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 She would go on to win the tournament the next year and from there would become a regular part of the WWE UK roster, where she defeated Rhea Ripley to win the WWE UK Women's title. She became a part of the NXT roster in October of 2020 and was there until her SmackDown call-up this past July[...]

Hey gang!  Last week we saw Raw superstar AJ Styles come to NXT to try and teach brash young Grayson Waller some lessons in how to be a proper WWE superstar  The lessons clearly didn't take, as not only did Waller shake off everything Styles told him, but he returned the gesture by appearing at Raw this past[...]

Hey gang!  If you've been watching NXT 2.0 over the past few weeks, you will have noticed that there is one guy enjoying all of the heat he is generating from his antagonistic and underhanded behavior  That guy is Grayson Waller, who has emerged as arguably the brand's top heel right now[...]

Orange Cassidy to reunite with his former NXT stablemates in the Undisputed Era, even if fear of copyright infringement will prevent them using that name O'Reilly interfered in the opening match to help Adam Cole gain the win Cole, O'Reilly, and Bobby Fish then fended off an attack from the Best Friends and held the[...]

Hey gang!  WWE has made sure to keep their main roster and NXT 2.0 stars away from one another thus far, but that has now ended  Raw star AJ Styles will be on NXT 2.0 and word is he's looking for the dastardly Grayson Waller and might teach the rebelious young star some lessons in respect[...]

Hey gang!  Last week on NXT 2.0, Grayson Waller established himself as the chief heel for the brand going forward  A week after attacking the departing Johnny Gargano, Waller relished the heat he was getting from the NXT fans and from the locker room, all before attacking LA Knight and leaving him beaten in the parking lot[...]

Hey gang!  With the apparent departure of longtime NXT stars Johnny Gargano and Kyle O'Reilly, it now appears more than ever that we're moving into an all-new era of NXT  And with how both men were written off of TV last week, it would appear the new faces are indeed taking over[...]

Hey gang!  Last week's episode of NXT 2.0 was a transition of sorts  We were only two nights removed from NXT WarGames and there were seeds planted for this week's show and some new feuds going forward and it looks like we saw the last of both Kyle O'Reilly and Johnny Gargano in NXT[...]

Hey gang!  So this past Sunday's NXT WarGames Pay Per View event set the tone of what's to come in NXT and there was a clear message at the end of it all: the future is now  The classic "black and gold" era of NXT is done and the NXT 2.0 era is full-steam ahead, especially after the[...]

Hey gang!  We are only two days removed from NXT WarGames this past Sunday and after such an explosive event that solidified the NXT 2.0 generation as the new power in NXT, we can imagine that there will be quite a bit of fallout tonight on the USA Network  Will Bron Breakker again challenge Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT[...]

Hey gang!  With it being since August that NXT has put on a proper weekend night Pay Per View event, there was definitely an eagerness in the fanbase to see the NXT stars on a big stage again  But with it now being the NXT 2.0 era and this not being an old-fashioned NXT TakeOver event, could[...]

Hey gang!  Well, tonight's the night!  For the first time since August, NXT will be having a special Pay Per View event, this time in the form of WWE NXT WarGames  And as the name should tell you, tonight's event will involve the classic WarGames match as eight men and eight women will do battle[...]

 He saw his position within WWE diminished through some corporate restructuring, his creation NXT was taken over creatively by Vince McMahon and changed almost entirely from Triple H's vision, many of his personally scouted talents have been released by the company, and if that all weren't enough, he suffered what was described as a "cardiac event"[...]

WWE Hall-of-Famer Beth Phoenix is heading back into semi-retirement, she announced on social media Thursday.  Phoenix said she will leave the NXT commentary team following the WarGames PPV on Sunday to spend more time with her family She will remain a part of WWE despite leaving the weekly gig. In a statement published across her social[...]

  Hey gang!  So this week's episode of NXT 2.0 is all about NXT WarGames this Sunday and with that in mind, we have not one, but two Ladder Matches on this episode with the advantage in each of the two WarGames matches at the event on the line  In addition to those matches, we will also find[...]

Hey gang!  Tonight's NXT 2.0 episode is the last stop on the road to NXT WarGames this Sunday and there's some official business that needs to be settled before that big event  Tonight we will see two different Ladder Matches, with each deciding the team with the advantage going into their respective WarGames match this Sunday[...]

In case you haven't heard, NXT is having their first TakeOver/Pay Per View-type event in quite a while December 5 on Peacock in the form of NXT WarGames  The NXT-exclusive event will of course be host to two of the titular WarGames matches: one for men and one for women  And now to make things more interesting,[...]

Hey gang!  With WarGames coming up quickly on the horizon (a week from this Sunday on December 5, to be precise), NXT has a lot of work to do to build the card for that event and maybe more importantly, set the two WarGames matches to headline the event  While the women's match is for the[...]

There are more shake-ups behind the scenes at NXT today as one of their longest-tenured trainers, former WWE superstar Scott Garland, better known by his ring name, Scotty 2 Hotty, has requested his release from WWE  Garland has been a trainer and producer for the NXT brand since September of 2016, and judging by his statement online[...]

Hey gang!  So this week's episode of NXT 2.0 actually looks pretty loaded with some decent attention-grabbing matches, which is a nice change from only announcing one or two matches in advance, as WWE has done quite frequently as of late  The big main event match is of course the Triple Threat Match, where NXT North[...]

 But among the releases was also the shocking final nails in the WWE coffin of the highly promising former NXT faction, Hit Row, who seemed earmarked for WWE stardom when the entire faction was surprisingly selected by SmackDown in the recent WWE Draft  Yet now, after two recent rounds of releases, every member of the group are[...]

But with more viable companies in play than ever before, the WWE's loss could be professional wrestling's gain in the big picture. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon loves money. Here's a look at Maverick's video reaction to the news that was posted earlier this evening, with the clip implying at the end that Maverick already has plans for[...]

Hey gang!  So last week on NXT 2.0, we got the exciting announcement that the beloved WarGames match would be returning to NXT in the form of a Peacock-exclusive event (modern talk for pay per view) on Sunday, December 5  We can assume that like the last WarGames event two years ago, there will be both[...]

Hey gang!  One of the longer stories in NXT that has transitioned from the old black and gold era to the NXT 2.0 era we find ourselves in now is the one of Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai, the former best friends and tag team partners whose relationship has tuned a complete 180 degrees and we now see[...]

If you watched last night's episode of NXT 2.0, you will have seen the exciting announcement teaser for the brand's upcoming event, NXT WarGames  This of course will include the return of the iconic War Games match, an anything-goes match with two side-by-side rings inside a steel cage where multi-wrestler teams will battle it out as they[...]

Hey gang!  So far, the NXT 2.0 era has produced inconsistent results  One week we'll get some pretty solid matches and a look at a promising up-and-coming talent, only to follow that up the next week with an episode filled with silly comedy and a very little amount of wrestling  I'm a firm believer that any wrestling[...]

Hey gang!  Last week's episode of NXT 2.0 was hot garbage, full stop  It was full of bad comedy, silly skits, way too many backstage or video segments, and worst of all, very little actual wrestling  NXT is supposed to be a developmental showcase where young "not ready for primetime" talents hone their skills and get[...]

Arguably the most shocking and disheartening of the large number of wrestlers released by WWE last week was that of former NXT Champion Keith Lee.  Fans were positive that Lee had all of the special qualities necessary to blow past WWE Chairman Vince McMahon's creative Death Star blast, but alas as many, many times before, the[...]

 I am referring to the former NXT superstars that Vince and company just couldn't seem to not screw up. Keith Lee on the mic during WWE Raw, courtesy of WWE. Of the 18 wrestlers released yesterday, 16 of them were former or current NXT talents, and all of them were scouted and hired under the previous NXT[...]

It can be argued that in 2021, no star in NXT has received a bigger push to the main event as Kyle O'Reilly  Used as part of the faction Undesputed Era for the entirety of his time in NXT, O'Reilly had never quite been given the chance to step out of the team he shared with Roderick Strong, Bobby[...]