NXT celebrated the one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0 on Tuesday with a special episode where fans had control. At the end of the episode, a new NXT logo with the black and gold color scheme was shown.
NXT rebranded with the more colorful NXT 2.0 scheme in September 2021 after Triple H had to step away due to health issues. With Triple H leading all of WWE creative, he brought back the black and gold scheme.
Speaking on WWE After The Bell, Vic Joseph commented on black and gold returning.
"Then, the roof blew off the place," Joseph said after reflecting a bit on the NXT 2.0 anniversary show, "because at the end of the night, and it's been on social media and it's been all the buzz and everything is still 'loading,' a new logo was shown with the black and gold outline. After the show, I don't know if I'm going to get in trouble for this or not, the show went off the air, five or six minutes went on and the crowd was still chanting "black and gold.' To give you an idea, the camera crew had enough time to leave and get brought back out, reconnect, and get put back in position to film some of the audience and then organic reaction. I stood up, took my headset off, and was like, 'Holy shit.' Wade (Barrett) was even laughing. This was unreal, the amount of love that all of a sudden...it's hard to describe. I guess black and gold means so much to so many."
NXT black and gold was led by the likes of Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Adam Cole and the Undisputed ERA, and more as the focus was on more established independent talent compared to NXT 2.0, which has focused on lesser-known talent.
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