Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of NXT Deadline 2025 on December 6. Friday during SmackDown, a special addition was made to the men's NXT title bout between Oba Femi and Ricky Saints. Whoever wins will not only leave with the belt, but they will get to fight Cody Rhodes at the next Saturday Night's Main Event.

WWE NXT saw an increase in viewership on December 9. According to Programming Insider, NXT averaged 647,000 viewers on Tuesday. The show drew a 0.09 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is up from last week’s episode,

In 2023, Rhodes returned to “NXT” as a main event player on the main roster. He served as a special guest general manager for one episode. The following year, he appeared on the brand as the Undisputed WWE Champion. “The American Nightmare” had an in-ring segment with Trick Williams, who was the NXT Champion.

Matt Cardona is out, and Santino Marella is in for the WWE NXT vs. TNA steel cage match on the December 18 Impact episode.

WWE NXT star Sol Ruca remarked on the tremendous growth of her colleagues Tatum Paxley and Kendal Grey over the last few months at the brand.

WWE NXT GM Ava reveals she's in a relationship with a WWE LFG star, one who accompanied her to the premiere of her father's film The Smashing Machine

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE NXT on the CW Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 12.2% in overall viewers but even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.