WWE NXT is back tonight for the first show of 2023. Tonight’s show will be live once again onUSA Network at 8:00 pm EST. after the last two episodes aired on tape delay. Tonight also serves as the go-home show before next week’s New Year’s Evil special.
* Extreme Resolution Match: Alba Fyre vs. Isla Dawn
* The Grayson Waller Effect: Grayson Waller & Bron Breakker contract signing for New Year’s Evil
* Carmelo Hayes vs. Apollo Crews
* Trick Williams vs. Axiom
* Charlie Dempsey vs. Hank Walker
Dragon Lee has signed a contract with WWE.
Following a tag team match featuring Lee and Dralistico teaming up to face off against FTR at Wednesday’s AAA Noche De Campeones event, the AAA wrestler grabbed a microphone and cut a promo to announce that he’s heading to WWE. ESPN is reporting that Lee will be starting with WWE in January. He’s expected to begin on the NXT brand.
At Wednesday’s AAA Noche De Campeones event, Lee and Dralistico defeated FTR to capture the AAA World Tag Team Championships. This means Lee will be leaving the company as a champion.
Both Lee and Dralistico received WWE tryouts following their appearance on AEW Dynamite back in August. Lee told ESPN the following:
“I think I can become the new Rey Mysterio in WWE. I just need the opportunity. [Finn Balor] told me, ‘Would you like to be in WWE?’ [laughs]. I said, ‘Yeah, sure. Why not?’ … It was something special for me. It’s my challenge to learn more about promos. You will never finish learning in pro wrestling. But every time you wrestle, you learn. But about promos, it’s something new for me. I would like to learn something new, how to become not just a wrestler — an artist.”
Dave Meltzer addressed Lee’s signing on Wrestling Observer Radio where he revealed that the deal was made about two weeks ago and the luchador was asked to keep it under wraps for obvious reasons. Meltzer said,
Lee is a former ROH Television and ROH World Tag Team Champion. He’s also held the World Welterweight and Lightweight Championships in CMLL. Lee also had a reign as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Dragon Lee may be less than a week into his WWE contract, but the new signing is believed to be the highest earner in NXT.
Lee announced his signing with WWE after he and Dralistico dethroned FTR as AAA World Tag Team Champions, and the titles have since been vacated.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dragon Lee’s deal is believed to be the highest in NXT now that Mandy Rose is gone.
“The belief is that he would be the highest-paid NXT wrestler now that Mandy Rose is no longer working with the brand. It’s a three-year deal and does call for pay increases with each year, but the hope and certainly the feeling he was given is he would have a main roster contract and be brought up in 2024.”
WWE contracts have a confidentiality clause in that the talent and their representatives are not allowed to reveal the dollar amount of each deal.
Source: ewrestlingnews
Tonight on WWE NXT on USA Network at 8/7C
Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network at 8/7C.
Mandy Rose has thanked her subscribers on her website after being released from WWE this week.
The former NXT Women’s Champion lost the title to Roxanne Perez on this week’s WWE NXT, and was released yesterday due to the content on her site.
In an update on the site, Rose ensured her subscribers that the page will remain up.
“Hey guys, thank you for all the messages. I am overwhelmed with all the love and support from you guys. And don’t worry the page is still up! ;)”
Rose was reportedly earning more through her website than as a WWE Superstar at the time of her release.
Source: ewrestlingnews
Mandy Rose has been released by WWE according to a report from Fightful Select. The reason for the release reportedly being that she put the company in a tough position by posting adult photos on her BrandArmy account.
Rose began trending this week after photos and videos of herself, nude and semi-nude, began to circulate online. This also explains why Rose dropped the NXT Women’s Title to Roxanne Perez last night. The match was initially to take place at a later date but was instead added yesterday without any prior advertisement.
WWE NXT’s post-Deadline edition will air live tonight on the USA Network
WWE will then tape the final two episodes of NXT for 2022 tomorrow and return to live weekly broadcasts on January 6, 2023.
Tonight’s show features the fallout of last Saturday’s NXT Deadline premium live event. Here’s the announced lineup:
* Toxic Attraction vs. Tatum Paxley & Ivy Nile
* Damon Kemp vs. Duke Hudson
* Lyra Valkyria debuts
* Von Wagner with Robert Stone vs. Odyssey Jones
* What’s next for the new NXT Tag Team Champions The New Day?
* The first-ever Iron Survivors (Grayson Waller and Roxanne Perez) take aim at the NXT Champions
* Fallout from NXT Deadline
WOMEN’S IRON SURVIVOR CHALLENGE MATCH:
Roxanne Perez def. Cora Jade, Kiana James, Zoey Stark and Indi Hartwell
Isla Dawn def. Alba Fyre
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
The New Day def. Pretty Deadly (c) to become new NXT Tag Team Champions
MEN’S IRON SURVIVOR CHALLENGE MATCH:
Grayson Waller def. Carmelo Hayes, JD McDonagh, Joe Gacy and Axiom
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Bron Breakker (c) def. Apollo Crews
Once the match wraps up, we see Grayson Waller, winner of the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge, hit the ring and he lays out Bron Breakker.
WWE NXT Deadline Premium Live Event from the WWE Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida on Saturday December 10, 2022 – 8pm ET/5pm PT on Peacock in the US and on WWE Network elsewhere.
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NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Bron Breakker (c) vs. Apollo Crews
MEN’S IRON SURVIVOR CHALLENGE MATCH:
Carmelo Hayes vs. Grayson Waller vs. JD McDonagh vs. Joe Gacy vs. Axiom
WOMEN’S IRON SURVIVOR CHALLENGE MATCH:
Cora Jade vs. Kiana James vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Zoey Stark vs. Indi Hartwell
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Pretty Deadly (c) vs. The New Day
Alba Fyre vs. Isla Dawn
It’s a New Day, yes it is.
The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) made a shocking return to NXT on Tuesday night. The 11-time tag team champions interrupted Pretty Deadly’s reading of their “Christmas Story” to challenge them for the NXT Tag Team Championships. Pretty Deadly said that all they wanted was a team that could match them in the ring, and Woods and Kingston answered the call.
The confrontation escalated into a full-on brawl, as The New Day stood tall after smashing Pretty Deadly with some Christmas presents that were in the ring.
Their match for NXT Deadline this Saturday has now been made official.
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