Category: NXT
NXT Preview 5/9/18
Pat McAfee Announces NXT TakeOver Pre-Show Return
NXT TakeOver: Chicago will feature Pat McAfee on the pre-show and the popular Barstool Sports personality couldn’t be more excited to return.
McAfee shared the news on Instagram with a picture of him signing the contract and a caption saying, “Living a bucket list life.. Enjoying the hell out of life.. June 16th, @wwenxt Takeover Chicago.. The #PreShowShaman returns.”
Pat was on the panel for TakeOver: New Orleans and received mixed reviews.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
NXT star out for several months with torn pectoral
NXT star Tino Sabbatelli recently underwent surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle according to a new report by Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline on Friday. Sabbatelli suffered the injury during the NXT live event in Largo, Florida on April 28 against The Velveteen Dream. Sabbatelli will be out of action for several months following the surgery.
Sabbatelli had been featured on NXT TV for several months in a tag-team with Riddick Moss and had recently turned on Moss, presumably beginning a push as a singles competitor before the injury.
Source: WrestlingINC
NXT Preview 5/2/18
* Dunne aims to even the score against Strong
* The Street Profits and “The Mighty” TM61 collide in tag team action
* “NXT’s Finest” Kona Reeves returns
* Will Candice LeRae have her head in the game against Bianca Belair?
Triple H On Creating NXT Brands Around The World
During WWE’s annual Business Partner Summit over WrestleMania 34 weekend, Paul “Triple H” Levesque revealed in a presentation about coming up with the term “Global Localization” and how the company wants to create NXT brands around the world.
Triple H described this plan as a global territorial system, something WWE had been considering over a decade ago and never fully committed to.
WWE has posted the full summit on the company’s corporate website.
https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/989225600706490368
Source: WrestleView
NXT Preview 4/25/18
* Will Johnny Gargano unseat Aleister Black as NXT Champion?
* History will be made as Adam Cole defends the NXT North American Title against Oney Lorcan
NXT Preview 4/18/18
* Vindicated and reinstated, Johnny Gargano appears live before the NXT Universe
* Dain, Sullivan ready for No Disqualification brawl
* Ricochet makes his Full Sail University debut
* Candice LeRae and Zelina Vega will finally throw down in a match
* What ruckus will The War Raiders wreak next?
Backstage News On Possible Turn Plans For Bray Wyatt, Is SAnitY Coming To The Main Roster?
There has been a push within WWE for Bray Wyatt to turn on Matt Hardy and then be the leader of SAnitY on the main roster, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. No word yet on if they are moving forward with this idea but it has been pitched.
Wyatt recently joined Hardy and helped him win the fifth annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34. They are set to team on Monday’s RAW to face The Revival with the winners facing The Bar for the vacant RAW Tag Team Titles at the April 27th Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia.
This week’s dark main event at the WWE NXT TV tapings saw NXT Champion Aleister Black defeat SAnitY leader Eric Young. He then took out SAnitY members Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe. With SAnitY being off TV for at least the next few weeks, there is some fan speculation on this being their last appearance before being called to the main roster.
Source: WrestlingINC
War Raiders Debut On WWE NXT TV (Video)
“War Raiders” Hanson and Rowe debuted on WWE NXT TV during last night’s main event with Heavy Machinery vs. Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli. You can see video from the debut below. While they are no longer using the War Machine name, they are still using Hanson and Rowe.
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