NXT Halloween Havoc (2026)
WWE premium live event and television special
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The 2026 NXT Halloween Havoc is an upcoming professional wrestling television special and premium live event (PLE) produced by WWE, to be held for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It will be WWE's seventh annual Halloween Havoc for NXT and the 19th Halloween Havoc event overall. It will take place on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at an unannounced venue and location. It will be simulcast on The CW's linear channel and ESPN Unlimited in the United States, marking the first Halloween Havoc to broadcast on both services.
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand | NXT | ||
| Date | October 31, 2026 | ||
| City | TBA | ||
| Venue | TBA | ||
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Production
Background
Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling event established in 1989, held in October as part of the month's Halloween festivities. It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event by the former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1989 until 2000. Following WWE's acquisition of WCW in March 2001,[1] WWE reinstated Halloween Havoc as an annual event for its developmental brand, NXT, in 2020.[2] The 2020, 2021, and 2023 events were held as television specials of the NXT program on the USA Network, but for 2022, it was a premium live event (PLE).[3] The 2023 edition was also two nights.[4] It then returned as a one-night PLE in 2024.[5]
On August 30, 2026, WWE announced that seventh Halloween Havoc for NXT, and 19th overall, would take place on Saturday, October 31, coinciding with Halloween. The announcement was made by Robert Stone during NXT Heatwave, where he confirmed that Halloween Havoc would be the next NXT PLE. The road to the event was announced to begin on the following episode of NXT. This will also mark the first time that WWE has scheduled the NXT edition of Halloween Havoc on Halloween day, not counting the second night of the 2023 edition.[6]
Broadcast outlets
In the United States, the event will be broadcast as a television special on The CW's linear channel, marking the first Halloween Havoc on The CW as NXT's PLEs began broadcasting on the channel in June after WWE's contract with Peacock for NXT's events expired in March.[7] Additionally, ESPN announced a deal with The CW in which CW Sports, including NXT's programming, would be simulcast on both The CW and ESPN Unlimited beginning August 4—ESPN Unlimited had already been broadcasting WWE's main roster PLEs since September 2025.[8][9] Outside of the U.S, it will air on SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Netflix everywhere else.[10]
Storylines
The event will include that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT.[11][12]
The first match announced was NXT Women's Champion Kelani Jordan defending her title against the winner of a 20-woman battle royal on the October 6, 2026 episode of NXT, featuring wrestlers from all four WWE brands (NXT, Raw, SmackDown, Evolve), sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Battle royal winner | Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship[13] | ||||
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