The NXT Breakout Tournament is down to its final four wrestlers.
Trey Baxter defeated Joe Gacy on tonight s NXT to advance to the semifinals of the Breakout Tournament. Odyssey Jones will be Baxter s opponent in the next round.
Duke Hudson vs. Carmelo Hayes is the Breakout Tournament s other semifinal match. The winner of that match will advance to face the winner of Jones vs. Baxter in the finals. WWE hasn t announced when the finals will be taking place.
Jones advanced to the semifinals by defeating Andre Chase in the first round. Hudson defeated Ikemen Jiro in the first round, while Hayes defeated Josh Briggs.
A look at the life and career of Paul Orndorff, one of the top stars of the 70s, 80s and 90, is the lead story in the new issue of the Observer.
We go deep into the issue of dementia, his life after wrestling, what he was known for in wrestling, the street fighter talk, the fight with Tony Atlas, the fight with John Matuszak, his high school and college sports stardom in Florida, the unique story about how he got into pro wrestling and another street fight story just as he was breaking in where he wound up arrested and Eddie Graham thought it was great for business, his rise to stardom in the territorial era, the Vader fight, how he got started lifting weights, his second run with Hulk Hogan that remains the most successful live event program in pro wrestling history, the Hogan vs. Orndorff years, both teaming and as rivals, the first WrestleMania, The Big Event in Toronto and how monumental that show was and how it blew away expectations, how WrestleMania III being held at the P
Several WWE NXT Superstars Backstage At SmackDown Tonight
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Several WWE NXT Superstars are currently backstage for tonight’s live SmackDown on FOX from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Austin Theory, Xia Li, Odyssey Jones and Aliyah are all backstage, according to PWInsider. There’s no word yet on if any of these Superstars will appear on TV tonight, but it’s likely that they were brought in to work dark matches for officials.
Theory is currently a member of The Way in NXT, with Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell. Theory actually worked the RAW roster back in March 2020, as a client of Zelina Vega, teaming with Angel Garza and Andrade at times. He briefly joined a group with Seth Rollins and Murphy, before disappearing from the RAW storylines in June of last year. He returned to NXT in August.