WWE Rumors: Undertaker Could Be on NXT Card amid John Cena, Cody Rhodes Appearances

WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker is reportedly expected to be present at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, next week for Tuesday's episode of NXT.

According to PWInsider.com's Mike Johnson, it is not known if The Undertaker will appear on the show, but word going around the Performance Center is that he will at least be in attendance.

WWE is already advertising a huge card for next week's NXT, as Cody Rhodes will make an announcement, Asuka will face Roxanne Perez and John Cena will be in Carmelo Hayes' corner for his match against Bron Breakker, while Paul Heyman will be in Breakker's corner.

It is believed that the reasoning behind WWE loading up next week's NXT with main roster talent is because AEW Dynamite is occurring on Tuesday rather than its normal Wednesday spot due to the Major League Baseball playoffs.

AEW Dynamite debuted as a weekly show in 2019, and for about a year and a half, Dynamite and NXT aired on the same day and in the same time slot on Wednesday nights.

While it was dubbed the Wednesday Night War, Dynamite had more viewers and a better rating in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic the vast majority of the time, which may have been the impetus behind NXT moving to Tuesdays.

Recently, WWE has been mixing more main roster talent in with the rising stars of NXT, such as Seth Rollins, reigning NXT women's champion Becky Lynch and reigning North American champion Dominik Mysterio.

That has led to increased ratings for NXT, including this week when the show averaged 857,000 viewers, which was its highest viewership since 2020, per Wrestlenomics (h/t WrestlingInc's Ross Berman).

Meanwhile, Wednesday night's episode of Dynamite averaged just 800,000 viewers, which was its lowest number since May, according to Wrestlenomics (h/t Berman).

The low number was especially surprising since the show featured the Dynamite debut of WWE Hall of Famer Adam "Edge" Copeland, who made his AEW debut last weekend at WrestleDream after his WWE contract expired.

Like NXT, AEW is advertising a newsworthy show for next week's Dynamite, as Copeland will make his AEW in-ring debut against Luchasaurus, plus Rey Fenix will defend the International Championship against Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson will face Swerve Strickland, "Hangman" Adam Page will take on Jay White and Saraya will defend the AEW Women's World Championship against Hikaru Shida.

Although The Undertaker is retired from in-ring competition, it is always a big deal when he makes periodic appearances on WWE programming, and if WWE wants to give NXT another boost to compete with Dynamite, an Undertaker appearance could provide it.

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