Many of the WWE NXT stars released this past Friday have 30 day non-competes and will be available for bookings about 9/5 or 9/6. WWE released the following 13 performers late Friday evening:
*Bobby Fish.
*Bronson Reed.
*Jake Atlas.
*Leon Ruff.
*Referee Stephon Smith.
*Mercedes Martinez.
*Giant Zanjeer.
*Ari Sterling.
*Kona Reeves.
*Asher Hale.
*Tyler Rust.
*WWE PC talent Zechariah Smith.
*Desmond Troy
Asher Hale aka longtime Carolinas and EVOLVE star Anthony Henry noted on Twitter that he had herniated two discs early in his WWE run and had been working at 30-75% of his normal effectiveness when he was seen on 205 Live:
I've had time to process what going through my head. These are my thoughts on my time with @wwe and subsequent release. Thank you to @WWENXT and @TripleH for the opportunity, the experience, and for making me stronger person. #workhorsmen pic.twitter.com/PeTgCtgUpm
— Asher Hale (FKA Anthony Henry) (@AsherhaleWWE) August 8, 2021
The Stamford Advocate reported over the weekend that WWE still intends to move into its new downtown Stamford, CT offices next year, a process that has been slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE already has signage up on the new building located about two miles from its long-time HQ, Titan Tower, which the company plans to sell alongside some other property they own in the area, allowing all facets of the company to be inside the same building for the first time in many years.
John Cena is on the latest edition of Chris Hardwick's podcast at this link.
A number of the WWE Summerslam weekend in-person meet and greets have had additional tickets released, so if you plan to be in Las Vegas and wanted to meet Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley, Jeff Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Miz, or AJ Styles & Omos, you can order tickets at Ticketmaster.com.
For those of you who will be in Vegas, there will be a post-Summerslam PPV comedy show starring Dolph Ziggler and friends starting at 10:30 PM local time. For more information, click here.
There will be several official WWE calendars for 2021 released this December, one featuring the male performers and one featuring the female stars of the company.
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On today's New Day Feel the Power podcast, it's another #AskKofi episode in which the former WWE Champion answers questions about anything and everything including Dragon Ball Z, hair-raising growth or the lack thereof, the worst road story, whether he will claim Chris Bey on his taxes, and more
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