#NXT TAKEOVER TORONTO CARD SERIES#
The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. On the day of the event's announcement, WWE had originally made a post on Twitter that had the event titled as "TakeOver: WarGames" however, the Tweet was quickly deleted and WWE reposted the announcement with the "TakeOver" title removed. It will also be the first WarGames to air on Peacock after the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March. The announcement confirmed that the event would not be a TakeOver event, thus marking NXT's first event to air on pay-per-view (PPV) and Peacock/ WWE Network following TakeOver's discontinuation, as well as the first non-TakeOver to air on any of these broadcast outlets since Halftime Heat in February 2019, as well as the brand's first PPV event held following its rebranding as NXT 2.0. On November 9, 2021, NXT's fifth WarGames event was announced to be held on December 5, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
In October, it was speculated that the company may end the TakeOver series as another TakeOver event was not scheduled for 2021 after August's TakeOver 36. In September 2021, the NXT brand went through a restructuring, being rebranded as "NXT 2.0", reverting, in part, to a developmental territory for WWE.
It will also be the brand's first PPV event held following its rebranding as NXT 2.0 in September.įrom 2017 to 2020, WWE's NXT brand held an annual subseries of events under the TakeOver series titled WarGames, based around the WarGames match. It will in turn be NXT's first PPV event following the discontinuation of the TakeOver series, and subsequently NXT's first event to not be promoted under the TakeOver name since Halftime Heat in February 2019. It will be NXT's first WarGames event to not carry the NXT TakeOver name, as the events from 2017 to 2020 were held as a subseries of TakeOvers titled TakeOver: WarGames. It is scheduled to take place on December 5, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The event will air on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and will be available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network elsewhere, which will make it the first WarGames to air on Peacock. It will be held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division.
#NXT TAKEOVER TORONTO CARD PROFESSIONAL#
The 2021 NXT WarGames is the upcoming fifth annual WarGames professional wrestling event produced by WWE.
Promotional poster featuring NXT wrestlers