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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.”

Former Dexter Lumis returning to action at NWA Alwayz Ready

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Samuel Shaw, formerly Dexter Lumis in WWE NXT, has been announced as returning to the ring at the NWA Alwayz Ready pay-per-view on June 11.

NWA made the announcement on social media on Friday evening. In a tweet, the promotion stated that Shaw will be ready to compete at the show, but no opponent has been announced. 

Shaw was with WWE from February 2019 until April 2022, when he was released from his contract. He was with the NXT brand for the entirety of his WWE run. Shaw made appearances for NWA in 2018 and 2019 prior to joining WWE.

Here is the announced lineup for Alwayz Ready: 

  • Samuel Shaw returns to action
  • Bully Ray will serve as a guest commentator
  • NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Matt Cardona defends against Nick Aldis (this will either be a steel cage match or a death match)
  • NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille defends against KiLynn King
  • NWA National Champion Jax Dane defends against Chris Adonis
  • NWA Television Champion Tyrus defends against Mims
  • NWA Tag Team Champions La Rebelion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) defend against The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)
  • NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) defend against Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy & Kenzie Paige)
  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Natalia Markova
  • Ricky & Kerry Morton vs. The Fixers vs. AJ Cazana & a mystery partner

Dexter Lumis announced for post-WWE indie appearance

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After being released by WWE last Friday, the former Dexter Lumis (Samuel Shaw) has already started booking indie appearances.

Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling has announced Lumis for their Born in Blood show in Melbourne, Florida on Friday, June 24. The event is a taping for Fite TV.

Lumis was among 10 people released by WWE during a set of NXT roster cuts last week.

In storyline, Lumis was the husband of Indi Hartwell in NXT. Hartwell & Lumis and Pirotta & Duke Hudson were involved in an angle where Hartwell and Pirotta debated who the hottest couple in NXT was.

Pirotta was also released by WWE in last Friday’s cuts.

Lumis’ final match for WWE took place on the April 19 episode of NXT. Pretty Deadly retained their NXT Tag Team titles against Lumis & Hudson.

Lumis tweeted after he was released:

Lumis signed with WWE in February 2019. Before joining the company, he spent time wrestling for the NWA and Impact Wrestling.

NXT Ocala, FL, live results: Samuel Shaw debuts

Posted on by F4W Staff

As February’s Performance Center class continues to be introduced into NXT, another debut took place at Saturday’s NXT house show in Ocala, Florida.

Samuel Shaw had his first match for WWE, losing to Fabian Aichner. Shaw formerly wrestled for Impact Wrestling and was involved with the NWA before signing with WWE. He made it to the finals of the NWA National Championship tournament at October’s 70th Anniversary Show before losing to Willie Mack.

Here are the results from NXT’s house show in Ocala (estimated attendance: 250 people):

– Raul Mendoza defeated Luke Menzies

– Deonna Purrazzo defeated Kacy Catanzaro

– Fabian Aichner (w/ Marcel Barthel) defeated Samuel Shaw

– Mansoor Al-Shehail (w/ Shadia Bseiso) defeated Saurav Gurjar

– Kairi Sane & Jessie Elaban defeated Karen Q & Rachel Evers (Rachael Ellering)

– Kassius Ohno defeated Albert Hardie Jr. (ACH)

– Dominik Dijakovic defeated Babatunde Aiyegbusi

– Matt Riddle, Punishment Martinez & Mia Yim defeated Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly & Marina Shafir