Tag: Dana Brooke

Former WWE wrestler says she almost retired before TNA debut

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TNA Knockouts World Champion Ash By Elegance says she almost hung up her boots following her WWE release.

The former Dana Brooke was with WWE for 10 years before being released as part of roster cuts in September 2023. In a recent interview with Metro UK, Elegance said the experience made her question whether she was cut out to be a wrestler.

“There was that feeling again where I’m like, maybe I’m just not made for this. Maybe I should hang my boots up, call it quits, and just figure out a different path,” she said.

Instead, Elegance focused on reinventing herself and developing the Ash By Elegance character. She debuted the gimmick in TNA at Hard to Kill in January 2024. Since then, she’s built the “Elegance Brand” faction, which includes her Personal Concierge (George Iceman), Heather By Elegance (Heather Reckless), and M by Elegance (Maggie Lee).

Elegance won the Knockouts World Championship at NXT Heatwave in a triple threat match against then-champion Jacy Jayne and former champion Masha Slamovich. She said the title win was the culmination of two years of work.

“‘Here I am! My hard worked showed two years later,” she said, also mentioning that it meant a lot to have NXT’s Shawn Michaels and Matt Bloom at the show.

“I wasn’t watching as a young kid, I started here [in NXT]. I grinded my way from the bottom all the way to the top, then to be able to come back and capture this title.”

She also mentioned that Bayley reached out to her following her Knockouts title win to offer congratulations.

“Bayley sent me such a cool message. She’s like, ‘I just want to let you know I’m so proud of you and you’re so effing cool’ I’ve always wanted to hold a TNA Title.’‘

”I feel like me holding the TNA title brings so much drive and hunger to girls that may have felt like they can never do it,” she added. “You just never know who’s going to show up, who’s going to want to come after this title. It’s awesome.”

Ashy Be Elegance’s full interview with Metro UK is available here.

Ash By Elegance match added to TNA Impact lineup

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The former Dana Brooke will be in action on TNA Impact this week.

Coming off her appearance at last night’s NXT Battleground, TNA announced Ash By Elegance will wrestle on Thursday’s show. Her opponent has yet to be named.

Elegance appeared during the Jordynne Grace vs. Roxanne Perez match on Sunday’s show in Las Vegas. She came out to prevent Tatum Paxley from stealing the Knockouts title and ended up being taken out via a belt shot from Grace. Elegance’s past as Dana Brooke wasn’t mentioned during the broadcast other than Vic Joseph almost referring to her by the name until correcting himself. “That’s Dana…Ash by Elegance,” Joseph said during her appearance.

TNA Impact announced lineup for Thursday, June 13, 2024 —

  • The System visit The Hardy Family Compound
  • Mike Santana vs. Zachary Wentz
  • Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth vs. Ace Austin & Chris Bey
  • Masha Slamovich vs. Marti Belle
  • Tasha Steelz vs. Dani Luna
  • Ash By Elegance vs. TBA

Following this week’s episode of Impact, TNA will present Against All Odds on Friday night. Grace will defend the Knockouts title in an open challenge on the show.

TNA Against All Odds announced lineup for Friday, June 14, 2024 —

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Matt Hardy
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends in an open challenge
  • TNA World Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defend against Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth
  • TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Trent Seven
  • Mike Santana & Steve Maclin vs. Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz

TNA’s Ash by Elegance appears during Women’s title match at WWE NXT Battleground

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ash by Elegance — the former Dana Brooke in WWE — made her presence felt during the NXT Women’s title match at Sunday’s WWE NXT Battleground, fighting with Tatum Paxley and getting laid out by Jordynne Grace for her trouble.

Paxley came out from the crowd and grabbed Grace’s TNA Knockouts title belt after eyeing up the NXT title, running into the entranceway to distract her. Ash then came out out to fight over the belt, leading Grace to come out to greet both of them with belt shots to lay them out.

Grace lost to Perez shortly afterward as she countered a Juggernaut Driver into a cutter followed by Pop Rocks for the pin and win. Ash then taunted Grace after the loss.

Her past with WWE never mentioned other than a quick Vic Joseph reference to “That’s Dana…Ash by Elegance.”

Ash was released by WWE in September 2023 while she was in NXT, ending a decade-long run with the company. She signed a contract with TNA in January of this year, first appearing at Hard to Kill. She has had just seven matches thus far (6-1) and has not got a shot at the title.

Grace has an open challenge for her TNA title for next weekend’s Against All Odds.

Ash by Elegance to make in-ring debut at TNA TV taping

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The former Dana Brooke is making her TNA Wrestling in-ring debut this weekend.

TNA has announced that Ash by Elegance will be in action at the promotion’s television tapings in Orlando, Florida this Saturday (January 20). It’s the second night of a two-night TNA taping at Osceola Heritage Park in Orlando.

Brooke’s opponent for the match has not been announced.

At Hard to Kill last Saturday, Brooke made a surprise appearance and was shown watching the Knockouts Championship match between Trinity and Jordynne Grace. Grace defeated Trinity to win the title.

It was officially confirmed on Wednesday that Brooke has signed a TNA contract.

Brooke was a guest on Busted Open Radio this week and explained her new Ash by Elegance character:

So Ash by Elegance is a different side of me, but I try and live my life every single day as being super elegant. Elegant is a word — but I feel like it has a variety and many multiple meanings of it. It’s classiness, it’s elegance, it’s beautiful, it just means so much that I’m definitely going to bring that element into the ring and show everyone what class and elegance truly means.

Brooke was released by WWE in September 2023 during a round of roster cuts. Saturday will be the first non-WWE match of her career.

The announced lineups for Friday and Saturday’s TNA tapings are listed below. The matches will air on future episodes of Impact.

Friday, January 19 —

  • Moose vs. Kushida
  • Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw
  • Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel
  • Josh Alexander vs. Alan Angels
  • Chris Sabin vs. Jason Hotch
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Alex Shelley

Saturday, January 20 —

  • Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards vs. Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
  • Ash by Elegance makes her in-ring debut
  • Tasha Steelz vs. Xia Brookside
  • Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve defends against Rhino
  • Jake Something vs. Frankie Kazarian
  • Killer Kelly vs. Dani Luna

Dana Brooke/Ash by Elegance signs TNA Wrestling contract

Posted on by Josh Nason

TNA Wrestling officially has another new addition to their Knockouts division as they announced Wednesday that Ash by Elegance has signed a contract.

Ash is the former Dana Brooke of WWE fame. 

Her first match in TNA will mark her first ever outside WWE or NXT. She was not announced as appearing on this Thursday’s TNA Impact and her TV debut date is unknown.

Ash, and an unnamed male assistant, made their TNA on-screen debut at last Saturday’s Hard to Kill, sitting in the crowd during the Knockouts title match between then-champion Trinity and Jordynne Grace. She didn’t get involved in the match, nor was the basis of her new moniker revealed.

In an interview with Busted Open Radio, Ash revealed a bit about her new identity:

“So Ash by Elegance is a different side of me, but I try and live my life every single day as being super elegant. Elegant is a word — but I feel like it has a variety and many multiple meanings of it. It’s classiness, it’s elegance, it’s beautiful, it just means so much that I’m definitely going to bring that element into the ring and show everyone what class and elegance truly means.”

Ash (Ashley Mae Sebera) was released by WWE in September 2023 while she was part of the NXT brand, ending a 10-year run with WWE that also began in NXT. During her decade on the main roster and NXT, she only held the 24/7 title.

No details on the length of the deal were provided. She did respond to criticism about her new look and its similarities to AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm:

It’s the second new addition to the division this week as former WWE NXT UK wrestler Xia Brookside was announced as signing a contract Saturday following her promotional debut in an Ultimate X match.

Ash by Elegance: TNA Wrestling debut was ‘such an amazing feeling’

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At TNA Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view, the former Dana Brooke reemerged with a new name and character.

Now going by the name Ash by Elegance, Brooke (Ashley Sebera) made her TNA debut at Hard to Kill last weekend. She was shown in the crowd during the Knockouts title match between Trinity and Jordynne Grace. It was Brooke’s first pro wrestling appearance since being released by WWE in September 2023.

Brooke reacted to her TNA debut while appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s Busted Open Radio. Brooke said it was an amazing feeling to appear at Hard to Kill.

It honestly was such an amazing feeling. Being in Vegas, being at TNA Wrestling, Hard to Kill, walking out into an amazing, amazing arena with watching the Knockouts division title match with Jordynne and Trinity, it was such a great, great feeling to make my presence be known at such an amazing, amazing event.

Brooke was then asked about her new gimmick and what “Ash by Elegance” means:

So Ash by Elegance is a different side of me, but I try and live my life every single day as being super elegant. Elegant is a word — but I feel like it has a variety and many multiple meanings of it. It’s classiness, it’s elegance, it’s beautiful, it just means so much that I’m definitely going to bring that element into the ring and show everyone what class and elegance truly means.

When asked if she’s now officially part of TNA Wrestling, Brooke said that viewers should keep their eyes out and not miss an episode of Impact going forward.

Brooke was with WWE from 2013 to 2023. Before her release, she had recently joined the NXT roster. Brooke was released during a round of roster cuts that were made after Endeavor’s acquisition of WWE became official.

Brooke told Busted Open Radio that she thinks TNA is a perfect fit and is everything that she was looking for. It’s where she can explore freedom and opportunity.

Grace defeated Trinity to win the Knockouts Championship at Hard to Kill.

Hard to Kill was the start of a new era for TNA Wrestling. The promotion’s name change back to TNA officially went into effect that night. In addition to Brooke debuting, Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler) arrived in TNA at Hard to Kill.

Nic Nemeth & Dana Brooke debut at TNA Hard to Kill, DeAngelo Williams returns

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Two released WWE stars are now part of the new era of TNA.

Nic Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler in WWE, appeared following the main event of Saturday’s Hard to Kill that saw Moose begin his second World title reign with a win over Alex Shelley.

Nemeth and Moose went face-to-face before Nemeth hit a superkick and the Zig Zag before he left the ring and celebrated in the stands, avoiding a potential beatdown by Moose’s new faction called The System.

Nemeth’s first match in his new home is official as he will take on Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz as part of Sunday’s TV taping in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

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Nemeth wasn’t the only former WWE star to debut as Dana Brooke appeared in the crowd during the Knockouts title match between now-former champion Trinity and Jordynne Grace.

Brooke, who was flanked by a gentleman, was identified as Ash by Elegance — a tie-in to her real name of Ashley Mae Sebera. She did not confront Grace after she won the title, nor was there an indication of what she was doing there. 

Both Brooke and Nemeth were released in the fall of 2023. Nemeth made his NJPW debut as part of a surprise appearance at Wrestle Kingdom 18 earlier this month.

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Earlier in the night, former NFL running back and one-time TNA wrestler DeAngelo Williams made his return to the promotion for the first time since 2017.

Williams, who teamed with Moose at Slammiversary that same year, is now part of Moose’s new aforementioned faction. Williams hasn’t wrestled since that lone match although his performance impressed many at the time.

As of this writing, TNA has not formally announced any of the three are under contract.

Dana Brooke, Mace, Mansoor among additional WWE releases

Posted on by Ian Carey

Update —

Three additional releases from the WWE NXT and WWE Performance Center roster have been confirmed. 

Brooklyn Barrow, an NXT Level Up regular, announced via Instagram story that she is no longer with the company. 

Kevin Ventura-Cortez, who was signed after WWE’s 2022 SummerSlam tryout has also confirmed his departure via Instagram. Ventura-Cortez worked as an enhancement talent on the May 29 Memorial Day edition of Raw this year. 

Alexis Gray, a sprinter who was announced as part of the Spring 2023 Rookie Class, announced on X that she is also no longer with the company.

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WWE talent releases have continued on Thursday.  

After more than 10 years with the company, Dana Brooke has been released, as reported by Fightful. She first signed with WWE in July 2013 and debuted on the main roster in May 2016. 

The former members of the Maximum Male Models, Mansoor, and Mace, have also been let go. Mace had been with the company since 2016 and debuted on the main roster as part of Retribution in 2020. 

Mansoor joined WWE after attending a tryout before The Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2018. He began partnering with Mace as the Maximum Male Models in 2022. The act was voted “Worst Gimmick” in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards that year. 

Dabba Kato has also been released, as reported by PWInsider. The Nigerian wrestler was first signed to the company in 2016. 

Shanky has also been released by WWE, as reported by Fightful. 

Quincy Elliot confirmed on his social media that he has been released by WWE.

Yulisa Leon has been released, according to PWInsider. 

Daniel McArthur, WWE PC recruit signed last summer, revealed on his social media that he is no longer with WWE as well. 

Bryson Montana announced on social media that he has also been released from WWE. He had frequently been featured on NXT Level Up dating back to May 2022. 

News of the releases comes after Emma, Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali and others were let go earlier in the day. 

Two matches added to WWE NXT lineup

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Two matches have been added to the lineup for WWE NXT this week. 

Dana Brooke vs. Lyra Valkyria has been booked for the show. Brooke is coming off a loss in tag action on August 29 when she and Kelani Jordan lost to Elektra Lopez and Lola Vice. Valkyria’s last match on WWE programming was a victory in mixed tag action with Dragon Lee over Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley on August 22. 

WWE has also announced a six-man tag match for Tuesday’s show. Charlie Dempsey, Drew Gulak & Damon Kemp will team together to wrestle Brooks Jensen, Josh Briggs & Myles Borne.

WWE NXT on September 12 lineup:

  • NXT Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton defends against Becky Lynch
  • NXT Championship number one contender’s match: Wes Lee vs. Ilja Dragunov
  • Global Heritage Invitational: Tyler Bate vs. Axiom
  • Global Heritage Invitational: Akira Tozawa vs. Nathan Frazer
  • Creed Brothers vs. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade
  • Dana Brooke vs. Lyra Valkyria
  • Charlie Dempsey, Drew Gulak & Damon Kemp vs. Brooks Jensen, Josh Briggs & Myles Borne

Global Heritage Invitation standings:

Group A —

  • Butch: 3 points (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses)
  • Axiom: 1 point (0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)
  • Tyler Bate: 0 points (0 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses)
  • Charlie Dempsey: 0 points (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss)

Group B —

  • Joe Coffey: 4 points (2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses)
  • Nathan Frazer: 2 points (1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss)
  • Duke Hudson: 2 points (1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss)
  • Akira Tozawa: 0 points (0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses)

NXT No Mercy on September 30 lineup:

  • NXT Championship: Carmelo Hayes defends against either Ilja Dragunov or Wes Lee
  • NXT North American Championship: Dominik Mysterio defends against Mustafa Ali
  • NXT Heritage Cup: Noam Dar defends against Global Heritage Invitational Tournament winner

WWE Main Event results: Bronson Reed vs. Apollo Crews

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Last week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, before last Monday’s Raw. Byron Saxton and Kevin Patrick were on the call. 

Dana Brooke defeated Xia Li (5:41)

They showed clips of Brooke’s recent match on NXT with Cora Jade. Saxton said Li wants to hurt Brooke and that Brooke is channeling a more aggressive side. 

Brooke aggressively worked a headlock, which Li got out of with a foot stomp. She tried dragging Li to the corner and tripped over the referee, falling to the ground. The crowd, which wasn’t paying attention, didn’t notice.

Li got a near fall with a running kick and then yelled at the quiet crowd to shut up, which led to a three-second “Let’s go Dana” chant.

The crowd woke up during Brooke’s comeback. She used several snapmares and a slap to the face. They grappled on the ropes, which Brooke got the better of and the former 24/7 Champion later after hitting a swanton.

Tonight on Main Event: Seth Rollins & Sami Zayn vs Damien Priest & Dirty Dominik Mysterio. Wow! What a huge match for WWE Main Event….oh wait, it’s just a replay of Raw last week. For all your information on the shows people watch, go read the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision reports on the site.

Bronson Reed defeated Apollo Crews (6:48)

The main event of Main Event featured a former Intercontinental and United States Champion vs. a man who cleanly pinned Kazuchika Okada one year ago. If you like Crews, Main Event is the show for you as he has wrestled on seven of the last nine episodes. 

These two worked really well together and the crowd was into it within 90 seconds. Crews did a dive over the top rope and then went for a top rope move in the ring but Reed cut him off. Reed delivered a running shoulder block off the apron before we went to commercial.

Back from commercial and back in the ring, Reed squished Apollo in the corner and locked in a waist lock. Crews fought back up, elbowed his way out, and hit a jaw jacker. He followed that up with an enzuigiri to the back of Reed’s head, multiple kicks, a corner splash, and a flying crossbody off the top rope to finally knock Reed off his feet. 

Crews tried picking Reed up on his shoulders but failed. Reed went for a power bomb but failed. Crews finally picked Reed up, but Reed got out of it, hit a cyclone powerslam and then his Tsunami splash for the pin.

So that does it for Main Event. I am on a 144-hour break and have surgery Monday so send some positive thoughts my way and until next Sunday, have a great week!

WWE Main Event results: Indi Hartwell vs. Dana Brooke

Posted on by James Cox

This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, before Monday’s Raw.

The all-women’s edition this week didn’t quite deliver, but it was fun to see Natalya in action while Indi Hartwell is getting better all the time. JD McDonagh vs. Apollow Crews III has still yet to happen and would have been a way better curtain-jerker than either of these matches.

Natalya defeated Xia Li (5:20)

Although the crowd rallied to give this one some energy, it was a tepid affair that lost its way a few times toward the end. This was, according to Byron Saxton, Natalya’s 1517th televised WWE match.

Natalya sold and sold for Li in the early going. Li’s offense is pretty basic and there was a lot of clubbing and chops to the corner, as well as a rest hold. The idea was clearly for Natalya to allow Li to show off what she can do, but it didn’t translate into anything particularly interesting.

When Natalya made her comeback, she went for the Sharpshooter but got kicked off and then was nailed with a pop-up enziguri in one of the best spots of the match.

The crowd recovered here and when Li missed a running knee to the corner, they could sense the end was coming. Natalya locked in the Sharpshooter and that was all she wrote.

Natalya is so good at building tension. When she put Li in the submission hold, she paused and gave a long look to the crowd which they ate up. What a pro.

Indi Hartwell (w/ Candice LeRae) defeated Dana Brooke (7:56)

They lost the crowd and it dragged after a very early commercial break. However, Hartwell and LeRae are getting over while Brooke is increasingly well-appreciated by live crowds.

No offense to either of these two, but this is not the match to get a pre-Raw crowd hyped up for the show ahead. They should have given Brooke a partner and this would have reaped far better rewards as a result.

They worked hard for an audience that pretty much sat on their hands. Hartwell took the bulk of the offense, trying quick covers to get it done early.

LeRae kept shouting advice from the sidelines. Hartwell went for rest holds and a sleeper and the match slowed right down. Eventually, Brooke fought her way out by backing Hartwell into the corner.

They fought on the top rope, and teased a superplex, but Brooke came out on top and used a crossbody that led to them both being down. Just when it looked like Brooke was going to take this one, her plans got thwarted at the last minute.

Brooke used a handspring back elbow and went for a sunset flip, but Hartwell was too strong and stood still before sinking to her knees and hooking Brooke’s legs to steal the win.

WWE Main Event results: Apollo Crews vs. JD McDonagh

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Last week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the EnMarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia, before Monday’s episode of Raw.

This was a perfectly watchable episode. Hopefully, we get the rubber match next week between JD McDonagh and Apollo Crews because these two could tear the house down in front of a British crowd.

Katana Chance (w/ Kayden Carter) defeated Emma (5:27)

This was a nice short match and really showed off how good Chance could be.

Chance looked very good in just her second match on Main Event (she defeated Tamina on an episode in December) and her first since officially joining the main roster. She is much shorter than Emma, but has bouts where she explodes into fiery offense and has a really unique in-ring move set to boot.

Emma has featured heavily on Main Event over the last few months and, like Dana Brooke, has been a steady hand with the newbies from NXT. There is nothing especially dazzling about what she does, but she carries herself like a star.

For a match that lasted just over five minutes, it felt like they got a lot in, but it was mostly Emma who dictated the pace while Chance played the babyface in peril. Carter was on the sidelines cheerleading, trying to rally her from Emma’s methodical beatdown.

Chance did The Miz’s running clothesline to the corner where he sits on the rope afterward and then used a spinning Codebreaker to get the win after some distraction from Carter.

This continued Emma’s poor run of form as she has just one win to her name in all of 2023.

JD McDonagh defeated Apollo Crews (7:37)

This was a tremendous offering from these two with some really neat near falls that the crowd got into at the end.

After last week’s strong outing, they went at it again, but with a different outcome this time. The loss for Crews is his first since he returned to the main roster.

The early going was fairly even with Crews using an impressive delayed suplex before missing a moonsault off the apron to the outside, giving McDonagh the advantage as we headed to the break.

The second half of the match was really action-packed and got the crowd heavily invested as they broke into a ‘this is awesome’ chant. Last week, they did a Spanish Fly in the middle of the ring and it looked fantastic. McDonagh used it again here and it was even better, getting a near fall.

The finish came after McDonagh kicked out of a sit-out power bomb when no one thought he would. Last week, the finish was a Samoan Drop, but this week McDonagh escaped it and used the ropes to steal a roll-up win.

Let’s hope they do this all over again next week as McDonagh is someone who needs reps in front of big crowds.

Dana Brooke competes in women’s battle royal on WWE NXT

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Dana Brooke made a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s NXT.

Brooke was shown walking into the WWE Performance Center during Tuesday’s show, saying she wanted to compete in the battle royal. She did just that, making it to the final three. As she and Cora Jade battled near the apron, Thea Hail managed to eliminate both from the match, giving her the win and establishing herself as the new number one contender for the NXT Women’s Championship, which is currently held by Tiffany Stratton.

When Brooke made her entrance, she was referenced as a member of the Raw brand. However, several times during the match on commentary she was referred to as a free agent despite being drafted to the Raw roster as part of the 2023 WWE Draft.

Baron Corbin and Mustafa Ali, who were drafted as free agents as part of the WWE Draft, both made appearances on Tuesday’s show. Ali defeated Joe Gacy in a match, while Corbin defeated Trick Williams. Both are also set for matches on next week’s program.

WWE Main Event results: Nikki Cross vs. Emma, Tegan Nox in action

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This past week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, before Monday’s Raw.

Tegan Nox defeated Dana Brooke (5:19)

Hershey did not care about this one bit. A disinterested crowd made for a really underwhelming match.

Nox appeared on Main Event last week in a losing effort to Nikki Cross. Here, she worked well with Brooke who is pretty much on this show every week holding the hand of a newcomer to the main roster.

They were fairly even until Nox laid on the apron, grabbed Brooke’s hair, and choked her using the top rope. She then started to dominate. The crowd liked Nox’s cannonball to the corner where she pretty much hit Brooke butt-first to the chest which got an audible ‘ooh.’

Brooke rallied with a flapjack and bulldog before launching Nox onto her shoulders. Nox worked her way out and then very obviously used the ropes to help her roll Brooke up and snatch the win.

The camera angle made it look pretty terrible as the ref should clearly have seen the infraction, but it was good for Nox to get a win rather than Brooke going over every week.

Nikki Cross defeated Emma (8:07)

This was OK but went far too long. With a crowd that sat on their hands like this, they should have shaved a couple of minutes off the time and got through their stuff much more quickly.

There’s something about the way that Emma throws clotheslines and strikes that just doesn’t look good. It’s like she isn’t really committed and thus, her offense just looks a bit fake. There were quite a few here in this one, but the crowd did at least rally behind Cross in the end to bring the match to life.

The finish ought to have been when Cross came off the top rope to hit a crossbody, but Emma ducked it and hit her with a superkick. Cross kicking out made her look strong, but didn’t do anything for Emma who has had only one TV win since she returned to the company.

The actual finish was one they do far too often: someone misses a charge to the corner and gets rolled up or hit with a finisher for the win. Cross dodged out the way of Emma, nailed her with the swinging neckbreaker, and Hershey got to their feet to applaud her. Well, some of them did.

Final Thoughts:

A dead crowd made this a tough watch this week. They need to bring back some quick tag matches or Akira Tozawa and Mustafa Ali if they want to warm up a Raw crowd on a Monday night, because with the greatest respect to the matches this week, that’s not going to get it done.

New WWE Table for 3 episode to premiere this week

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A trio of Hall of Famers will be featured on the next episode of WWE Table for 3.

It was announced today that a new Table for 3 episode titled “New Generation Gathering” will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network this Friday (October 14). Jerry “The King” Lawler, Kane, and Bret Hart are appearing on the episode.

Lawler, Kane, and Hart will discuss WWE’s “New Generation” era, which began in the early-to-mid 1990s and ended with the introduction of the Attitude Era.

Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006, Lawler was inducted in 2007, and Kane was inducted in 2021.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Kane character’s debut. Glenn Jacobs played Fake Diesel and Isaac Yankem DDS prior to that. As Isaac Yankem, Jacobs was aligned with Lawler in a feud against Hart.

After being on hiatus since 2019, Table for 3 returned with new episodes this April. The most recent episode prior to this featured the Steiner family (Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, and Bron Breakker).