NXT to air live for first time and NXT UK to make it’s British broadcast debut

    BT Sport are rounding off 2019 with a bang after announcing it is adding NXT and NXT UK to its roster of WWE programming.

    NXT will air live at 1 am, starting January 1st 2020 and NXT UK will air weekly, but a broadcast time has not been given for that yet.

    BT Sport will also show primetime, same-day repeats of SmackDown, Raw and NXT.

    Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said in a statement;

    “We are looking forward to welcoming WWE to its new home, BT Sport. WWE is something that many of us have grown up with and we look forward to bringing the best of BT Sport to WWE, offering UK fans more access and more content than ever before.”

    In addition, BT Sports relationship with WWE kicks off on New Years Day with a bumper block of WWE programming on the first day of 2020. These include;

    • At 8am and 11:30am, BT Sport’s acclaimed No Filter crew gives fans a unique behind-the-scenes look at the November 2019 WWE live event tour of the UK. 
    • Kofi Kingston’s inspirational journey back to his homeland of Ghana is the subject of WWE 24: Kofi Kingston airing at 8:30am
    • WWE 24: Becky Lynch airs at 9:30am and follows Lynch on her path to WWE Superstardom with unprecedented behind-the-curtain access as she becomes a defining face of the Women’s Evolution, from her humble beginnings of wrestling in Ireland to winning the main event at WrestleMania.
    • John Cena narrates a special presentation of WrestleMania Legendary Moments at 10:30am, giving fans the chance to re-live the most spectacular action from the past 35 years of The Show of Shows.

    BT have also announced an exclusive deal where WWE fans who sign up to select BT Superfast Fibre and BT Sport bundles between Friday, January 10 and Monday, January 27 will receive a WWE Championship Commemorative Title Belt worth up to £180 RRP (while Title Belt stocks last).