NXT Articles - Page 5

After three months away from NXT, ex-NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov officially returned to the performance center for NXT tapings, according to The Wrestling Observer. The man who defeated Gunther for the NXT UK Championship back in August of 2021 when he was still going by Walter, Dragunov successfully defended his championship on seven occasions […]

NXT 2.0, to a large degree, was defined by Carmelo Hayes. A two-time North American Champion who spent a combined 273 days with the title around his waist, Hayes wrestled in some of the most consequential matches in the Jackson Pollock-era of NXT history, including his five-way ladder match to decide on the NXT North […]

Have you ever watched a WWE Championship match and thought to yourself, ‘I could book a better match than this?’ Ever witness a confusing stipulation or a bizarre disqualification and wish that someone, anyone, would book something better? Well, wrestling fans, you are in luck, as in honor of the one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0, […]

Dolph Ziggler is one of the most tenured performers in WWE today. Initially debuting as an up-and-coming young gun looking to take the industry by storm, Ziggler has accomplished more or less everything a performer could hope for within The Fed, having won the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the World Tag Team Championship, the NXT […]

WWE’s Johnny Gargano is known for three things above all else: for being very good at wrestling, for his run in NXT, and for being from Cleveland. Whenever a wrestling promotion would schedule a show in Cleveland, be it RAW, SmackDown, AEW, or even a random indie show from January through early August of 2022, […]

For a six-year period from 1999-2005, the Dudley Boyz were among the most entertaining performers in WWE. The brothers, D-Von and Bubba Ray, took part in some of the most important/entertaining matches in the promotion’s history, from tables matches, to ladders matches, and even the infamous TLC Match, and through it all, the duo consistently […]

As Johnny Gargano prepares for his first match back in a WWE-owned ring since WarGames 2021 and his first televised match on RAW since, well, ever, the hairier member of #DIY is about to embark on the next chapter of his professional wrestling career. He’s taken his time off, spent valuable time with his wife […]

Tyler Bate is a darn good wrestler. During his time in NXT UK, he wrestled some of the best performers the world has to offer, from Pete “Butch” Dunn to Walter/Gunther, and through it all, held the brand up as one of the pillars of English wrestling. He worked his butt off during the salad […]

Worlds Collide is meant to be a showcase of the best of the best the NXT and NXT UK brands have to offer. A sort of Survivor Series for the developmental brands, Shawn Michael, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and company put together a five-match card that was not only meant to unify a few titles […]

Mandy Rose has almost been the NXT Women’s Champion for a year. She’s held the belt for longer than everyone but Asuka and Shayna Baszler, has defended the strap on seven occasions, and has beaten basically every top talent the promotion has to offer. And yet, Rose desperately wants to return to either RAW or […]

When the NXT duo of Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett announced on commentary that Roderick Strong was in the hospital after being attacked in the parking lot of WWE’s Performance Center, it could have only meant one of two things. Either A, Strong was going to magically emerge from the back to either help his […]

After initially being held off of the Worlds Collide card, NXT’s North American Champion, Carmelo Hayes, took it personally. He logged onto social media to air out his grievances, made a video to stake his claim, and ultimately made his way to the ring at the end of NXT’s go-home show to shoot his shot […]

After watching the WWE Universe Clash at the Castle in a rare UK Stadium show that saw no titles change, no major debuts minus save the return of Giovanni Vinci to Imperium and the elevation of Solo Sikoa from NXT to presumably SmackDown, and a whole lot of Tyson Fury singing karaoke with 60,000 of […]

When it was announced on commentary that neither Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, or Jey Uso was in attendance at WWE’s Clash at the Castle, it felt like maybe, just maybe, Drew McIntyre would have a “fair” fight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship. The match would be mano a mano, the bout would truly […]

Ever since Hit Row returned to WWE, one question has been at the front of more than a few fans’ minds: when is Swerve Strickland going to leave AEW to reunite with Ashante “Thee” Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-Fab? Now, for fans in the know, this scenario is a lot easier said than done, as […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque gave AEW the most backhanded compliment of all time by congratulating Tony Khan’s company for “beating our developmental system” in a sitdown interview with Ariel Helwani for BT Sports, it drew a massive response from both sides of the proverbial aisle. WWE stans loved it, AEW die-hards took to social […]

While Paul “Triple H” Levesque may be the new EVP of Talent Relations for the WWE, at his heart, “The Game” is a showman. In the ring, Levesque was a big game hunter always looking to get himself over, and in his 24-year in-ring tenure with The Fed, he accomplished that feat a ton. He […]

“You know who I am.” These words, spoken by Finn Balor to Bronn Breaker in his much-anticipated return to NXT, could hardly be heard over the cheers of a crowd very much excited to see the longest-reigning champion in the brand’s history return to their television screens. “And I’m also the guy who’s held that […]

Current NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes is not very happy with Shawn Michaels at the moment. Though the man known as the Heartbreak Kid has been a massive supporter of Hayes in the past, going so far as to take this picture with him after winning the North American Championship, there apparently has been […]

When William Regal was let go from NXT and WWE, it was a certified shocker. Though he hadn’t wrestled in years – nine years to be exact – and likely will never do more than a vanity spot in the ring again, Regal was a fixture of WWE’s developmental system both on the screen and […]

Fans of NXT, it would appear that for better or worse, Wade Barrett isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, as the “The Bare Knuckle Brawler” has, by his own admission, signed an extension to stick around in the WWE Universe following a successful first two years back in a commentary role. “I just hit my two-year […]

Though Bron Breakker hasn’t been in NXT for long, he’s certainly made one heck of an impression on WWE’s third brand. Since officially making his debut on September 14th, 2021, Breakker has won all but three of the televised matches he’s wrestled in, defeated everyone from Gunther to Santos Escobar, and even holds a win […]

Folks, Johnny Wrestling is back in the building, as, after wrestling his final bout in NXT all the way back at WarGames in 2021, Johnny Gargano made his main roster debut on the Toronto episode of Monday Night RAW. Taking to the ramp and then the ring one segment after his former #DIY partner, Tommaso […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when WWE fans would have to watch an NXT star’s debut on RAW or SmackDown through interlocked fingers. Sure, occasionally, it would go swimmingly, like Bron Breakker’s trips up to RAW during his program with Dolph Ziggler, but for the most part, that was an outlier. No, […]

Shawn Michaels is having a very good week in the WWE Universe. He was promoted to Vice President of Talent Development Creative, watched NXT put up a huge viewership number for their Heatwave television special, and has watched his post-in-ring profile get elevated considerably as a result. And yet, not one week into his new […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque left NXT in 2021, it felt like the end of an era for WWE’s third brand. The Black and Gold color scheme was swapped out for a rainbow-colored splatter painting motif that would look right at home on an early Steiner Brothers singlet – which, considering who Bron Breakker’s father […]

When Santos Escobar landed in the WWE Universe as a member of the NXT Brand, it felt like a pretty big deal. Originally known as El Hijo del Fantasma – which literally translates to “The Son of Fantasma” – Escobar battled around the wrestling world, from CMLL to Lucha Libre AAA to Impact, and even […]

While the WWE Universe is abuzz with the returns of more than a few familiar faces, from Karrion Kross to Hit Row, the same level of love hasn’t been shown to NXT. Sure, Indi Hartwell heavily implied that she was given a love letter from her Kayfabe husband Dexter Lumis, but other than the return […]

If Triple H doesn’t bring back any more wrestlers from the “Great WWE Talent Purge of 2020-22,” he will have already shaken up the roster more than any other booker in the promotion’s history. Not since the launch of The Nexus, the return of the NWO, or even the WCW Invasion angle has there been […]

To call Roxane Perez’s time in professional wrestling charmed might just be an understatement. Since officially embracing her pursuit of a wrestling career full-time after she graduated from high school, Perez wrestled all over the country, signed not one but two full-time contracts with two of the biggest wrestling companies in the world, and ultimately […]

“I’m not retired; I’m unemployed. That’s what I keep saying. I see things on Tony Khan‘s TV show that appall me – I could help with that. I have been begging him for a job on every platform I can, and I want to know why he won’t hire me. That’s the next big news […]

When WWE officially announced the brackets for the Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament, it featured two very notable names that few expected to see in a RAW or SmackDown ring. No, it wasn’t Sasha Banks and Naomi; while that would have broken the internet and garnered an incredibly animated reaction, the duo have seriously failed […]

When the “OG3” of Hit Row made their triumphant return to the WWE Universe for a quick squash match on SmackDown, it garnered a pretty darn big pop. The fans assembled in the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, were very excited to see Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, and most importantly of all, B-Fab, […]

The WWE Universe is in a weirdly good spot at the moment. On one hand, the company’s booking is drawing rave reviews from across the wrestling world, with fans already labeling Triple H a late entrant for Tony Khan’s Booker of the Year award. But then again, just because the weekly additions of former NXT […]

Paul “Triple H” Levesque, as they say, is having himself a moment within the WWE Universe. His new booking philosophy has drawn rave reviews industry-wide, his tasteful decision to bring back some of his formerly released NXT standouts has made the company’s weekly television output must-watch, and his commitment to actually having long, entertaining wrestling […]

Did you happen to catch the final match on RAW this week, WWE fans? It was… sort of weird, right? Like, A.J. Styles won his fun, No Disqualifications match over The Miz, he looked to the left of the commentator’s table, and then the show just sort of… slithered off into Snake in the Grass, […]

Heading into Monday’s edition of RAW, the entire WWE Universe had their collective eyes fixed on one match and one match alone: Ciampa vs. Bobby Lashley for the United States Championship. In the eyes of many, the momentum was firmly in the corner of the “Blackhearted” former NXT Champion, as he was coming off of […]

After being absent from television for the entire summer, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship is officially back, and business is picking up for the brand-less belts. Initially secured at WrestleMania 38 by the dynamic duo of Sasha Banks and Naomi, the belts were officially vacated back in May, when, after the duo walked out […]

Parker Boudreaux is officially a member of the AEW Galaxy. No, the company hasn’t issued a press release announcing the former member of NXT’s addition to the roster, delivered an “Is All Elite” graphic, or even added him to the official roster page on their website – Don’t believe me? Check for yourself here –  […]