production
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Vic Joseph |
| Booker T | |
Background
In mid-2012, WWE ceased operations of its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW),[1] and begun taping episodes for the revamped NXT program on WWE.com at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on May 17, 2012, in which the format would be changed from a hybrid of WWE's scripted live event shows and reality television to a developmental brand to train wrestlers before being called up to the main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown.[2][3][4][5][6] Full Sail would continue to be the home arena for NXT until October 2020, when NXT relocated to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[7][8][9][10]
During NXT Heatwave on August 24, 2025, WWE announced that after five years, NXT would return to Full Sail University to present a live television special as a "Homecoming" special episode of NXT on The CW.[11]
Storylines
The card included five matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand,[12][13] while storylines were produced on the weekly television program, NXT.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[14] | ||||
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| 1D | Thea Hail defeated Kendal Grey | Singles match | — | ||||
| 2D | Andre Chase defeated Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo | Singles non title match | — | ||||
| 3 | Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair (c) defeated The Culling (Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley) (with Niko Vance and Shawn Spears) | Tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 11:09 | ||||
| 4 | Trick Melo Gang (Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams) defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | Tag team match | 10:39 | ||||
| 5 | Ethan Page (c) defeated Tyler Breeze | Singles match for the NXT North American Championship | 10:38 | ||||
| 6 | Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer, and Lyra Valkyria defeated Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Jazmyn Nyx) | Six-woman tag team match | 10:26 | ||||
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References
- ↑ "WWE News: FCW name being phased out". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ↑ "WWE Planning Major Changes with NXT". Bleacher Report. May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ↑ Staff, PWMania com (May 12, 2012). "Official Announcement On WWE Moving NXT To Full Sail University". PWMania. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ↑ Dilbert, Ryan. "A Look at Full Sail University, WWE's NXT Taping Venue". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (February 27, 2014). "WWE news: NXT "Arrival" live tonight on the Network - Cena & HBK, two title matches, big names on Pre-Show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ James, Justin (May 29, 2014). "James's WWE NXT TakeOver report 5/29: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live special on WWE Network". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Full Sail University Shuts Down, NXT Tapings Heading to WWE PC". www.pwinsider.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Pollock, John (2020-10-02). "NXT moving to the Performance Center beginning with TakeOver". Post Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Barrasso, Justin (October 4, 2020). "NXT Unveiling the Capitol Wrestling Center at Sunday's TakeOver 31". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ "NXT Takeover 31: Every champion retains inside the Capitol Wrestling Center". Slam Wrestling. 2020-10-05. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ↑ Pollock, John (August 24, 2025). "NXT announces Homecoming, No Mercy & Halloween Havoc events". POST Wrestling.
- ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ↑ DeFelice, Robert (September 16, 2025). "WWE NXT Homecoming (9/16/25) Results: Charlotte Flair, DIY, Finn Balor, More Return To Full Sail Live". Fightful.