People Magazine covered their wedding ceremony in an exclusive report. The former WWE wrestlers were wed on Saturday at the Park Chateau Estate & Gardens in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
“Sabby and I have been through a lot together, and many of our family and friends over at WWE know firsthand how we had a lot of trials and tribulations,” Rose told People. “But God knew that we belonged together, so in the end it was destined, and I know it sounds cliché but ‘everything happens for a reason.'”
“Marrying the love of my life was a dream come true,” Sabbatelli said. “I love her passion, determination and the similar morals and values we share. Mandy is such a strong independent woman that I immediately fell in love with and knew she was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.”
215 guests attended the wedding including WWE stars Sonya Deville, Cora Jade, Jacy Jayne, and Roxanne Perez. Other guests included Indi Hartwell, CJ Perry, MMA star Rashad Evans, and former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis.
The couple are planning a honeymoon in the Maldives and have expressed an interest in starting a family.
Mandy Rose and former NXT star Tino Sabbatelli are engaged.
Rose shared photos of her with Sabatelli on Instagram Saturday afternoon showing a ring, writing “My heart is so full.” The two have been dating for several years.
Rose currently is the NXT Women’s Champion, having won the championship back in October of 2021. She most recently defended the championship at Worlds Collide against Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport, not only successfully defending the title but also won the NXT UK Women’s Championship, unifying the titles in the process. She, along with Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin, have formed a faction called Toxic Attraction.
Sabbatelli is a former NXT star, first signing with the WWE in 2014. He was cut in 2020 as part of wide-ranging releases due to the COVID-19 pandemic and worked a few matches for AEW. He was re-signed by WWE later that year, however he was once again cut back in June of 2021.
Eight matches have been announced for tomorrow’s AEW Dark.
Darby Allin will return to action following a storyline injury, facing Robert Anthony. He officially made his return to AEW last week, attacking Brian Cage with a skateboard.
Former NXT star Tino Sabbatelli will make his debut for AEW, teaming with Brady Pierce to take on the Best Friends. Sabbatelli was part of the wide range of cuts in WWE that took place back in April.
AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will also be in action, facing Race Chanel.
Other matches announced include Peter Avalon & Brandon Cutler vs. The Butcher & The Blade, Kip Sabian vs. Corey Hollis, Ricky Starks vs. Will Hobbs, and Kilynn King vs. Diamante.
Matches announced for this week’s Dynamite include Hangman Page vs. V of the Dark Order, Ivelisse vs. Diamante, The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher & The Blade in a falls count anywhere match, and Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs. Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy. MJF will also be in action, and Cody will defend against a mystery opponent in a TNT title open challenge match
Vink went for a buckle bomb, but Wilde rolled through and scored a quick pin.
– Xia Li defeated Santana Garrett
A buzzsaw kick got the win for Li.
– Killian Dain defeated Babatunde
Dain hit a series of sentons and a Vader Bomb to keep the giant down for three.
– Shane Thorne was making his way to the ring when NXT UK’s Pretty Deadly (Sam Stoker & Lewis Howley) showed up. They proceeded to jump Thorne until Bronson Reed made the save.
– The Forgotten Sons defeated Rinku Singh & Saurav Gurjar
Jaxson Ryker got the win with a big slam.
– JD Drake defeated Dio Maddin
Former WWN Champion JD Drake appeared as a surprise and wrestled in NXT for the first time here. These two had a mean guy match and traded huge moves down the stretch before Drake got the win.
– The returning Tino Sabbatelli did an in-ring interview. He noted that nobody cared that he was out over a year, nobody behind that curtain checked in on him, and he doesn’t need to be here. He said he has an ESPN resume and said everyone back there is sh*t. They can’t compete with him and he’s an elite athlete.
– Aoife Valkyrie defeated Aliyah
Like Pretty Deadly, new NXT UK talent Valkyrie made her Florida loop debut on this show. She picked up the win against the returning Aliyah.
Good opening match with a very excited crowd that was participative throughout the night. Rama was surprisingly over with the crowd and earned a good amount of babyface heat. The audience continuously chanted “Jeet” to encourage his comeback and booed heavily whenever Barthel interfered.
Both wrestlers performed well with Rama winning after hitting a Back Bottom Drop on Aichner while Devi was able to neutralize Barthel to prevent his interference. Great start to the show with the crowd reacting favorably to Rama’s victory.
– Kairi Sane defeated Taynara Conti (w/ Cezar Bononi and Adrian Jaoude)
Another good match with Sane winning after applying The Anchor (a bridging cross-legged Boston crab). Sane was really over with this crowd and Conti was able to generate a lot of heat after hitting Sane with many different cheap shots. Even though Sane did not use her elbow drop, the crowd popped when Conti tapped out before any interference could occur.
Bononi and Jaoude were upset that Conti lost and then refused to leave the ring. They cut a promo that was half in English and half in Portuguese, stating that they were the best team in NXT. The War Raiders then came out.
– War Raiders defeated Cezar Bononi & Adrian Jaoude
Solid match with the War Raiders hitting all of their big spots to a pretty good reaction. Bononi and Jaoude were able to cut them off through heel antics that built to a hot tag to a fairly big pop. When Rowe was tagged in after the hot tag, he hit some impressive strikes which led to a powerbomb, followed by a top rope splash by Hanson for the victory.
– Kassius Ohno defeated Oney Lorcan
Very good match between two babyfaces that shook hands before and after the match. Ohno hit his normal strikes that are always impressive live and Lorcan hit some big European uppercuts throughout. Both wrestlers also hit some high spots, with the best being Lorcan having a sleeper hold on Ohno on the outside that led Ohno to slamming him into the ring steps.
That led to the finish where Ohno won after hitting a strong discus elbow. The fans cheered for both when this was over.
– Otis Dozovic & Montez Ford defeated TM61
This was easily the most entertaining match of the night, and Dozovic and Ford were the most over wrestlers on the card. TM61 entered first and did a good job playing heel. Dozovic then came out and cut a funny promo about how Tucker Knight was not in Largo because he was flying back from the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia. Dozovic then told the crowd that “Tucky will be fine because he has a lot of cold cuts to keep him company.”
Dozovic and Ford danced together after he introduced Ford as his partner. That got the biggest reaction of the night. The match was really good, and Dozovic and Ford worked very well together. The babyfaces won after Dozovic made a comeback and they hit Heavy Machinery’s finisher.
– EC3 defeated Christopher Dijak
Average match with both wrestlers being partially over with the crowd. EC3 was able to get some heel heat throughout even though he did acknowledge his fans but was able to do so in a way that came off as arrogant. He really knows how to play his character well and did take a good amount of bumps throughout this match.
Although Dijak controlled most of the match, EC3 was able to pull out a victory after reversing one of Dijak’s moves into a fireman’s carry cutter. This match was clunky at times — but overall, the crowd seemed to enjoy it.
– NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defeated Steffanie Newell to retain her title
This was a good match on a card full of them. Newell performed very well, which seemed to bring Baszler’s performance up a level. Newell had a knee brace on and used it to nearly choke out Baszler when she applied a scissorhold that put the brace over her throat. Baszler did not like that and then heavily attacked Newell’s knee, which she sold very well.
Newell hit a very impressive hurricanrana from the apron that spilled onto the concrete floor, but Baszler was able to retain by submission.
– Velveteen Dream defeated Tino Sabbatelli
After Largo had some awesome main events recently, this was a disappointing headliner. It wasn’t the fault of either wrestler and the match seemed to be cut short when Sabbatelli hurt his shoulder. Throughout the match, Sabbatelli was able to get some good heel heat from the crowd even though he is known locally from his time as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. Dream was over and wrestled pretty well for the situation he was put in.
Despite the apparent injury, Sabbatelli was able to finish the match even though it was improvised. Dream hit the Purple Rainmaker to quickly end it.
This was a real solid opener, with Hanson pinning Nick Miller after Thor’s Hammer. TM61 continue to do their tweener heel gimmick. War Machine’s music isn’t known by the entire state, but they’re getting monster pops when they come through the curtain at Florida house shows.
– Buddy Murphy defeated Dijak
Murphy pinned Dijak (announced as that) with his spinning Death Valley Driver. This match was a sprint with a ton of amazing strikes by both guys. Murphy did two near-10 counts, which the crowd almost bit on. Really good match for six or seven minutes.
– Ricochet came out and cut a promo about how he’s going to win the NXT North American Championship. Long way to go on the mic, but the crowd appreciated him appearing.
– Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Fabian Aichner
Babatunde won with a pop-up lariat. The intensity he brings with his limited move set is very over with the audience in terms of being a monster heel with power moves and aggression.
– The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler) defeated The Street Profits
Blake pinned Montez Ford after Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss interfered and Sabbatelli pushed Ford off the top rope as he was going for a frog splash. This was The Street Profits’ first match since losing to The Authors of Pain at Full Sail and their first real match since Ford got hurt.
This had the most heat of any match on the show with the crowd hating Cutler and Blake. The entire crowd just kept calling The Forgotten Sons chickens the entire match. It was so bizarre, but Ford took it to another level by making chicken sounds every time he grabbed a headlock. Very entertaining match.
– Kairi Sane defeated Taynara Conti
Sane won with the top rope elbow, which is the first time in she’s used it on a house show in a while.
– Aleister Black defeated Kona Reeves
They did the match they’ve been doing the past three weeks where the bell rings and Black stands still in the ring for minutes. Meanwhile, the heel cuts a promo, goes back and forth several times to the outside to argue with fans, then after three times of going to the outside, the heel charges at Black and gets hit with the Black Mass.
Much like the previous two times this match was done (March 17th vs. Reeves in Largo, March 23rd vs. Marcel Barthel in Lakeland), Zelina Vega came out and sat in front of Black. She cut her typical promo about NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and left the ring.
Andrews pinned Moss with a roll-up after countering the assisted Gory Bomb finisher Moss and Sabbatelli do. Andrews got beat up for most of the match before getting the hot tag to Ohno. Decent bout.
After it was over, Blake and Cutler made it four-on-two and beat down Ohno and Andrews. This brought out The Street Profits to get their revenge on their opponents from earlier, as well as Sabbatelli and Moss. Ford and Andrews hit their finishers.
Ohno danced with The Street Profits and did a reverse worm to a massive pop. He then asked for the mic and said him and Angelo Dawkins were in NXT five years ago and where they’re at now compared to then is night and day. He said that the fans are what makes NXT what it is and the brand would be nothing without the fans.
– Lars Sullivan defeated Steve Cutler (w/ Wesley Blake)
Sullivan destroyed Cutler with a big slam.
– Sonya Deville defeated Liv Morgan
An arm submission got the win for Deville.
– Oney Lorcan defeated Adrian Jaoude
Lorcan escaped an airplane spin and scored the pin with a roll-up.
– Killian Dain defeated Raul Mendoza
This was a great showing by Mendoza. He used flashy offense and took punishment from the powerful Dain. Dain eventually destroyed him with a shotgun dropkick and hit the One Winged Angel for the victory.
– Aleister Black defeated Cezar Bononi
Black has his match down perfectly. His work looks excellent and he won with the Black Mass kick.
– Eric Young (w/ Alexander Wolfe) defeated Montez Ford (w/ Angelo Dawkins)
A wheelbarrow slam by EY ended this one.
– Ruby Riot defeated Mandy Rose
Riot picked up the victory with her up-kick finish.
– Roderick Strong, No Way Jose & Buddy Murphy defeated NXT Champion Bobby Roode, Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss
There was comedy early where Jose tried to trick the opposition into dancing until Roode declared there would be no dancing in his NXT. Jose taunted Roode with a “Glorious” pose of his own to stir things up.
Roode avoided Strong as much as possible in this match, and Murphy ran wild before getting pulled off the apron by Roode. The heels worked him over until the hot tag to Strong, who ran wild and hit his suplex into a backcracker for the win. His team celebrated to close the show.
Approximately 200 people were in attendance tonight.
– Liv Morgan defeated Mary Kate
Morgan was roughed up all the way through until rolling up Mary Kate with a bridging pin.
– Heavy Machinery & HoHo Lun defeated The Ealy Brothers & Kishan Raftaar
Heavy Machinery did their belly bump slam with Lun on Tucker Knight’s back to finish off Raftaar.
– The Bollywood Boyz cut a promo in the ring. They declared that they are “410 because that’s twice as good as anyone on 205 Live.” The crowd was all over them and their heel routine.
– Oney Lorcan defeated Chris Atkins
This was fast-paced when Lorcan was on offense. Atkins looked good. Lorcan fired up and hit a dive to the outside and a running blockbuster to win it.
– Dylan Miley defeated Steve Cutler by DQ
Miley had the match won with a claw and a slam but Wesley Blake made the run in to save his usual tag partner before being destroyed as well. Miley is a force already.
– Killian Dain (w/ Nikki Cross) defeated Montez Ford
This was an entertaining match, with Ford trying to outwrestle and quick Dain yet being absolutely overpowered. Cross ran distractions at ringside as per usual. Dain hit the One Winged Angel to win it.
Cross and Sarah Bridges got into it during the match and Angelo Dawkins had to make the save to get Dain away from Ford.
– Buddy Murphy defeated Brennan Williams
Williams kept control of Murphy until Murphy fired up and scoop slammed his much larger opponent. The crowd loves Buddy Murphy on the Florida loop.
– Nikki Cross defeated Sarah Bridges
This match was set up earlier tonight and was a total brawl. Cross hit a swinging fisherman neckbreaker to win.
– No Way Jose & Roderick Strong defeated Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli
The crowd was all over Sabbatelli early and loved Jose. There was wild action all over the place, leading to a Jose hot tag and pop-up punch to win it.
– New NXT host and commentator Vic Joseph made his NXT debut in the ring before the show started.
– Jack Gallagher defeated Kona Reeves
Running corner dropkick by Gallagher for the victory.
– Tian Bing defeated Wesley Blake
Bing won with a thrust kick.
– Daria Berenato defeated Liv Morgan
Berenato got the win with a spinebuster.
– Steve Cutler defeated Adrian Jaoude
Cutler won with a stomp off the middle rope. He talked about being a hero after the match, which led to Kassius Ohno coming out and laying out Cutler with an elbow.
– Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins defeated Mustafa Ali & Ariya Daivari
Good match that had a lot of action. Ford has been one of the most spectacular athletes down here lately.
– Lana defeated Macey Estrella
The crowd absolutely loved Lana, who was dancing and having fun herself. She won with her fisherwoman spinebuster.
– Tozawa (billed as just that) defeated Tony Nese
Very good match here. Tozawa did multiple dives to the outside and finally hit a slow bridging German suplex for the win.
– The Revival defeated Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss
More live event excellence by the Top Guys here. Revival stole the pin and celebrated their win before getting in a scuffle with Sabbatelli and Moss, who hit their double team Gory Bomb Hart Attack on Dash Wilder to send everyone home happy.
