WWE Worlds Collide

WWE Worlds Collide
Information
Promotion(s)WWE
Brand(s)Raw (2019)
SmackDown (2019)
205 Live (2019)
NXT (2019–2020, 2022)
NXT UK (2019–2020, 2022)
First event2019
Last event2022

WWE Worlds Collide, also known as NXT Worlds Collide, was a professional wrestling event series made by WWE. It was a competition between WWE's various brand divisions. It was streamed on the WWE Network, and later, Peacock in the United States.

The first event was held as a tournament in January 2019 and featured wrestlers from NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live. In April that year, a four-episode streaming television series aired, which also featured wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. More events under this name were held in 2020 and 2022.

History

In January 2019, WWE announced an tournament to take place during the weekend of that year's Royal Rumble, streaming on the WWE Network. The tournament, a two-day event, held on January 26 and 27 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, and aired on tape delay as a single broadcast on February 2. The event featured a 15-man single-elimination tournament, called the Worlds Collide Tournament, for wrestlers of the NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live brands. The winner of the tournament got a match for a championship of their choice, with the choices being the NXT Championship, the NXT North American Championship, NXT UK's United Kingdom Championship, and 205 Live's Cruiserweight Championship (only for wrestlers weighing 205 pounds or lighter)

On March 28, 2019, WWE announced that Worlds Collide would return on April's WrestleMania Axxess festival. Wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands now also participated in the events. On April 9, WWE announced that these events would air as a four-episode streaming television series on the WWE Network. Worlds Collide began airiring on April 14.

For WWE's Royal Rumble 2020 weekend, WWE announces another Worlds Collide event, steaming on January 25 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Raw, SmackDown and 205 Live were not featured. The card's matches featured wrestlers from NXT against those from NXT UK.

On August 18, 2022, WWE announced the return of Worlds Collide, streaming September 4. This would be the last event of the NXT UK brand, and the first Worlds Collide event to livestream on Peacock in the United States.

Events

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Worlds Collide (2019) January 26–27, 2019
(aired February 2, 2019)		 Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix Convention Center Velveteen Dream (NXT) vs. Tyler Bate (NXT UK) in the Worlds Collide tournament final match
2 Worlds Collide (series) April 6–7, 2019
(aired April 14 – May 1, 2019)		 Brooklyn, New York Pier 12 April 14: Tyler Breeze (Raw) vs. Roderick Strong (NXT)
April 17: Jordan Devlin (NXT UK) vs. Akira Tozawa (205 Live)
April 24: Nikki Cross (SmackDown) vs. Bianca Belair (NXT) vs. Toni Storm (NXT UK) in a triple threat match
May 1: 20-man interbrand battle royal
3 Worlds Collide (2020) January 25, 2020 Houston, Texas Toyota Center NXT's The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong) vs. NXT UK's Imperium (Walter, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, and Alexander Wolfe)
4 Worlds Collide (2022) September 4, 2022 Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center Bron Breakker (NXT) vs. Tyler Bate (NXT UK) to make the NXT United Kingdom Championship into one with the NXT Championship

References

  1. ↑ WWE.com staff (January 24, 2019). "WWE Worlds Collide to stream on Saturday, Feb. 2". WWE. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ "NXT, 205 Live and NXT UK Superstars to battle in the first-ever WWE Worlds Collide Tournament at Royal Rumble Axxess". WWE.com. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019. The WWE Worlds Collide Tournament, which will be taped for a WWE Network special, kicks off with a 15-Superstar Battle Royal on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the 8 a.m. session of Axxess.
  3. ↑ Joseph Currier (January 10, 2019). "WWE WORLDS COLLIDE TOURNAMENT SET, WILL BE TAPED FOR NETWORK SPECIAL". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ryan Satin (January 10, 2019). "Worlds Collide Tournament To Air On WWE Network". ProWrestlingSheet. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "NXT Superstars vs. NXT Alumni, Cruiserweights Collide and more at WrestleMania Axxess' Worlds Collide events". WWE. March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "When to watch Worlds Collide on WWE Network". WWE. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Joseph Currier (March 28, 2019). "WORLDS COLLIDE SPECIALS, NXT UK TAPINGS SET FOR WRESTLEMANIA AXXESS". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Full WWE When Worlds Collide Taping Results From AXXESS (SPOILERS)". 411Mania. April 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ "WWE Worlds Collide preview, Jan. 25 2020: NXT and NXT UK clash during Royal Rumble Weekend". WWE. November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ Defelice, Robert (August 18, 2022). "WWE Announces The Impending Launch Of 'NXT Europe' Final NXT UK Event To Be 'Worlds Collide' On 9/4". Fightful. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  11. ↑ WWE.com staff (January 24, 2019). "WWE Worlds Collide to stream on Saturday, Feb. 2". WWE. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  12. ↑ "When to watch Worlds Collide on WWE Network". WWE. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  13. ↑ "WWE Worlds Collide preview, Jan. 25 2020: NXT and NXT UK clash during Royal Rumble Weekend". WWE. November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  14. ↑ "WWE To Launch NXT Europe In 2023". WWE. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  15. ↑ Moore, John (September 4, 2022). "NXT Worlds Collide results: Moore's live review of NXT Champion Bron Breakker vs. NXT UK Champion Tyler Bate in a unification match, NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose vs. NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura vs. Blair Davenport in a unification match, Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 4, 2022.