The 2024 WWE Halloween Havoc is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the fifth annual Halloween Havoc held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the 17th Halloween Havoc event overall. It will take place on October 27, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This will be the second NXT Halloween Havoc to be held as a livestreaming event, after 2022, as the 2020, 2021, and 2023 events were held as television specials of NXT, and also returns the event to one night as the 2023 edition was a two-night event. It is also the first NXT livestreaming event to feature WWE branding in its title.[1]
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_Poster.jpg) Promotional poster featuring Trick Williams, Roxanne Perez, Giulia, Oba Femi, Ethan Page, and Kelani Jordan | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | NXT | ||
| Date | October 27, 2024 | ||
| City | Hershey, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | Giant Center | ||
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Production
editBackground
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Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE. As the name implies, it is a Halloween-themed show held in October. It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1989 until 2000 as WWE purchased WCW in 2001. The 2000 event was the final Halloween Havoc until WWE revived the show as an annual event for their 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 livestreaming event.[3] The 2023 edition was also two nights.[4]
On July 15, 2024, it was announced that NXT Halloween Havoc would return as a one-night livestreaming event. The fifth annual NXT Halloween Havoc, and 17th Halloween Havoc overall, is scheduled to take place on October 27, 2024, at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, marking the first NXT Halloween Havoc to take place outside of the brand's home base, the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[5][6]
Storylines
editThe event will comprise matches 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, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up.[7][8]
During NXT's CW premiere episode on October 1, a vignette aired with an unidentified wrestler approaching a road sign with the numbers "10" and "27". Several observers interpreted the vignette as indicating Australian wrestler Delta would debut at Halloween Havoc.[9][10]
At Heatwave, Ethan Page defeated Trick Williams to win the NXT Championship in a fatal four-way match which also involved Je'Von Evans, the latter of whom Page pinned.[11] Williams vowed to regain the championship from Page, which he did on NXT's CW premiere episode on October 1 with Raw's CM Punk as the special guest referee.[12] One week later, Williams celebrated his victory, only to be interrupted by Wes Lee, who stated that he would take the title from Williams. Later that night, Page blamed Punk for losing the title and demanded a rematch. At the end of the show, NXT General Manager Ava announced that Lee, Page, and Evans, the latter of whom Ava added to the match after being impressed by his performance against SmackDown's Randy Orton, would compete in a triple threat match the following week to determine the challenger for the Williams at Halloween Havoc,[13] which was won by Page. After the match, Page spun the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal wheel, landing on Devil's Playground match, which was made official for Halloween Havoc.[14]
On the October 8 episode of NXT, Tony D'Angelo defeated Oba Femi to win the NXT North American Championship, ending Femi's reign at a record-setting 273 days.[13] One week later, D'Angelo celebrated his title win before Femi interrupted him. Femi announced that a rematch would take place at Halloween Havoc, albeit with two stipulations: The D'Angelo Family (Adriana Rizzo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Luca Crusifino) would be barred from ringside and, after Femi spun the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal wheel, that the match would be contested as a Tables, Ladders, and Scares match.[14]
On NXT's CW premiere episode on October 1, Roxanne Perez defeated Giulia to retain the NXT Women's Championship. In the closing moments, Perez attempted to use the championship belt to strike Giulia with it, only for a hooded individual to attack Giulia, costing her the match. After the match, the hooded individual was revealed to be the returning Cora Jade.[12] The following week, Jade stated why she attacked Giulia, feeling as if the fans forgot about her while she was recovering from her ACL injury and that she and Perez were working on mending their friendship. Giulia appeared, albeit with former rival Stephanie Vaquer by her side as a brawl ensued between the four women.[13] One week later, Vaquer defeated Wren Sinclair in her WWE debut match, only for Jade and Perez to ambush her before Giulia came to her defense. Vaquer and Giulia then challenged Jade and Perez to a tag team match at Hallowen Havoc, which was later confirmed.[14]
Matches
edit| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page | Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Devil's Playground match for the NXT Championship[15] | ||||
| 2 | Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Oba Femi | Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Tables, Ladders, and Scares match for the NXT North American Championship[16] The D'Angelo Family (Adriana Rizzo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Luca Crusifino) are barred from ringside. | ||||
| 3 | Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade vs. Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer | Tag team match[17] | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "WWE Halloween Havoc". WWE. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Toro, Carlos (October 4, 2020). "NXT Halloween Havoc Announced For 10/28". Fightful. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ Defelice, Robert; Tessier, Colin (September 20, 2022). "Solo Sikoa Forced To Relinquish NXT North American Title, Ladder Match Set For Halloween Havoc". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 30, 2023). "NXT Halloween Havoc Set For October 24 And October 31". Fightful. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "WWE Announces NXT No Mercy on Sunday, September 1 & NXT Halloween". WWE. July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (July 15, 2024). "WWE Announces NXT Halloween Havoc For 10/27 In Hershey, PA; Confirms NXT No Mercy Will Be On 9/1". Fightful. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 1, 2024). "DELTA Vignette Airs On WWE NXT". Fightful. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ Boone, Matt (October 1, 2024). "Highly-Touted Australian Women's Wrestling Prospect DELTA Appears In Vignette Hyping WWE NXT Debut". WrestlingHeadline. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Moore, John (July 7, 2024). "NXT Heatwave results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Shawn Spears for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. Lola Vice for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Moore, John (October 1, 2024). "NXT TV results (10/1): Moore's review of The CW premiere featuring Ethan Page vs. Trick Williams for the NXT Championship with CM Punk as special referee, Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c Moore, John (October 8, 2024). "NXT TV results (10/8): Moore's review of Randy Orton vs. Je'Von Evans, Oba Femi vs. Tony D'Angelo for the NXT NA Title, Axiom and Nathan Frazer vs. A-Town Down Under for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c Moore, John (October 15, 2024). "NXT TV results (10/15): Moore's review of Ethan Page vs. Wes Lee vs. Je'Von Evans for a shot at the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc, Stephanie Vaquer vs. Wren Sinclair, Halloween Havoc Wheel". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ^ WWE.com Staff (October 17, 2024). "NXT Champion Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page - Devil's Playground Match". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ WWE.com Staff (October 17, 2024). "NXT North American Champion Tony D'Angelo vs. Oba Femi - Tables, Ladders and Scares". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ WWE.com Staff (October 18, 2024). "NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade vs. Giulia & Stephanie Vaquer". WWE. Retrieved October 18, 2024.