NXT Spoilers/Updates/News

[Fnord]

- Zack Ryder, Mojo Rawley and WWE NXT Women's Champion Bayley vs. Blake, Murphy and Alexa Bliss has been announced for next week's episode.

[Fnord]

- WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor was seen leaving the WWE hotel earlier today with the rest of the crew, including The Undertaker, according to reader Jay Miles. Balor will be backstage for tonight's RAW in Manchester but there is no regular live event tonight, so all WWE talents on tour are likely required to be at RAW. There has been a lot of fan speculation that due to the absence of Seth Rollins, John Cena and Randy Orton, that we may see Balor make a TV appearance this week.

[Fnord]

- A fan who attended Friday's WWE NXT panel in London just sent word that NXT Champion Finn Balor teased he might help Kane and The Undertaker battle The Wyatt Family at WWE Survivor Series. This should be taken strictly as a rumor for now as Balor may have been joking around.

[Alex Smiley]

- A fan who attended Friday's WWE NXT panel in London just sent word that NXT Champion Finn Balor teased he might help Kane and The Undertaker battle The Wyatt Family at WWE Survivor Series. This should be taken strictly as a rumor for now as Balor may have been joking around.

We're talking about the guy that tweeted a picture of himself doing a crotch chop outside a TNA office. Of course he's joking around.

[Fnord]

- I've heard unconfirmed rumors of James Storm working tomorrow night's WWE NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University. Storm has not worked NXT since making his debut several weeks back.

[Fnord]

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

WWE officials are becoming more aggressive when it comes to contacting wrestlers that are currently signed to Ring of Honor and Lucha Underground.

WWE is preparing to do extensive touring with NXT in 2016 and they are trying to add a lot of top indie wrestlers to the roster, talents that previously may not have been signed due to restrictions on size and look.

The plan was described to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter as a show with the WWE branding and WWE production but with ROH-level main event matches.

[Fnord]

I noted before that there were rumors of James Storm possibly working tonight's WWE NXT TV tapings at Full Sail University. Storm is currently backstage and is expected to wrestle tonight.

Former TNA stars Gunner and Austin Aries are also backstage at the tapings.

[BamBamBunglow]

A-DUB? OH MY GOD PLEASE, YES YES YES!

[TimBucktuo]

Wwe can't decide whether they want Indy talent or not. They keep going back and forth.

[Fnord]

- James Storm wrestles tonight for Renegade Championship Wrestling in Chatsworth, Georgia, which the independent promotion is advertising on Facebook as his "final trip to RCW before becoming full-time with the WWE." The promotion is also billing Storm as a 'current WWE superstar.'

Despite debuting in NXT in October, WWE has not indicated whether Storm is a full-time performer.

[Fnord]

It's now confirmed that Sami Zayn will be returning to the ring on the WWE NXT UK tour that kicks off this week.

There has bee a lot of speculation on whether or not Sami would be wrestling or just appearing but his in-ring return is now confirmed.

Sami is scheduled to compete in a Triple Threat with Baron Corbin and WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor on Saturday in Sheffield, England. Other matches announced for that show include Emma vs. NXT Women's Champion Bayley and Apollo Crews vs. Samoa Joe.

This likely means that Sami will be wrestling at next Wednesday's NXT "Takeover: London" event. Sami's last match came on May 20th at the NXT "Takeover: Unstoppable" event against Kevin Owens.

[Duckman]

Yay!!  I'm going to the show in Glasgow on Friday - along with Marc Abrigo and a few other MFXers.  Can't wait.

The venue announced the main event on that show is Zayn v Balor.

[Duckman]

Been a while since I've done one of these!  Check out my review of NXT Glasgow and a little bit on the meet up with the Scottish listeners of MFX and MFX legend - Marc Abrigo.

Check it out, leave a comment on the site, share the link on social media.  Thanks!

http://www.marksforxcellence.com/duckman-on-nxt-glasgow/

[Fnord]

- Alex Riley is backstage for tonight's WWE NXT TV tapings and should be returning to the ring. He's been out of action since May of last year.

[Fnord]

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- The plan is for the WWE NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic to be an annual event. There's been talk of having the finals of the tournament held at an annual Takeover event in conjunction with SummerSlam each year. The inaugural tournament was won by Samoa Joe and NXT Champion Finn Balor last year at "Takeover: Respect" in Florida. They defeated Rhyno and Baron Corbin in the finals.