Tag: Nikki Storm

Nikki Storm extends support for released TNA wrestler

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Nikki Storm has thrown support behind Myla Grace following reports of her departure from TNA Wrestling this week. She also hinted at a potential showdown between the two.

Storm took to X and praised Grace for her efforts and wrestling contributions while hoping for a potential feud. She labeled her as ‘one of her favorite talents to watch’ in the ring.

“She will always be THAT GIRL. Myla is so special and I cannot wait to see what she does next. Japan, Ireland, UK, Europe, world domination- you go girl! This girl has been killing it for a long time and keeping her calendar booked and busy like a wee Irish Busy Bee Boss Queen. Can’t wait for this match to happen. When and where remains to be seen but keep eyes peeled. One of my favourite talents to watch. Also, Prince Mac is obsessed with her @MylaGrace_x,” posted Storm.

Grace had reportedly requested for her release from TNA earlier this week and it was seen through. She is known for her performances across TNA Wrestling, Over The Top Wrestling (OTT), and Japan’s Dream Star Fighting Marigold. Grace also appeared on NXT UK between 2021 and 2022.

After a year’s completion with TNA Wrestling, Grace has seemingly moved on from the promotion. Her final match on TNA Wrestling was against Elayna Black in March.

Meanwhile, Storm has been focused on her latest venture, acquiring PROGRESS Wrestling alongside her husband, Big Damo. On July 26, she is set to compete in her first match since her WWE release at Chapter 196: Scorchio. Her opponent is yet to be announced.

Big Damo on PROGRESS Wrestling acquisition: ‘Was not on the bingo card for us’

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Former WWE stars Big Damo and Nikki Storm (fka Nikki Cross) open up about their unexpected takeover of PROGRESS Wrestling and how it all came together. 

In an exclusive interview with Tom Campbell of Cultaholic Wrestling, Damo and Storm talked about their plans for PROGRESS Wrestling after acquisition. Damo exclaimed that it was the last thing they expected. 

“Genuinely, this was not on the bingo card for us, either. We have talked about a million different scenarios for a long time. We have been wrestling for 22 years, Nikki has been wrestling for 18 years, so we know there is a time limit. We are going to have to start thinking about what is the future and we thought that was going to be with our little Scottish promotion in Glasgow, but no, it turns out.”

He added that the opportunity fell in their lap shortly after Storm’s WWE release.

“This opportunity came along a few weeks ago. Not long after Nikki had been released, actually. It was only a few days after. I’ll just be honest, I was in Belfast about to jump on a plane going to another show and I had to sit thinking about it on the plane like, ‘This is wild. There’s no way this could happen.’ Then I come off the plane and we start talking about it seriously. At first we were talking with James Amner, he’s been in situ at PROGRESS for a long, long time. He’s one of the hidden gems. He hates credit in every single way but he’s one of the reasons PROGRESS has been ticking over at all for maybe a decade.”

“When I broached Nikki with it, she was like, ‘What?’ So there’s been plenty of conversations and, listen, the boys made it very easy. I dealt directly with Martyn Best…and he was very patient with me and we were able to come to the best agreement for both of us. That was one of the most amazing experiences in terms of how easy he made that for me. This could have been very, very difficult and this could have been out of our reach, realistically, because we are living in the United States. That is still our home. Obviously that will change in the next few years but that is our handicap, effectively, in one regard. But now it’s putting us in a position where we’re starting to think about, ‘Okay, what do we want to do next?’ and PROGRESS Wrestling has answered a lot of those questions very quickly.”

“We can now start thinking about long term, and that’s something Nikki and I were talking about the other day. Our goal is to make this into the number one independent promotion on the planet.”

Storm added that the ambition to make the promotion the best wrestling company in the globe. 

“Number one. Letter A. Don’t get me wrong, we want to give back to the industry, but PROGRESS is going to be the number one wrestling company in the world.”

The announcement of their takeover was announced in May. Storm is set to compete in her first match since the WWE release at PROGRESS Wrestling in July.  

Nikki Cross announced for first match since WWE release 

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Nikki Cross will step back into the ring for her first match since being released by WWE. It will take place in July with details about her opponent unannounced.

PROGRESS Wrestling officially announced that Cross will compete at Chapter 196: Scorchio on July 26. Her opponent has not yet been announced. 

“Nikki Storm (formerly Nikki Cross) will be competing at Chapter 196: Scorchio on Sunday 26th July! We are delighted to have Nikki wrestling and we will be announcing her opponent soon @EBallroomCamden,” tweeted PROGRESS Wrestling. 

Cross was released along with the other members of the Wyatt Sicks in April. Not too long after she filed to trademark ‘Nikki Storm’ and ‘Best in the Galaxy’. 

Cross signed with WWE in 2016 and was notably a part of Sanity on NXT. In 2024, she joined Wyatt Sicks as Abby The Witch, a character from Bray Wyatt’s Firefly Funhouse. 

Her last WWE match was on the September 9, 2024 edition of Raw in a mixed street fight featuring Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan and Joe Gacy against The Creed Brothers, Chad Gable and Ivy Nile.

The former Wyatt Sicks announced for WrestleCon

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Former WWE superstars The Wyatt Sicks have now been announced for an upcoming edition of WrestleCon with their new names.

WrestleCon recently announced that former WWE wrestlers Wyatt Sicks (Bo Dallas, aka Uncle Howdy, Nikki Cross, Erick Rowan, Dexter Lumis, and Joe Gacy) are set to attend the convention in Minneapolis as part of WWE SummerSlam Weekend later this year. Wyatt Sicks, alongside Alba Fyre, Zoey Stark, and other wrestlers, was released just days after WWE WrestleMania 42.

The WrestleCon convention is scheduled to run from Friday, July 31, to Sunday, August 2, and The Wyatt Sicks are scheduled to appear on all three of these dates. Their WrestleCon promotional advert also revealed their new post-WWE names.

  • Uncle Howdy/Bo Dallas – Taylor Rotunda
  • Nikki Cross – Nikki Storm
  • Erick Rowan – Erick Redbeard
  • Dexter Lumis – Samuel Shaw
  • Joe Gacy – Joseph Sawyer

Why did WWE release the Wyatt Sicks?

In an earlier edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter from May 2026, Dave Meltzer opened up and explained the reasons behind WWE’s releases of Wyatt Sicks, Aleister Black, and others.

“It was just felt that the group had run its course. Even at first there were those who saw it as a short-term idea. It was basically a tribute to Bray Wyatt and was over big at first but it was limiting how they could be used with that gimmick over the long haul.”