WWE ‘very impressed’ with NXT talent featured at Saturday Night’s Main Event
WWE was said to be “very impressed” with the NXT talent featured at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez addressed the company’s reaction to the performances by Oba Femi, Sol Ruca, Leon Slater, Je’Von Evans, and Joe Hendry on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio.
Meltzer said:
“I know that people there were very impressed with the four that wrestled. Joe Hendry, everyone knows. He’s a guy that’s going to go out there and get a great crowd reaction and that’s a big part of their business. But they see Oba Femi as a superstar, they see Sol Ruca as a superstar, and they see Evans and Leon Slater as superstars.”
“They may botch it, something may happen, but it’s not like they aren’t seeing it.”
“It was right in front of them, plus they got over with the crowd in D.C., which is a big thing.”
The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is available for subscribers here.
Hendry and Slater will be in the four-way match on NXT tonight to determine the next challenger for Femi’s NXT Championship. Evans has a match scheduled for next week’s Raw against Rayo Americano and will also be at AAA Guerra de Titanes where he is scheduled to challenge for the AAA Cruiserweight championship in a three-way match against Jack Cartwheel and champion Laredo Kid.
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