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How to see action-packed, fun NXT 2.0 shows for free at WWE Performance Center in Orlando

When WWE’s NXT acquired a new look, a new name and a new location, it allowed fans to attend shows for free.

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That process continues each Tuesday night, welcoming fans from near and far for an action-packed, fun experience inside the WWE Performance Center, where new talent is born.

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Mixing the behind-the-scenes training from the outstanding WWE PC coaches with the in-ring experience of established combatants makes for a better learning curve for these new superstars/wrestlers.

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Here is my video interview with NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa.

NXT 2.0 at the WWE PC in Orlando offers fans the opportunity to cheer, boo, chant and interact with superstars during live NXT 2.0 TV broadcasts on USA Network.

To do that, there is an easy pre-registration process to attend those NXT 2.0 shows for free.

Join the NXT Live Private Group (an official WWE NXT page) on Facebook at wwe.com/nxtlive. Click to join the group and then receive approval and instructions.

Fans talk free shuttles from Full Sail U, free NXT 2.0 shows at the WWE PC.

What else you can expect?

NXT 2.0 ring announcer Alicia Taylor showers the crowd with T-shirts throughout breaks during the broadcast. A fan of the night (or two) is selected, meeting an NXT superstar.

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Sometimes after shows, NXT talent poses for photos, signs autographs and/or talks to fans.

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Plenty of high-fives to go around, unless you’re Andre Chase.

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Shuttles are available to the WWE PC from nearby Full Sail University, which is where NXT 1.0 was housed, before the venue switch. NXT shows emanated from Full Sail Live.

Here is my audio interview with HBK Shawn Michaels after an NXT 2.0 show at the WWE PC.

WWE’s relationship with Full Sail University remains strong. Full Sail students intern with/work for NXT, something cool, which was initiated from the start of the partnership.

Here is the location of the free shuttles at Full Sail University, comfortably transporting fans to the free NXT 2.0 shows at the WWE PC.

The shuttle pick-up/drop-off at Full Sail University is not at Full Sail Live. Go the opposite side of Full Sail, near Fairwinds Credit Union. You can see a few trucks parked there including a WWE Performance Center truck.

Fans talk free shuttles from Full Sail U, free NXT 2.0 shows at the WWE PC.

You must register (be pre-approved) to embark to the shuttle site. Check-in occurs before you board the bus. Buses arrive around 6 p.m. til about 7 p.m.

In case of inclement weather, you are asked to stay in your vehicle. You can board the bus when signaled; check-in will be done on the bus. You can bring an umbrella, but it will be held in a bin at the front of the WWE PC. Umbrellas are not allowed inside the WWE PC. They are not tagged, so label it yourself.

Shuttles return after the show.

Share-a-ride is another option via Uber or Lyft. Check-in for share-a-riders is outside the WWE PC.

NXT asks fans using share-a-ride to arrive by 7:15 p.m.

There is no parking at the WWE PC.

Here is my video interview with second generation talent and former NXT champion Raquel Gonzalez.

Inside the revamped WWE PC, the set reminds me of a mini-Roman coliseum. Superstars wrestle in-the-round like gladiators.

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A colorful, much brighter ambiance exists as talent can see more faces while making an entrance, competing and/or cutting a promo. There is less seating than Full Sail Live but spacious.

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NXT 2.0 is 8 p.m. EST Tuesdays on USA Network.

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To get you ready, there are also WWE 205 Live matches prior.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2949045-bron-breakker-and-the-nxt-20-prospects-to-keep-an-eye-on

https://www.si.com/wrestling/2021/12/03/wwe-nxt-wargames-io-shirai-interview

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wwe-woke-left-controversial-new-wrestler

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NXT Socially Acceptable

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WWENXT

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WWENXT/

Web: https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5v_MCY6GNUBTO8-D3XoAg

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This story was originally published December 6, 2021 at 1:46 PM.

Jim Varsallone
Miami Herald
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription
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