Category: NXT

The Wrestling World Remembers Dusty Rhodes

WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels) passed away yesterday at the age of 69, the wrestling world took to twitter with reaction to the sad news. Below are some tweets from wrestlers as they remember the life of Dusty and pay their respect.

 

 

NXT Results: 6/10/15

Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley def. Elias Samson & Mike Rallis

 

Emma def. Blue Pants – Submission

Tyler Breeze def. Bull Dempsey

 

Becky Lynch def. Jessie McKay – Submission

Baron Corbin def. Angelo Dawkins

Kevin Owens came out for commentary.

Samoa Joe def. Scott Dawson: After the match, Joe tells Owens to get in the ring and give the world the fight they want to see. Owens says Joe is a rookie in NXT and he can’t just walk in here and get a title match after just one match. William Regal came out and announced Samoa Joe VS Kevin Owens non-title match for next week.

NXT Preview: 6/10/15

Samoa Joe VS Scott Dawson

Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley VS Mike Rallis & Elias Samson

Emma VS Blue Pants

Tyler Breeze VS Bull Dempsey

Becky Lynch VS Jessie McKay

Baron Corbin VS Angelo Dawkins

WWE Reportedly Interested In Some TNA Stars For NXT, More On AJ Styles -WWE & GFW

Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE officials are reportedly trying to find out when the contracts of a few top TNA stars expire. They are interested in a few TNA stars but only for the NXT brand, at least for now.

AJ Styles

It was noted before that WWE changed their mind and now are interested in AJ Styles. Nothing is expected to happen any time soon because Styles is under contract to New Japan Pro Wrestling until the end of the year. Styles said on Inside The Ropes radio show yesterday that it’s only a matter of time before he shows up in Global Force Wrestling. Style said right now his schedule is so full that’s it’s hard to find time to fit GFW in.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

NXT Results: 6/3/15

Tyler Breeze def. Adam Rose

 

Eva Marie says she wants to compete with the best women in NXT.

William Regal Announced NXT Championship Match: (C) Kevin Owens VS Finn Balor for the live WWE Network event in Japan on July 4th.

 

Alexa Bliss w/Blake & Murphy def. Carmella w/Enzo & Big Cass

 

The Vaudevillians def. Marcus Louis & Jason Jordan

Finn Balor says he will defeat Kevin Owens for the NXT Title in Japan on July 4th.

Finn Balor def. Rhyno

 

Rhyno explains his vicious attack on Finn Balor

 

 

Samoa Joe Signs Full-Time WWE Contract

PWTorch.com reports that WWE officials were so impressed with Samoa Joe  and his merchandise sales that Vince McMahon and Triple H personally pushed for him to sign a full-time WWE contact. PWInsider has confirmed that Joe has signed a full-time deal and that’s why he was at RAW last night, defeating Tyson Kidd in a match before the start of RAW.

The fact that Joe’s appearances for Ring of Honor will now air on national cable TV also played into the decision for WWE to sign him to a full-time deal.

Joe’s current NXT deal reportedly has a clause that would let WWE sign him to a full-time deal. WWE chose to execute that clause this past Thursday after ROH announced their deal with Destination America. Joe and WWE signed an addendum to the original deal, now making Joe a full-time WWE worker.

Even though Joe has now signed a full-time deal with WWE, he will still be fulfilling his indie dates that were booked. ROH has confirmed that Joe will still be working their June 20th TV tapings in New York City, in what appears to be Joe’s final ROH appearance. Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland announced last night that Joe has been added to their July 10th show.

Joe is booked for the big WWE NXT live events in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH this month. PWInsider reports that Joe is not currently booked for tonight’s SmackDown tapings so unless things change, Joe will not be the one who will answer NXT Champion Kevin Owens open challenge.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

NXT Results: 5/27/15

Kevin Owens came out to Sami Zayn’s music and wearing a John Cena shirt. He said he would make an NXT open challenge but he’s not insecure like Cena and he thinks people should earn their title shots.

Owens said he only backed downed to Samoa Joe because he wanted to give the fans a positive note to go home on. William Regal came out and complained that Owens was hurting everyone.

Solomon Crowe came out and called Owens a piece of crap. Owens challenged Crowe to a match and Regal made the match.

Emma w/Dana Brooke def. Bayley: After the match, Emma & Dana attacked Bayley. Charlotte came out and Emma & Dana laid her out also.

 

Blake & Murphy w/Alexa Bliss def. Elias Samson & Mike Rallis

 

Finn Balor def. Tye Dillinger

Kevin Owens def. Solomon Crowe: After the match, Owens tried to attack Crowe but Samoa Joe came out and got in his face. Owens left the ring and said that is a warning to Joe.

News On Samoa Joe’s WWE Contract

Samoa Joe’s WWE contract has been described as the first of it’s kind to allow unprecedented freedom for him as a performer. It appears that Joe’s contract will keep him off TV for other promotions outside of NXT, but will allow him to continue to work for ROH and others.

Joe’s contract is somewhat like the one Rhyno has with WWE but for a lot more money and Joe has also has a merchandise deal.

Joe talked about his deal on Twitter: