WWE NXT notes: New faces emerge, Sean Legacy returns, Tavion Heights
The theme of Tuesday’s NXT was new faces.
The start of NXT saw Shawn Michaels, Matt Bloom, and Robert Stone hint that new faces would be making their debut on Tuesday’s show, noting international prospects and those from Evolve and LFG were looking to make a name for themselves. By the end of the night, that became quite apparent.
After Myles Borne defended the NXT North American title against Saquon Shugars, he was interrupted by Tristian Angels, who appeared in the crowd. He identified himself as ‘Mr. England’ and told Borne he would see a lot more of him in NXT. That was when Kam Hendrix, who has appeared on WWE LFG, jumped Borne from behind and laid him out.
EVIL, who wasn’t referred to by that name, also made his debut on Tuesday. After he handed Tony D’Angelo another object with the Japanese symbol of war on it, he walked away. But the segment wasn’t over as Tavion Heights, who hadn’t been seen on television in weeks, suddenly jumped D’Angelo. After Heights was done, an unidentified heavyset man came out and gave D’Angelo a top rope moonsault.
The man was later identified online as Will Kroos, who has previously worked for Progress and has held their Atlas Championship.
One return on Tuesday was Sean Legacy, who was sidelined for the last few weeks with a leg injury. After Birthright showed themselves attacking Dorian Van Dux backstage, EK Prosper came to the ring and went on the attack. He was being taken out when suddenly Legacy ran in for the save. After Prosper & Legacy won their match, the rest of Birthright attacked them until Tate Wilder, who has made a few appearances on NXT television, came out to make the save.
The night ended with Michaels, Bloom, and Stone talking about the events of the show when D’Angelo walked in. He told Michaels that they got a one up on him tonight, but he was ready for the chaos.
“Let’s f****** go!” he declared as the show went off the air.
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