The event aired as a two-part special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT, broadcast on the USA Network.

It was the first Great American Bash event held since 2012 as well as the first to air as an annual television special of NXT.

Following WWE's acquisition of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001,[1] the promotion revived the event as their own annual pay-per-view (PPV) in 2004.

[3] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March, WWE had to present the majority of its programming from a behind closed doors set.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both nights of the 2020 event were held behind closed doors at NXT's home base of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.