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New WWE ID signings announced

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Four new WWE ID signings were announced on the latest episode of Evolve, using their recently trademarked WWE names.

Recently, the promotion revealed a new batch of WWE ID talents for the men’s roster, which included Starboy Charlie, now Chazz ‘Starboy’ Hall, who also made his debut on this week’s episode of WWE NXT. In addition to the male talents, a few women’s WWE ID talent signings were also reported, which have now been revealed.

On tonight’s WWE Evolve, Byron Saxton appeared in the ring with the four new WWE ID signings. They were officially introduced before a WWE Evolve Women’s Title match qualifier.

Valentina Rossi will now be wrestling as Gianna Capri, while the next was Sloane Jacobs. Jacobs was signed to WWE in 2022 but left the company when her contract expired in November 2022.

Fallyn Grey will now be wrestling as Veronica Haven, while Airica Demia revealed her new name as Anya Rune.

Shortly after, a three-way match took place between Jacobs, Rune, and Haven, with the winner, Jacobs, earning a spot in the Evolve Women’s Championship match.

GCW wrestler wins men’s WWE ID Championship

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Big news out of Rhode Island tonight: Starboy Charlie, one of the hottest names on the indy wrestling scene, has won the Men’s WWE ID Championship.

Charlie defeated Cappucino Jones at a Wrestling Open RI event in Cranston, Rhode Island, to win the belt. By winning the title, Charlie has also earned a WWE developmental contract. 

Charlie, a 23-year-old out of California, has wrestled most of his biggest matches for Game Changer Wrestling all over the United States, and also Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan. He has spent the past few weeks on a tour with wXw in Germany. 

Jones, the inaugural Men’s WWE ID Champion, won the belt last August, defeating Jack Cartwheel at a GCW event in Rutherford, New Jersey. He defended the title nine times for seven promotions in seven different states (as well as Germany) before losing the belt to Charlie. 

Charlie was not the only new WWE signee at the event: Notorious Mimi, who previously wrestled for WWE NXT as Sloane Jacobs, was presented a contract as well. 

The WWE has announced both Charlie and Jacobs will be competing at The ID Showcase, presented by Future Stars of Wrestling, on Thursday, April 16, at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas. Charlie will be defending his title against Marcus Mathers at that show, while Jacobs will be challenging Laynie Luck for the Women’s WWE ID Championship. Aaron Rourke will also be defending his WWE Evolve Championship at that show. Tickets are available here.

Sloane Jacobs comments on WWE NXT release

Posted on by Ian Carey

Sloane Jacobs has commented on her release from WWE. 

The 19-year-old was one of five wrestlers to be let go from the company earlier this week. She began training at the Performance Center in March and debuted on NXT programming later that month. 

Jacobs took to Instagram to comment on her release. 

“bend, don’t break
no matter what, wrestling will always be my home, from when I was a fan in the crowd to when I was on tv. thank you @wwenxt for helping me learn and grow these past months.
now onto whatever is next”

Jacobs’ last match on WWE programming was a loss to Indi Hartwell on an episode of Level Up taped on October 4. 

Prior to signing with WWE, Jacobs was trained at the Monster Factory in New Jersey and wrestled on the independent scene as Notorious Mimi. She wrestled four times on episodes of AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation in late 2021 and early 2022 as well. 

Five wrestlers released from WWE NXT

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Several wrestlers have been released from WWE NXT.

PWInsider reported on Tuesday that Bodhi Hayward, Sloane Jacobs, Erica Yan, Damaris Griffin, and Ru Feng have been released from their WWE contracts. All five of the wrestlers were part of the NXT brand.

Of those released, Hayward (real name Brady Booker) was most prominently featured on NXT television. He was part of Chase U with Andre Chase and Thea Hail. There had recently been a storyline where Duke Hudson was added to Chase U and Hayward had gone missing.

Andre Chase tweeted about Hayward’s release: “I just want to publicly thank @bodhihaywardWWE for his dedication to #ChaseU. I will always appreciate him being my first scholarship athlete, but more importantly I will always appreciate his friendship. Keep going!!”

Jacobs (Amelia Herr) joined the WWE Performance Center this March. At only 19 years old, she was a participant in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament this year.

Yan (Jie Yin) and Feng (Feicheng Wang) were recruits from China who joined the Performance Center in July 2021. They had appeared on NXT Level Up and 205 Live.

Griffin (James Barron Jr.) signed with WWE after taking part in the company’s August 2021 tryouts. He’s also made appearances on NXT Level Up.

NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament to begin in two weeks

Posted on by Bryan Rose

NXT has announced the 2022 NXT Women’s Breakout tournament, and it will begin in two weeks.

Throughout tonight’s episode of NXT, the first participants were introduced. First was Arianna Grace (Bianca Carelli). In her introductory video, she mentioned training in boxing and MMA. Other names introduced were Kianna James, who talked about working in the corporate world, and Slone Jacobs, who said at 19 wants to be the youngest women’s champion in history. 

Additionally, Lash Legend mentioned in a backstage segment she was in the tournament as well.

Grace is the daughter of former WWE star Santino Marella. She made an appearance at last year’s NWA EmPower event, competing in the Women’s Invitational Cup that was won by Chelsea Green. James has formerly wrestled under the names Kayla Inlay and Xtina Kay and has previously appeared on AEW Dark in the last year. Jacobs has also made appearances in AEW under the name Notorious Mimi.

NXT has held Breakout tournaments in the past. Last year’s tournament featured talent who are now part of weekly NXT television: winner Carmelo Hayes, Andre Chase, Trey Baxter (the since-released Blake Christian), Duke Hudson, Josh Briggs, Joe Gacy, Ikemen Jiro, and Odyssey Jones.

Rok-C debut announced for WWE NXT Level Up

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The former Rok-C is set to make her WWE debut on this week’s episode of NXT Level Up.

WWE has announced that Rok-C, who has been given the new in-ring name Roxanne Perez, will face Sloane Jacobs on NXT Level Up this Friday. The episode was taped before NXT earlier this week.

It was confirmed last month that the 20-year-old Rok-C (real name Carla Gonzalez) has signed with WWE. She’s a former ROH Women’s World Champion.

Rok-C was trained by Booker T and is also a former Diamonds Division Champion for Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling promotion.

Jacobs (real name Amelia Herr) was part of the same class of WWE Performance Center recruits as Rok-C. Before signing with WWE, Jacobs wrestled on the indies as The Notorious Mimi. She made her NXT debut in a loss to Nikkita Lyons two weeks ago.

WWE.com wrote about Jacobs when she signed:

Amelia Herr is an 18-year-old Criminal Justice major out of West Chester, Pa. With two years of Taekwondo training under her belt, she also competed on the independents as The Notorious Mimi.

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

  • Kiana James vs. Tatum Paxley
  • Roxanne Perez vs. Sloane Jacobs
  • Damon Kemp vs. Troy Donovan