Could NXT WarGames Return for a Survivor Series Weekend?

Speculation is building around whether WWE could revive NXT’s standalone WarGames match as part of a potential Survivor Series weekend, following years of the gimmick being folded exclusively into the main-roster PLE.

WarGames has been a Survivor Series staple since 2022, but the match type actually has deeper roots in WWE through NXT, where it debuted at NXT TakeOver in 2017 under the direction of William Regal, whose pre-match hype videos became must-see viewing in their own right. The match ran annually on NXT television and TakeOver specials through 2021, including a women’s edition in 2019 that saw Rhea Ripley’s team — with Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox and Dakota Kai — defeat a squad led by Shayna Baszler. NXT’s last WarGames outing came in December 2021, just before the match made its jump to the main roster the following year.

The idea now being floated is that WWE could bring WarGames back to NXT as a companion show during Survivor Series weekend, rather than leaving it dormant. Survivor Series currently runs as a single-night event, but Triple H has previously discussed the company’s interest in expanding more premium live events into two-night affairs similar to WrestleMania and SummerSlam, citing a desire to ‘super-serve’ the fanbase. Pairing an NXT WarGames show with the Survivor Series weekend would fit that model, giving fans in the host city an extra night of live, televised action built around a match type NXT essentially pioneered inside WWE.

There are obvious wrinkles to sort out. Running as many as four WarGames matches across two nights risks diluting the spectacle of the match itself, and there’s a real question of whether a hot NXT show could end up overshadowing the flagship Survivor Series card if the storytelling and star power tilt toward the third brand. Fan fatigue is also a factor, though WWE has shown over the past several years — with expanded WrestleMania and SummerSlam weekends — that audiences can sustain multiple nights of premium content when the matches are spaced out and paced well. Modern Survivor Series cards are far leaner than the sprawling, multi-match show in 1998, so there’s arguably room on the calendar for NXT to carve out its own night without crowding the main event.

WWE and NXT have linked their events before, so a Survivor Series weekend expansion wouldn’t be unprecedented as a business strategy. Nothing has been announced, and this remains speculation rather than a confirmed plan, but given WarGames’ history as an NXT signature before its main-roster promotion, there’s a logical case for the brand reclaiming a piece of the spectacle it helped build. Whether WWE actually pulls the trigger likely comes down to how committed the company is to multi-night premium events going forward — and how much appetite there is to spread WarGames across more than one roster at once.