WWE NXT LIVE! to return to Download Festival this summer

Download Festival has today announced the welcome return of WWE NXT LIVE! to the sacrosanct turf of Donington Park this summer.

After the glorious success of its debut at Download Festival last year, WWE NXT will be bringing superstars including Bobby Roode, Aleister Black, Tye Dillinger, Kassius Ohno, Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, Killian Dain and Nikki Cross to showcase their wrestling skills on the purpose built, full scale ring in the main festival arena.

Waxing lyrical, Download Festival Promoter Dave Bradley said: “Having WWE NXT at Download is like seeing what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object – you just know sparks are gonna fly!

“Wrestling and rock music go hand in hand and if last year is anything to go by, this exclusive festival experience is only going to be bigger & better for round two! This is not to be missed.”

Current NXT Champion Bobby Roode, who made headlines with his WWE NXT debut at last year’s Download Festival, added: “Download was my very first show in NXT. The combination of NXT Superstars and massive musical acts, entertaining tens of thousands of passionate fans makes Download a unique experience.

“Returning to Download as NXT Champion will make this an extra special moment for me as a performer.”

Headlined by System of a Down, Biffy Clyro and Aerosmith, Download Festival takes place from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th June 2017. Tickets are on sale from Kerrang! Radio Tickets now.

The A-Z line-up is as follows:

A Day To Remember | Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics | Aerosmith | Afi | Airbourne | Alestorm | Alter Bridge | Anathema | As It Is | Astroid Boys | Baroness | Basement | Biffy Clyro | Blood Youth | Brutai | Casey | Clutch | Coheed And Cambria | Creeper | Crown The Empire | Dead Label | Dead! | Devildriver | Devilskin | Dinosaur Pile-Up | Every Time I Die | Exodus | Five Finger Death Punch | Fizzy Blood | Four Year Strong | Fozzy | God Damn | Good Charlotte | Greywind | Grove Street Families | Hacktivist | Holding Absence | I The Mighty | Idles | In Flames | Issues | Junior | Knuckle Puck | Kvelertak | Like A Storm | Lost Society | Mastodon | Ministry | Moose Blood | M O S E S | Motionless In White | Normandie | Northlane | Of Mice & Men | Opeth | Pierce The Veil | Prophets Of Rage | Red Fang | Red Sun Rising | Rob Zombie | Sabaton | She Must Burn | Simple Plan | Slayer | Sleeping With Sirens | State Champs | Steel Panther | Stone Broken | Suicidal Tendencies | Sum 41 | System Of A Down | The Cadillac Three | The Charm The Fury | The Contortionist | The Dead Daisies | The Devil Wears Prada | The Dillinger Escape Plan | The King Blues | The Lafontaines | The Lounge Kittens | The One Hundred | The Story So Far | Touché Amoré | Trash Boat | Venom Prison | Wallflower | Wednesday 13