Tag: Bronco Nima

Fight Game: Another competitive weekend for combat sports fans

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast.

We got right into our Top Five of the week where we discussed the following:

  • All the competition for eyeballs this weekend with all of the pro wrestling in addition to big UFC and boxing shows
  • NXT Great American Bash preview
  • FTR defending the AEW Tag Team titles against Adam Cole & MJF
  • Why the Roderick Strong part of the MJF/Cole angle brings Cole down
  • What is going on with Jack Perry and Jerry Lynn?
  • An update on the NJPW G1 Climax 33 and where the wrestlers stand in the blocks

We also update our previous Wrestling Prospectus segment on Bronco Nima as he wrestled on NXT this week.

Finally, we did a non-wrestling segment at the end to help you get to know your hosts a bit better.

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Two debuts set for WWE NXT Level Up

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two former college athletes are set to make their WWE television debuts on this week’s edition of NXT Level Up.

Tonight’s episode of Level Up will feature the debuts of Oba Femi (real name Isaac Odugbesan) and Dani Palmer (AJ Amrhein). Femi is facing Dante Chen on the show, while Palmer is facing Thea Hail.

Femi and Palmer were both part of the class of recruits who joined the WWE Performance Center this August. Before officially signing with WWE, Femi was a member of the inaugural class of WWE’s NIL (Next in Line) program.

WWE.com wrote:

A 2021-22 WWE NIL Athlete, Isaac Odugbesan is a three-time SEC shot put champion. The Lagos, Nigeria native currently holds both the indoor and outdoor distance records for Alabama.

AJ Amrhein is a well-renowned fitness instructor from Scottsburg, Ind., and a former tumbler on the prestigious Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling team. Amrhein is a three-time national champion with The Bears and was named the 2020 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.

NXT Level Up airs on Peacock/WWE Network at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Fridays. Here’s the full lineup for tonight’s episode:

  • Oro Mensah vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo
  • Thea Hail vs. Dani Palmer
  • Dante Chen vs. Oba Femi