
Title Change On WWE NXT
A title change occurred on tonight's WWE NXT episode during the first of four scheduled title matches for the show.
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A title change occurred on tonight's WWE NXT episode during the first of four scheduled title matches for the show.

Vanity Project, consisting of Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes, defeated DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship on the February 24 episode of WWE NXT. The match ended when Tony D'Angelo interfered by taking out DarkState, allowing Vanity Project to get the pinfall victory.

WWE SmackDown drew 1,113,000 viewers on February 20, 2026, representing an increase of 71,000 viewers from the previous week's episode which had 1,042,000 viewers. The key 18-49 demographic rating remained flat at 0.18 for both episodes, while year-over-year comparisons showed viewership down 21.3% and the demo rating down 53.8% compared to February 21, 2025.

A WWE Hall of Famer has criticized Jey Uso for breaking character during an incident involving Bronson Reed's injury on last night's episode of Raw. The Hall of Famer took issue with Uso's reaction when Reed got injured during the show.

WWE NXT aired on February 24, 2026, from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida, featuring multiple championship matches. The card included Ethan Page defending the NXT North American Championship against Myles Borne and Jacy Jayne defending the NXT Women's Championship against Sol Ruca. Other scheduled matches included DarkState defending the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Vanity Project's Swipe Right and a WWE Men's Speed Championship Triple Threat Match.

WWE has released footage of a post-Raw celebration for AJ Styles that continued after the show went off the air. The celebration featured figures from Styles' past and present gathering to honor him following what was described as an AJ Styles tribute show on Raw.

During a recent episode of Off The Rails podcast, host Jasmine St. Claire and JCW personality Mac Davis discussed the ongoing Janel Grant and Vince McMahon lawsuit, focusing on the non-disclosure agreement aspect. Davis argued from a business perspective that breaking an NDA should void payment obligations, stating he wouldn't pay "another penny" if the agreement was broken, while St. Claire questioned why someone would sign an NDA and then speak publicly about it. The conversation addressed the alleged payments and whether breaking the NDA changed the financial obligations in the case.

WWE and 2K have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Arkansas wrestling promoter Nathaniel Tatha-Nanandji, who claims The Bloodline's signature pose sequence was copied from his WCWA Wrestling promotion. Tatha-Nanandji alleges WWE copied a "distinctive, repeatable visual sequence" he created in 2019 for a faction called Tier 1, which was later used by The Bloodline and licensed into WWE 2K video games. WWE and 2K argue in their dismissal motion that the promoter failed to demonstrate WWE had access to the footage and that the claims are inadequately supported by facts.

Paul 'Triple H' Levesque has commented on AJ Styles' WWE Hall of Fame induction, which was confirmed on last night's Raw.

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk has discussed being considered a 'pioneer' for independent wrestlers in WWE. Punk opened up about this topic in recent comments.

Triple H took to social media to congratulate AJ Styles on his WWE Hall of Fame induction, praising "The Phenomenal One" as a locker room leader and the standard for what you look for in a Superstar. The WWE Chief Content Officer's message came one night after The Undertaker announced Styles as part of the 2026 Hall of Fame class on WWE RAW, following Styles' retirement match against GUNTHER at the 2026 Royal Rumble. Stephanie McMahon is also confirmed for the 2026 Hall of Fame class.

Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock, now known as WWE's Tyra Mae Steele, revealed that Vince McMahon personally called her after her historic wrestling victory at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. During an appearance on Wrestling Syndicate, Steele played the actual voicemail from McMahon congratulating her and inviting her to join WWE. Steele officially signed with WWE in May 2023, nearly two years after McMahon's initial call.