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Cole ‘Two Dimes’ Karter appears at AEW Dark tapings

Posted on by Josh Nason

A month after being released by WWE, Cole Karter returned to AEW at Saturday’s Universal Studios Dark tapings in Orlando, Florida.

The former Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan in WWE NXT competed in the first set of tapings, defeating Mike Orlando.

Karter (real name Cole McKinney) wrestled nine times for AEW in 2021 in a variety of singles, tag team and trios matches. Today’s win was his first.

Part of The D’Angelo Family along with Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo in NXT, Karter was released on June 11th due to what Dave Meltzer called a policy issue. Karter was told he could be brought back in a year.

While Karter never specified what the issue was, he tweeted a thanks the next day and said that “Mistakes happen and lessons are learned.”

He was signed to WWE in March of this year after 18 months on the indie scene.

Saturday marked his first match since being released. He will also work for IWC in Washington, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

Wrestling Observer Live: Jeff Hardy arrest, Two Dimes fired, New Japan and AEW, tons of news

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with TONS to talk about including Jeff Hardy arrested again, Two Dimes sacked, all the news on AEW and New Japan and Forbidden Door, the G-1 this year, your questions on all the news and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donovan on WWE release: ‘Mistakes happen and lessons are learned’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan has confirmed that he’s no longer with WWE.

Dave Meltzer reported on Sunday night that Donovan, who had been part of the NXT roster, was released by WWE on June 11. Meltzer wrote that Donovan’s release was due to a “policy issue,” and that Donovan was told he “may be brought back in a year.”

Donovan confirmed the release in a tweet on Monday morning: “Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. Mistakes happen and lessons are learned. A bump in the road doesn’t define me though. I’ll be back”

On NXT television, Donovan was a member of Tony D’Angelo’s mob family. He was part of a tag team with Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo.

D’Angelo, Donovan & Lorenzo defeated Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) at NXT In Your House earlier this month. The match had a stipulation where the losing team had to join the winning team’s faction.

The next two weeks of NXT episodes were taped at the WWE Performance Center last week and included Donovan appearing.

Donovan (real name Cole McKinney) was part of the group of recruits that joined the WWE Performance Center this March. He used the in-ring name Cole Karter before signing with WWE, including appearing on several episodes of AEW Dark.

Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donovan released by WWE

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donavan is gone from WWE.

Dave Meltzer is reporting that Donovan was released from the company yesterday due to a policy issue.

“Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donovan of the D’Angelo family was let go yesterday [June 11],” Meltzer reports. “This wasn’t a budget or creative decision, but a policy issue and he was told he may be brought back in a year.”

Donovan had recently been introduced on NXT television along with Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo as associates of Tony D’Angelo. His highest profile match to date was at NXT’s In Your House event on June 4, where he, Stacks, and D’Angelo defeated Legado del Fantasma. As a result, Legado del Fantasma had to join D’Angelo’s stable.

WWE had announced Donovan’s signing back in March. Prior to signing with the company, he had been wrestling for a year and a half on the independent scene. Under the name Cole Karter, he appeared on several episodes of AEW Dark and AEW Dark Elevation, most notably losing a three-on-one handicap match to Paul Wight on the episode of Elevation that aired on October 23 of last year.