WWE SuperCard is a 2014 digital collectible card game featuring WWE Superstars for iOS and Android , and a mobile installment in the WWE video game series, under the WWE 2K banner, developed by Cat Daddy Games and published by 2K . As of 2024, it is also the longest running (official) online WWE mobile game.
92-573: The game has several game modes: Wild (introduced in Season 3 as a name change for Exhibition), King of the Ring, Road to Glory, People's Champion Challenge (retired after Season 2 but returned in Season 10), Ring Domination (introduced in Season 2), Money in the Bank (introduced in Season 2), Team Battleground (introduced in Season 3), Royal Rumble (introduced in Season 3), Ranked which had its name changed to "War" mode with
184-776: A CM Punk card for the first time. On January 24, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '24 tier. On March 27, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the WrestleMania 40 tier. On May 15, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the Enigma tier. On July 31, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the SummerSlam '24 tier. On September 19, 2024, WWE SuperCard released the Inferno tier. On November 13, 2024, WWE SuperCard launched its eleventh season with five new tiers Metal, Ink, Invasion, Feral and Legion. WWE SuperCard introduced
276-488: A seasonal show which was presented as a hybrid between WWE's scripted live event shows and reality television , in which talent from WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) participated in a competition to become WWE's next "breakout star", with the help of mentors from WWE's Raw and SmackDown brands. Five seasons of this iteration were broadcast, with Wade Barrett , Kaval , Kaitlyn , and Johnny Curtis as winners. In June 2012, WWE ended
368-611: A "complete revamp" overseen by Triple H . However, due to undergoing heart surgery in September, Levesque stepped away from NXT with Shawn Michaels stepping in to oversee the changes. On the September 14, 2021 episode of NXT , the program was relaunched as NXT 2.0 to mark the changes, introducing a new rainbow-colored logo and redesigned studio. In September 2022, Michaels' role was made permanent, with his job title confirmed as Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative, responsible for both creative and development at NXT. At
460-518: A Team CC starts, Every player has to choose a side, and the team will play for the side which has been chosen the most. But as in PCC, the winning superstar is the reward, irrespective of the team's choice. The matchlock is like exhibition but each player gets three opponents to choose from with the points that can be earned by defeating the opponent instead of their tiers to determine the opponent's deck's difficulty level. Each deck will be randomly selected from
552-494: A bout system with a free bout every 15 minutes. On February 8, 2024, WWE SuperCard brought back People's Champion Challenge with Triple H and The Undertaker being the superstars to choose from. In Road to Glory, the player must construct a team of 16 superstars, 4 female superstars, and 2 support cards. Before playing, players choose their opponents like they would with People's Champion Challenge to earn points. This mode works just like exhibition but with more matches. The mode
644-561: A contender's bracket where all four groups are displayed. Every time the player and/or some of the player's group members win, the player is rewarded for moving onto the next stage in the bracket and moves up to either the Raw or SmackDown bracket depending on which bracket the player advanced from. Players who came from the 205 Live bracket move up to the SmackDown bracket, while those in the NXT bracket move to
736-433: A game, there are usually three matches, each carrying one point, which goes to the winning player. A match can end in a tie, in which case both players earn one point each, possibly leading to a tie between the players. In such a case, there is an extra match and its winner wins the whole match. Each win awards the player two picks whereas a loss provides only one pick and a perfect 3–0 victory provides an extra pick which makes
828-619: A map to progress to the next map. This means that to advance, it may be more valuable for you to chase perfect matches than to simply win as many as possible. Campaign works off of a variant of WILD Mode, presenting a straightforward but ever-varying challenge in each new stage. On 14 August, 2014, WWE SuperCard officially released on IOS and Android. WWE SuperCard is a battle card game where you would battle based on stats. The first season had 9 tiers Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare, Epic, Legendary, Survivor and WrestleMania. Season 2 introduced tokens and multi-charge enhancements to
920-500: A match against the opponent's deck. All games of Wild are set inside the NXT arena in season 4. In season 3, they would be held in a gym or a bar with WWE logos throughout the venue. Each Wild match features a variety of matches in which the player selects one or two cards with or without a support card suiting to the one or two stats to be compared in the match and that the match is for the male superstars, female superstars, or tag teams. In such
1012-401: A new mode named Boom. WWE SuperCard also reset player levels based on what level you reached in Season 10. In WWE SuperCard, there are 82 tiers/rarities. As of 13 November 2024 The game has a Metacritic score of 85 based on 7 critic reviews. As of May 2022, the game has been downloaded more than 26 million times. TouchArcade wrote "For a new IP, WWE SuperCard manages to hang with
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#17328695382091104-457: A new mode named Wild Campaign where you collect stars after every match you play and collect rewards. WWE SuperCard also introduced player levels that go from Level 1 to 54, the more you level up the better tier you will reach this will help you get better rewards from the draft board and from packs. On December 20, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Tundra tier. On January 10, 2024, WWE SuperCard released
1196-452: A particular order with each match lasting 10 minutes and a gap of 50 minutes between each match. The full deck is in play, unlike Season 1. The stamina system is the same as in Season 1, except the total number of Energy cards that can be accumulated increased to 25 from 10. After playing 45 matches the top eight players move onto the contenders bracket and the quarter finals, where there are two or three consecutive matches between two players of
1288-423: A particular order, with each match lasting 10 minutes and a gap of 50 minutes between matches. Half of the players of the deck is active and loses stamina (8 per match) and the other inactive half gains stamina (40 per match). With the decrease in stamina, the stats of a card decrease as well, so the player might use energy cards obtained from the card picks to fill a card's energy bar (players can gather up to 40) and
1380-429: A player's Top 8 tier, with one card guaranteed as a pull of their tier, unless the player is WrestleMania 37-WrestleMania 37++, in which case the top cards which can be drawn are Royal Rumble '21. On May 6, 2021, a new event titled CodeBreaker (with similar elements to Last Man Standing, Giants Unleashed, and Clash of Champions) was established, with the first event card being Kane . On June 9, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched
1472-580: A press release from WWE made shortly later that day. NXT is the second reality-based series produced by WWE, the first being WWE Tough Enough which aired between 2001 and 2004. Due to WWE's nature of airing weekly shows without hiatus, the plan for NXT was to split the year's set of episodes into multiple seasons . NXT was formed in 2010 when they paired up wrestlers from WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (dubbed "Rookies") with wrestlers from WWE's existing Raw and SmackDown brands (dubbed "Pros"). Each episode featured
1564-403: A special card that can only be obtained from the event. Like some other modes (i.e. Royal Rumble), this mode uses a bout system in which players can play five matches in a row. The player can earn a free match every 15 minutes or pay for bouts with credits. This mode consists of a deck made of 10 Superstars and 2 Support cards (no female superstars). The mode is played on a 3x3 grid (9 tiles), and
1656-399: A talk show segment or a feature on WWE's official website. One of the more frequent prizes given out to the winner is an "Immunity Pass", which gives the holder immunity from elimination in the next round of polls. During the last three seasons a greater emphasis on challenges was placed on the show. Instead of awarding prizes to the winner of the challenges, points are instead awarded to
1748-446: A total of three picks. In King of the Ring (KOTR), matches are simulated. The player builds a deck of eight superstars, two female superstars, and two support cards, which determines the player's tier and rewards. Then the AI matches up the player with 14 other players/bots and the player's lineup plays simulated matches with each of the opponent player's squad three times (not consecutively) in
1840-401: A wild match, the player has to set up a group of four male superstars, two female superstars, and two support cards. The player gets to pick from any cards that are unlocked between seasons 1-10. The player gets to choose from three opponents, which are similar to the player's tier. The game provides the number of matches won and lost by the opponent. After selecting an opponent, the player begins
1932-485: Is eliminated. Season 2 was set to use this format, but was changed to have the first poll an elimination poll. Season three also used the second season's format. The show continued until the season finale, where the final two or three Rookies appear. One or two final polls were then held to determine the winner of the competition. The prize for the winner is a WWE contract as well as a championship match at any list of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events . Outside of
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#17328695382092024-565: Is found. Players earned points to move up in the rankings and, at the end of the event, players were awarded cards on the basis of the winning side and the players' rankings. On May 21, 2020, WWE SuperCard added a similar event mode as People's Champion Challenge, named Clash of Champions ( titled after the pay-per-view of the same name ), sharing previous features from People's Champion Challenge such as choosing two different sides, and elements from different events such as Last Man Standing and Giants Unleashed. Like most modes, Clash of Champions has
2116-404: Is introduced, with players battling 15 cards against each other. New card tiers, Hardened, Elite and Ultimate, all with cards branded RAW, SmackDown! LIVE and NXT depending on the superstar and which brand they were on after the 2016 WWE brand split, and later, WrestleMania 33 and SummerSlam '17 and a ranked player vs. player mode were added. An emoji feature, referred to as Attitudes, was added to
2208-457: Is split in four rounds where each player is given four random cards. Play works like Wild Mode. After four rounds, the player who wins the most matches is the winner. Depending on the results of the match, the player can earn 3 to 9 draft picks on the board with a rare card or higher or a title match card resetting the board. After earning a certain number of points, the player can earn a card starting with WrestleMania 36 and work their way up to earn
2300-595: The American Bang song "Wild and Young" had been used for each season with the exception of the third. During season three, the show's opening theme song was " You Make the Rain Fall " by Kevin Rudolf . " Get Thru This " by Art of Dying was also used as bumper music during the initial five seasons of the show. NXT, as a game show, were held in large arenas as a part of the taping schedules of WWE's other shows which featured
2392-480: The Arab world , NXT episodes are added on Shahid streaming platform a day after the live broadcast on USA Network. In New Zealand , a one-hour version of NXT is broadcast on Sky 5 and Sky Open . In Germany , ProSieben Maxx started broadcasting NXT episodes on Thursdays after WrestleMania 39 . They also air Raw on Wednesdays and SmackDown on Saturdays. WWE Clash of Champions WWE Clash of Champions
2484-473: The NXT material from their website on June 19. NXT was then aired exclusively on Hulu and Hulu Plus in the United States, while continuing to be broadcast internationally. NXT returned to cable on December 20, 2017, airing a 1-hour special on USA Network . In September 2019, NXT permanently moved to USA Network and was revamped as a live, two-hour program on Wednesday nights, with replays available
2576-554: The WWE Network from ( February 27, 2014 ) to April 5, 2017. A remix of the same song was used starting on June 15, 2016. From April 12, 2017, the theme song was "Rage" by CFO$ , followed by "Resistance" by Powerflo; which was first used on the May 31, 2017 episode. On the April 4, 2019 episode, " All Out Life " by Slipknot was used as the new theme song. From April 13, 2021, to September 7, 2021,
2668-734: The WWE Network . Rogers Media secured the rights to Canadian WWE programming until 2024, after which go to Netflix in January 2025. Although the show moved in October 2024 to The CW (which is widely carried on Canadian television providers), Rogers has not yet decided whether to air NXT on its broadcast network Citytv to invoke potential simsub rights. WWE NXT was broadcast in the United Kingdom on TNT Sports from January 2020 until January 2024 when it moved back to WWE Network. In South Africa , WWE NXT airs live on SuperSport on Wednesdays. In
2760-761: The Battle Pass with rewards you can earn from the Free Pass or Premium Pass at a price of £19.89. On March 29, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Wrestlemania 39 tier. On June 1, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Myth tier. On August 2, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the SummerSlam '23 tier. On September 27, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Pantheon tier. On November 15, 2023, WWE SuperCard launched its tenth season with four new tiers Tempest, Detention, Noir, and Crucible. WWE SuperCard introduced
2852-486: The Forged tier, featuring over 70 cards. On August 11, 2021, WWE SuperCard released the SummerSlam '21 tier, with the first event card being The British Bulldog . On November 17, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched its eighth season with three new tiers named Mire, Maelstrom, and Valhalla, with the first event card of the season being Roman Reigns . With the new season's launch, followed the new game mode called Survivor ( titled after
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2944-464: The Raw bracket. However, losing players would be knocked out of the bracket and KOTR would end. KOTR in Season 4 takes just over a full day to complete, compared to the two or more days it took to complete in seasons 1–3. Rewards are given according to the player's KOTR tier. In a PCC, players chose one of the two sides available and played to add wins to the superstar's side they chose to earn points. PCC matches were just like Wild Mode matches, but here,
3036-526: The Road to WrestleMania tier with Ricochet being the event card. On March 30, a new game mode was launched, known as 24/7 Champion Mode. Based on the WWE 24/7 Championship , champions must be able to defend across all challengers, at any time. To become the champion, the player must successfully challenge for the championship. When players are the 24/7 Champion, they will be alerted by a referee icon at any given moment to warn
3128-473: The Ronin tier with over 170 cards available, alongside the first event card being Butch . On July 27, 2022, SummerSlam BCE tier was added. Also, on September 21, 2022, Arcane tier was added. On November 16, 2022, WWE SuperCard launched its ninth season with three new tiers named Pixel, Extinction and Octane. On January 18, 2023, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '23 tier. On March 1, 2023, WWE SuperCard released
3220-454: The Rookie Map. Rookie is the first of three maps– those being Rookie, Amateur, and Pro. In each map you’ll encounter 12 Bosses, and 84 total Stages. As you complete each stage or boss, you’ll collect anywhere from 1-3 Stars, depending on your performance in the ring. You don’t need to play each stage perfectly to progress to the next one, but you will need to collect all of the available stars in
3312-466: The Rookies' physical and mental skills. Past physical challenges include a keg carrying contest, an assault course contest and a " Rock 'Em Sock 'Em " tournament. Past non-physical challenges include making 30-second promos on a given topic and selling programme within a time limit. During the first two seasons, the winner of the weekly challenge receives a special prize such as a main event match,
3404-411: The September slot after the event was reinstated in 2019. An event was originally scheduled for 2021 but was canceled and replaced by that year's Extreme Rules event. Similar to Night of Champions, the theme of the event was that all active WWE championships available to each brand division featured at the event were defended. To coincide with the brand extension, which was reintroduced in mid-2016,
3496-571: The St. Louis show was later moved to a smaller venue—The Factory at The District—in the suburb of Chesterfield, Missouri . On October 21, 2024, WWE announced that it would broadcast NXT 2300 from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia (the former home arena of ECW ) on November 6, a special Wednesday night broadcast due to The CW simulcasting corporate sibling NewsNation 's coverage of the 2024 United States presidential election . In its original incarnation,
3588-408: The aim is to own the most tiles at the end of bout. Players start with a hand of six cards (and two support cards) dealt randomly from their decks. Placing a card in a tile controls the tile for the player, and the opponent may use the cards' alignment to challenge for a tile. The challenge is a single match between the two cards based on randomly selected attributes, and the winner of the match controls
3680-566: The announce table was repositioned. After NXT 2.0 was reverted to NXT, the ring ropes were reverted to white and the logo became white with black and gold accents in October 2022. NXT aired initially on Global Television Network taking the old slot of ECW. In July 2010, the series moved to The Score (renamed to Sportsnet 360 in 2013). In February 2021, NXT began to broadcast live on Wednesday aligning with USA Network schedule. This continued when NXT returned to Tuesday nights in April 2021. All archived broadcasts of NXT are available on
3772-400: The authority figure and match coordinator, with Matt Striker being retained as the show's host. On May 30, 2012, it was revealed that a sixth season of NXT under its original format was set to air. The season was supposed to star Big E , Seth Rollins , Damien Sandow , Hunico , Bo Dallas and Adam Rose as the season's rookies, but ultimately was cancelled before airing. In May 2012,
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3864-480: The basis of the winning side and the team's ranking. Campaign Campaign Mode is an always-on, single-player experience that pits you against a track of opponents that gradually increase in difficulty and intensity. As you progress through Campaign mode, you’ll need to come up with crafty solutions to beat different challenges presented to you along the way. Campaign Mode is structured in a system of Stages, Bosses, and Maps. As you enter your Campaign, you’ll begin in
3956-576: The best of them. Even without purchasing cards left and right you can still enjoy yourself, which is great news for skeptics or WWE fans". WWE NXT WWE NXT , also known simply as NXT , is an American professional wrestling television program. It is produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE , featuring performers from the promotion's NXT brand division . The show currently airs live on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on The CW . NXT initially debuted in 2010 as
4048-400: The brand's equivalent to the main roster's pay-per-view shows. WWE continued to air NXT Redemption , hoping a new television deal could be made. WWE.com revealed on June 13 that the new version of NXT would be made available online via WWE.com and YouTube beginning on Wednesday, June 20; when WWE would begin airing the episodes they taped at Full Sail on May 17. However, WWE removed all of
4140-451: The brand, such as: "a new logo, new lighting, a focus on younger talents and a different format to the TV shows." Dave Meltzer reported that, after having lost the ratings war with AEW, NXT will likely go back to their developmental roots, with "talent that are younger, bigger and that could someday main event at WrestleMania ." WWE President Nick Khan subsequently confirmed that NXT would undergo
4232-508: The cards, as well as a new tier, SummerSlam, named for WWE's annual August pay-per-view event. Additionally, the cards will level up skills with a feature called Play Levels. After Season 2 was introduced, Season 1 cards were made ineligible to play against Season 2 cards, additionally, the Fusion Chamber is used to convert higher-levels Season 1 cards into Season 2 cards. In Season 3, several new modes were introduced. A Royal Rumble game mode
4324-409: The champion when a player is challenging for the player's championship. Losing the championship results from losing the title to another player or failing to defend the championship on time will lead to being stripped of the 24/7 Championship. Rewards are based on the successful title defenses a player has, the higher amount of victories, the better the rewards are. On June 1, 2022, WWE SuperCard launched
4416-432: The coming of Royal Rumble '21 Fusion cards. Also, there has been a Legion Of Doom Leak in the Royal Rumble '21 Event Cards. On March 31, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched the WrestleMania 37 tier, along with a "dusting" feature that allows useless cards to be dusted to fill a points meter towards accessing a special draft board with 16 possible picks on a 4-x-4 draft board. Picks on the exclusive board are only at most 3 tiers below
4508-439: The conclusion of the September 13, 2022 episode of NXT (which marked the one-year anniversary of the relaunch), an updated NXT logo was unveiled, removing the "2.0" branding and returning to a gold color scheme. On November 7, 2023, WWE announced that NXT would move to The CW in October 2024 under a five-year deal. The network had previously broadcast SmackDown (as a carry-over from its co-predecessor, UPN ), as well as
4600-404: The event was held as a SmackDown -branded event and was pushed back to December. In 2018, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive pay-per-views following WrestleMania 34 . A Clash of Champions event was originally announced to be held that year, but it was later canceled and replaced by the all-female event, Evolution . In 2019, Clash of Champions was reinstated for the September slot. As the event
4692-413: The event were defended. For example, in 2019, the event featured Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live, so all the championships available to those three brands at the time were defended. Although the event was centered around championship matches, non-championship matches occurred at the 2016, 2017, and 2019 events. In 2020, every match on the card was a championship match. With a total of 11 championships at
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#17328695382094784-491: The following day on WWE Network. Due to scheduling overlap with the final episodes of Suits , the second hour of the program was aired on WWE Network until October 2, when it began airing in its entirety on USA. This started the Wednesday Night Wars , during which NXT was broadcast in direct competition with rival wrestling show AEW Dynamite , which aired in the same time slot on TNT . Several publications noted
4876-422: The following four criteria: Initially, in the first two seasons the full results and rankings from the poll were revealed. However, since August 17, 2010 only the elimination is revealed. The first poll, usually held a third of the way through the competition, determines the Rookies' rankings. Subsequent polls are held several weeks later near the end of the season, where the lowest ranked Rookie without immunity
4968-498: The game as well. New Events added to Season 4 include an all-female Elimination Chamber and Women's Royal Rumble events. Live Player vs. Player modes have been merged into weekly leagues, where players can earn points and upgrades heading into the next week's league. New card tiers Beast, Monster, Titan, WrestleMania 34, Goliath, and SummerSlam '18, were made available as well. Another new mode, Last Man Standing, launched on April 18, 2018, which now means players need to buy coins from
5060-400: The game to stand any chance of getting a card. The mode features increasingly challenging Arenas, and players compete to place on the leaderboard against others. Season 5 has brought a completely new layout of the game, with the addition of being able to use multiple fusion chambers at once. In addition to this, three new tiers were added: Gothic, Neon and Shattered. In December, they announced
5152-484: The game with three tiers; Bio-Mechanical, Swarm, & Behemoth, launched on November 18, 2020. Brand new features such as Styles and Techniques were added to the game to give players an advantage when they play with the new addition to the game. A new currency was launched named "SuperCoins", replacing previous currency such as Team Battleground Points, Money in the Bank Contracts, and League Points. A new solo event mode
5244-625: The inaugural Clash of Champions was held exclusively for wrestlers from the Raw brand and was the first Raw-exclusive PPV of the second brand split. The 2017 event was in turn SmackDown -exclusive. Brand-exclusive PPVs were then discontinued following WrestleMania 34 in 2018, thus the 2019 event featured Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live , while the 2020 event just featured Raw and SmackDown after 205 Live merged under NXT in late 2019. In total, 11 different WWE championships were defended at Clash of Champions over its four events. Only one of those 11 championships
5336-669: The introduction of a new event, Over The Limit. It debuted on December 11, 2018 with an Elias event card. On April 3, 2019, WrestleMania 35 tier was added, and on June 12, 2019 the Cataclysm tier was added as well. In August 2019, the SummerSlam '19 tier was added. More than 250 new cards have been added to the game across seven new tiers: Nightmare, Primal, Vanguard, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania 36, Elemental and Summerslam '20 with an all-new leveling system for Season 6 cards. There's also an all-new Performance Center feature to help players train their cards up faster and helps players play matches in
5428-643: The launch of Season 4 on November 15, 2017, Elimination Chamber (introduced in Season 4), Women's Royal Rumble (introduced in Season 4), Last Man Standing (introduced in Season 4), Over The Limit (introduced in Season 5; since retired), Giants Unleashed (introduced in Season 5), Team Roadblock (introduced in Season 6; since retired), Clash of Champions (introduced in Season 6) War Games (Introduced in Season 7) Code Breaker (Introduced in Season 7), Team Stomping Grounds (Introduced in Season 7), Survivor (Introduced in Season 8), TLC (Introduced in Season 9), Campaign (Introduced in Season 10) and Boom (Introduced in Season 11). In
5520-399: The loser's tile. This goes on until all nine tiles are filled with cards. The player with the most tiles is the winner. This mode is contested player vs AI; the winner receives four picks, and the loser receives two. The picks go towards unveiling a special card. Once the card is fully revealed, the player receives that card. There is a special "Pick Doubler" boost that can be found that doubles
5612-543: The milestone rewards to obtain the event card, and elements of Road to Glory where both event modes have a set of points you must acquire to obtain the event card. Like most event modes, WarGames has a bout system, with a free bout occurring every 15 minutes. On January 20, 2021, WWE SuperCard launched a new tier named Royal Rumble '21 ( titled after the pay-per-view of the same name ) with over 150 new cards. Also, New Special Event Cards that have been released are special 3:16 Stone Cold Steve Austin Royal Rumble '21 Cards along with
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#17328695382095704-414: The official theme song for NXT was "Say Cheese" by Poppy , first performed at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver . When NXT was relaunched as NXT 2.0 on September 14, 2021, the official theme song is "Down South" by Wale featuring Yella Beezy & Maxo Kream . The new set features multicolored LED screens with an arch. The ring mat turned white and the ring ropes became white before turning blue and
5796-567: The pay-per-view of the same name ), a 10-man elimination tournament similar to the King of the Ring game mode, where a player must overcome 9 players to be declared the Survivor Champion. In the tournament, a player can only win up to 2 losses, as the third loss marks the elimination of a player. On January 26, 2022, WWE SuperCard released the Royal Rumble '22 tier, with the first event card being Bron Breakker . On March 10, 2022, WWE SuperCard released
5888-510: The performance centre. On January 22, 2020 Royal Rumble tier was added, and WrestleMania 36 tier was added on March 25, 2020. Two new event modes were added in May when Women's Giants Unleashed launched on May 7, 2020 alongside Clash of Champions, which was released on May 21, 2020. On June 10, 2020, Elemental tier was added. Also, on August 20, 2020, Summerslam '20 tier was added. It included the debut cards of Santos Escobar , Timothy Thatcher , and Scarlett . Over 200 new cards have been added to
5980-477: The picks received from the next bout (win or lose). There are five free bout slots to start, and a new free bout is available every 15 minutes if a slot is open. This is an extension of the normal PK. A team is to be created consisting of four or more members to be eligible in the team PCC. Then there is a pool created of cards from each member. Each hand contains two superstars, one female superstar and one support card. Enhancements may or may not be contributed. When
6072-400: The player got only three opponents to choose from with wins awarding points that could be earned by defeating the opponent chosen. Also, players could earn title matches through card picks earned from PCC matches, which, upon use, doubled the points that could be earned by winning against any of the three opponents, but these cards reset the board of cards available for picking once one such card
6164-427: The player might also use one or more of the stat boosts to increase the particular stat(s) of each card in the active part of the deck by 15 percent (players can gather five of each boost) for the next match only. After playing 45 matches, the top eight players move onto the contenders bracket and the quarter finals, where there are two or three consecutive matches between two players of the top eight each in order to find
6256-465: The polls, Rookies could still be eliminated via an executive decision from WWE management, as the first season saw both Daniel Bryan and Michael Tarver eliminated by management for a lack of self-confidence. Starting in 2012, the all-rookie competition was abandoned with the show now featuring past and present rookies alongside lower cardmembers of the main WWE roster. William Regal would also take over as
6348-406: The previously made pool of cards. Also one can earn title matches through card picks earned from PIC matches which upon use, triple the points that can be earned by winning against any of the three opponents but these cards reset the set of cards available for picking once one such card is found. The player earns points to move the team up in the rankings and at the end of the event is awarded cards on
6440-454: The ring ropes yellow and used the same HD set used by WWE's other weekly programs. Upon its reboot and arrival at Full Sail University , " Welcome Home " by Coheed and Cambria was used from the show's relaunch on June 20, 2012, to February 24, 2014, but it retains the yellow ropes and used the black mat. "Roar of the Crowd" by CFO$ served as the official theme song for NXT since its arrival to
6532-415: The rookies being mentored by the pros as they develop their gimmick and performance skills in front of a live audience. The pairings also enabled the show to crossover into WWE's Raw and SmackDown programs. As the length of each season differed, features of the competition occur at different times accordingly. In addition to matches, weekly challenges were held during the competition to further test
6624-456: The seasonal competition format and opted to revamp the show as a developmental wrestling program, replacing FCW. NXT became the flagship television show of the NXT brand, and has since received a positive reception and high viewership, with praise for its high quality of wrestling and captivating storylines, particularly from 2014 to 2018. The initial version of the show made its debut on Syfy on February 23, 2010, replacing WWE ECW , but
6716-585: The short-lived Saturday Morning Slam (as part of the Saban Brands -produced Saturday morning block Vortexx ). NXT premiered on The CW October 1, 2024; as part of the launch, the program scheduled two weeks of travel shows while the Performance Center studio was redesigned, with the season premiere from Allstate Arena in Rosemont, followed by Enterprise Center in St. Louis the following week. However,
6808-462: The show on another TV channel, NXT began to be aired as a webcast on WWE's website for American visitors. In season four, the number of points vary on the difficulty of the challenge. In the result of a tie-break, the audience is then asked to vote for the Rookie they want to get immunity. Season four also saw the introduction of challenge matches involving the entire roster of Pros or Rookies where
6900-582: The show's format was revamped. The show began using more talent from FCW as well as talent from the main roster. The first four episodes under the new format were taped at Full Sail University on May 17. Beginning with NXT Arrival in February 2014, NXT has occasionally aired live specials on the WWE Network. These events would be aired under the NXT TakeOver banner from May 2014 to 2021, and effectively serve as
6992-711: The similarity between this ratings war and the Monday Night War that had involved Raw and WCW Monday Nitro . Beginning with the March 18, 2020, episode of NXT , WWE began filming all of its programs without an audience at Full Sail University as a result of restrictions imposed amid the COVID-19 pandemic . On October 4, 2020, NXT relocated from Full Sail to the WWE Performance Center 's main studio, citing logistical issues preventing it from continuing its residency at
7084-418: The top 8 each in order to find the winner. Players each receive KOTR rewards as per the position 45 minutes after their last matches. In Season 4, KOTR changed again. KOTR in Season 4 splits a total of 32 players into 4 teams of 8 people each with 2 sets of 16 players starting in either a 205 Live or NXT bracket. In season 4 KOTR, there are no more qualifying matches and all players are instead put straight into
7176-763: The university. The studio—which had been used by Raw and SmackDown from March to August due to COVID-19—was reconfigured as the "Capitol Wrestling Center", which featured a virtual audience on a video wall, and a limited in-person audience shielded behind plexiglass barriers. COVID-19 measures in the studio began to be lifted in April 2021, and removed entirely in June. With the end of Wednesday Night Wars , on April 13, 2021, following WrestleMania 37 , WWE moved NXT back to Tuesday nights. After twelve NXT wrestlers were released from their contracts that August, Dave Scherer and Mike Johnson of Pro Wrestling Insider reported there had been internal talks of major changes to
7268-401: The winner with a cumulative tally of points recorded before each of the first three polls. The Rookie with the most points before the next upcoming poll is awarded immunity. In season three, one point is awarded for winning the challenge. In October 2010, WWE moved their show SmackDown to Syfy, with NXT leaving the network at the same time. Despite WWE's stated intention of broadcasting
7360-527: The winner would be given the chance to swap their respective Rookie or Pro for another. In various weeks, polls were held to evaluate the success of each Rookie and determine the winner of the competition. The poll rankings are entirely determined by votes from the Pros and starting from season 2, votes from fans via WWE's official website. In the Pros' votes, each of the Pros vote for their favorite Rookie, but cannot vote for their own Rookie. Their votes are based on
7452-402: The winner. Players each receive KOTR rewards as per the position 45 minutes after their last matches. In season 2, KOTR was changed so that the deck consists of seven superstars, three divas, and two support cards. Then the AI matches up the player with 15 other players/bots and the player's lineup plays simulated matches with each of the opponent player's squad three times (not consecutively) in
7544-419: Was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE , a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion . It was broadcast live and available only through pay-per-view (PPV) and the livestreaming service, the WWE Network . The event was established in 2016 and replaced Night of Champions in the late September slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar. The event was moved to December in 2017, but returned to
7636-452: Was censored or removed by Peacock TV's standards and practices department. Recent episodes are still available for on-demand viewing 30 days after the original air date. On February 2, 2010, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon introduced a new weekly program that would replace the canceled ECW in its time slot on Syfy. McMahon described the show as "the next evolution of WWE; the next evolution of television history". The new show's name, NXT ,
7728-534: Was contested at every event, which was the WWE United States Championship , although for 2019, it was on the event's pre-show. Clash of Champions was established by WWE in 2016 and it replaced their previously annual pay-per-view , Night of Champions , which had run from 2007 to 2015 (although it was reinstated in 2023). That event had a theme in which every active championship on WWE's main roster during those years were defended; Clash of Champions
7820-484: Was established on a similar concept. The inaugural event was held exclusively for the Raw brand following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, where the promotion again split its roster into separate brands where the wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. This first event was held on September 25 that year and was the very first Raw-branded event of the second brand extension. The following year ,
7912-482: Was later discovered to be trademark already in the United Kingdom by National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA) which also used "NXT" as their brand for upcoming stars. Both parties ultimately reached an agreement that resulted in SWA releasing the "NXT" trademark in favor of a new one before the show's debut. The show's format was revealed in an article by Variety on February 16, with
8004-407: Was launched on December 3, 2020 named WarGames, named after NXT Takeover WarGames match , where usually two teams compete against each other inside a cage. In the event, there are 3 three rounds, in which you must take control of 3 rings at once, with the winner scoring the most points and a bonus addition of 20 points. WarGames has similar elements to Giants Unleashed, where you climb your way through
8096-569: Was no longer brand-exclusive, the 2019 event featured the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands, but after 205 Live merged under NXT in October 2019, the 2020 event only featured Raw and SmackDown. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 event was held behind closed doors in WWE's bio-secure bubble , the WWE ThunderDome , hosted at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida . An event for 2021
8188-586: Was originally scheduled to be held on September 26 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio . However, on July 9, 2021, WWE announced that Extreme Rules would instead take place on that date at that venue due to WWE rescheduling Money in the Bank to take place on Extreme Rules' original July date. Clash of Champions itself was quietly canceled without a new date being scheduled, and no further events have been scheduled since. The concept of Clash of Champions
8280-531: Was replaced by SmackDown in October. It then aired as an hourly webcast on WWE.com in the United States until June 13, 2012, before it was expanded to international markets on the WWE Network in 2014. In 2019, NXT expanded into a live two-hour program on the USA Network, airing on Wednesday nights, at the same time as rival promotion All Elite Wrestling 's flagship show Dynamite on TNT , before moving to Tuesday nights in April 2021. In September 2021, NXT
8372-437: Was revamped and rebranded as NXT 2.0 . A supplementary show titled NXT Level Up began airing on February 18, 2022, replacing 205 Live . In September 2022, "2.0" was dropped from the title, and on October 1, 2024, NXT moved to The CW . The WWE Network ceased operations in the United States on April 5, 2021, with all content being moved to Peacock , which currently has most previous NXT episodes, excluding content that
8464-434: Was that all active WWE championships available to each brand division featured at the event were defended. For example, the inaugural event was a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view, as such, only the titles exclusive to Raw at the time were defended. After brand-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued in 2018 and after the establishment of two non-brand exclusive championships in 2019, every title available to each brand featured on
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