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WWE NXT notes: Mr. NXT pageant announced, Saquon Shugars, Marie Malenko

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Notes from Tuesday’s WWE NXT.

Over the last couple of weeks, Shiloh Hill has been passing a petition around in an effort to name himself Mr. NXT over Tristian Angels, who has grown infuriated over Hill’s actions and behavior. After Hill managed to defeat Charlie Dempsey on Tuesday, Angels came out and informed Hill they have both been entered into the Mr. NXT pageant that will take place in two weeks time on June 9. 

Saquon Shugars appears, Marie Malenko wrestles in dark match

Meanwhile, DarkState continued to run roughshod after taking out Shugars from the group on last week’s show, targeting Myles Borne and Tavion Heights. The closing moments of the show saw the trio walk out of the Performance Center, happy with what they had accomplished. But what they didn’t see was Shugars watching them from afar on top of a production truck, seemingly plotting revenge against his former stablemates.

Marie Malenko, the daughter of current AEW producer and former WWE & WCW star Dean Malenko, had her first WWE match on Tuesday, wrestling Zena Sterling. Marie had wrestled for Marigold and Pro Wrestling NOAH before joining the company, who officially announced her signing last week.

WWE wrestler’s new name confirmed

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Following the recently trademarked names, an upcoming WWE wrestler has undergone a name change.

On Wednesday, February 18, WWE filed a variety of new trademarks, including WWE Eras Collide, WWE Generations, and WWE Domination for video game purposes, alongside the names Tristan Angels and Dorian Van Dux.

Earlier last year, in October 2025, WWE NXT announced several new signings, including Nathaniel Cranton, who previously wrestled under the name Nathan Angel. However, after joining WWE, he started wrestling live event matches under his real name. It is now confirmed that Tristan Angels is the new name for Cranton, which is visible on his social media platforms.

However, it is still not confirmed which WWE wrestler will be using the name Dorian Van Dux. In the same list of wrestlers signed by WWE alongside Angels was Cyril Coquerelle, aka Aigle Blanc, who now wrestles in NXT as Elio LeFleur. Mike Derudder is also a part of that same class of signings.