Tag: Cole Karter

AEW/ROH wrestler Cole Karter undergoes surgery for broken arm

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW/ROH wrestler Cole Karter is recovering after undergoing surgery to fix a broken arm.

Karter made a social media post on Wednesday revealing that his surgery was a success and he hopes to be back in the ring soon. The 24 year old noted that this was the first “big boy surgery” that he’s ever needed to have done.

“Got my first ever big boy surgery today on a broken arm,” Karter wrote. “I’ll be back soon & better than ever.”

In ROH, Karter is tag team partners with Griff Garrison and the duo is managed by Maria Kanellis-Bennett. Karter’s most recent match was taped on June 8 and aired on the June 20 episode of ROH television. It was a six-man tag with Karter, Garrison & Anthony Henry defeating Serpentico, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean.

Before joining AEW, Karter wrestled for WWE NXT as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan, a member of the D’Angelo Family faction. Karter was released from his WWE contract in June 2022.

Cole ‘Two Dimes’ Karter appears at AEW Dark tapings

Posted on by Josh Nason

A month after being released by WWE, Cole Karter returned to AEW at Saturday’s Universal Studios Dark tapings in Orlando, Florida.

The former Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan in WWE NXT competed in the first set of tapings, defeating Mike Orlando.

Karter (real name Cole McKinney) wrestled nine times for AEW in 2021 in a variety of singles, tag team and trios matches. Today’s win was his first.

Part of The D’Angelo Family along with Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo in NXT, Karter was released on June 11th due to what Dave Meltzer called a policy issue. Karter was told he could be brought back in a year.

While Karter never specified what the issue was, he tweeted a thanks the next day and said that “Mistakes happen and lessons are learned.”

He was signed to WWE in March of this year after 18 months on the indie scene.

Saturday marked his first match since being released. He will also work for IWC in Washington, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donovan on WWE release: ‘Mistakes happen and lessons are learned’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan has confirmed that he’s no longer with WWE.

Dave Meltzer reported on Sunday night that Donovan, who had been part of the NXT roster, was released by WWE on June 11. Meltzer wrote that Donovan’s release was due to a “policy issue,” and that Donovan was told he “may be brought back in a year.”

Donovan confirmed the release in a tweet on Monday morning: “Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. Mistakes happen and lessons are learned. A bump in the road doesn’t define me though. I’ll be back”

On NXT television, Donovan was a member of Tony D’Angelo’s mob family. He was part of a tag team with Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo.

D’Angelo, Donovan & Lorenzo defeated Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) at NXT In Your House earlier this month. The match had a stipulation where the losing team had to join the winning team’s faction.

The next two weeks of NXT episodes were taped at the WWE Performance Center last week and included Donovan appearing.

Donovan (real name Cole McKinney) was part of the group of recruits that joined the WWE Performance Center this March. He used the in-ring name Cole Karter before signing with WWE, including appearing on several episodes of AEW Dark.