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• Detailed Backstage Update On WWE Release Of Santos Escobar & Where He Is Expected To End Up
Santos Escobar’s WWE run has come to an end, with the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion now on track to become a free agent in the coming months. Escobar had technically reached free agency last year when his previous deal expired and he was briefly moved to WWE’s alumni section. While both sides had interest in […] The post Detailed Backstage Update On WWE Release Of Santos Escobar & W...2026
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• Carmelo Hayes Explains Why He Views NXT Crowd As ‘Wishy-Washy’

Hayes looks back on the NXT days. From 2021 to 2024, Carmelo Hayes was a part of WWE’s NXT brand. His accolades on the brand are listed as follows: 2021 NXT Breakout tournament winner, NXT Champion (1 time), NXT North American Champion (2 times), NXT Cruiserweight Champion (1 time, final holder of the title). Hayes’ … The post Carmelo Hayes Explains Why He Views NXT Crowd As R...2026
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• Rumor Killer On Santos Escobar’s WWE Status

There’s a rumor killer on Santos Escobar’s status with WWE. Following his performance at the AAA Rey de Reyes event this past Saturday, reports emerged that WWE has quietly moved Santos Escobar to the alumni section on its website. The former NXT Cruiserweight Champion had recently re-signed with the company after his contract expired in […] The post Rumor Killer On Santos Escoba...2026
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• Backstage Report On Status Of Santos Escobar After Signing New WWE Deal

Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar is nowhere to be seen since signing a new deal with WWE. New reports are in on why that seems to be the case....2026
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• Backstage News On Santos Escobar’s Return To WWE TV
Santos Escobar could be making his WWE television return as soon as next Monday’s RAW in Anaheim, California. The news follows weeks of speculation about his future after the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion’s contract expired earlier this month, briefly leaving him a free agent. According to PWInsider.com, Escobar officially re-signed with WWE within 24 hours […]...2025
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• Santos Escobar’s Next WWE Appearance Revealed After Re-Signing

Santos Escobar is officially staying with WWE, even after his previous contract quietly expired at midnight on October 6. For a brief moment, the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion was technically ......2025
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• Jake Atlas: Triple H Told Me My Sexuality Didn't Matter At WWE, That Shot Me Down
Jake Atlas signed with WWE in October 2019. Though he didn't debut until April 2020 on NXT TV, Atlas was featured in the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship round-robin tournament. Speaking to Developmentally Speaking, Atlas reflected on his debut match against Dexter Lumis. “The very match that I had was with no crowd. I wrestled Dexter Lumis, and I remember coming from the curtain, and the w...2024
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• KUSHIDA: I Want To Be The Driving Force Behind IMPACT And Bring It All Over The World
KUSHIDA is one of the most decorated junior heavyweight in New Japan Pro-Wrestling history, and he's a former NXT Cruiserweight Champion. However, he's never won a world title in a major organization. That can change at IMPACT Rebellion when he faces Steve Maclin for the vacant IMPACT World Championship. “This is the opportunity I need,” KUSHIDA (through a translator) told Justin Barrasso of Spo...2023
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• Jake Atlas: Triple H Told Me My Sexuality Didn't Matter At WWE, That Shot Me Down
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"Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar is nowhere to be seen since signing a new deal with WWE."

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"Rush is a former NXT Cruiserweight Champion and TNA X-Division Champion, among other accolades."

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"From being NXT Cruiserweight Champion, his role as a mentor in AEW, a must watch talent on the indies, recently expanding his horizons […] The post Exclusive: Lio Rush Talks West Coast Pro, his time in Japan, music career, and much more!"

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"Since then, Hayes has went on to become a top name on the yellow brand, as he has won the NXT Championship, the NXT North American Championship, and the NXT Cruiserweight Championship."

• Detailed Backstage Update On WWE Release Of Santos Escobar & Where He Is Expected To End Up
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• Santos Escobar Re-Signs With WWE After Shock Reversal
Santos Escobar has made a stunning return to WWE, just days after his contract expired and he officially became a free agent. According to a new report from PWInsiderElite.com, the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion has re-signed with the company following a last-minute agreement that ended a week filled with speculation...2025
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• Santos Escobar Becomes Free Agent After WWE Contract Expires
Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar is now officially a free agent after his WWE contract expired at midnight on October 7. His profile has already been moved to the alumni section of WWE’s website, and Escobar confirmed the news himself with a short social media video captioned “Palante,” meaning...2025
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• Another Longtime WWE Superstar Parts Ways With WWE

The WWE run of a longtime pro wrestling veteran has officially come to an end. Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar is now a free agent after his WWE contract expired at midnight on Tuesday. WWE moved his profile to their Alumni section today, essentially confirming the news. The development comes after several weeks of […] The post Another Longtime WWE Superstar Parts Ways With ...2025
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• Santos Escobar Officially Becomes Free Agent After WWE Contract Expires
The future of former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar is officially up in the air. As of midnight on Tuesday, October 7, Escobar’s WWE contract expired, and he is now free to sign with — and appear for — any promotion he chooses. The news, first reported by Fightful Select and later confirmed by PWInsider, […]...2025
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• Santos Escobar Breaks Silence After WWE Exit with One-Word Message

Santos Escobar is officially a free agent following the expiration of his WWE contract at midnight on Monday October 6, 2025. The former NXT Cruiserweight Champion has now been moved ......2025
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• Santos Escobar is set to become a free agent
Santos Escobar is set to become a free agent tonight at midnight, according to reports, is that he will not re-sign with the WWE. Santos has been barely used on WWE TV since well over a year now. Santos have decline the new offer made by the WWE. Santos Escobar won the NXT cruiserweight in ... Read more...2025
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• Lio Rush Announced For GLEAT Event In February
Lio Rush has been announced for an upcoming GLEAT show. GLEAT announced that Lio Rush will compete at their February 22nd event. There, he will challenge El Lindaman for the G-RUSH World Championship. Rush is currently signed to AEW, and he often teams up with Action Andretti. ＼--#GLEAT対戦カード--／ --️G PROWRESTLING G-RUSH初代世界王者決定戦エル・リンダマン@LIndamanowe -- リオ・ラッシュ @IamLioRush --2.22(土)開場10:40 開始11:30 ...2025
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• Roderick Strong To Return To Independent Wrestling At Prestige Wrestling Black Sunshine
Roderick Strong is returning to independent wrestling. Strong, a former ROH World Champion, was one of the top stars on the independent scene when he signed with WWE in 2016. During his time with the company, he held the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, the NXT North American Championship, and the NXT Tag Team Championship. Strong left the company and made his shocking AEW debut on the April 26 epi...2023
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• Santos Escobar’s Next WWE Appearance Revealed After Re-Signing
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• Angel Garza And His Wife Expecting Second Child
The post Angel Garza And His Wife Expecting Second Child first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.Angel Garza has revealed that he and his wife, Zaide, are expecting their second child. Garza signed with WWE in 2019 after previously working in AAA and Impact Wrestling. During his time with WWE, he was the NXT Cruiserweight Champion and the WWE 24/7 Champion. He was promoted from NXT to the main ...2024
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• More On Roderick Strong's AEW Debut, WWE Departure
Roderick Strong has debuted for AEW in a shocker after leaving WWE. Strong showed up on the April 26 Dynamite, helping Undisputed Era ally Adam Cole. Strong had been off WWE TV for months, and WWE had been dead silent about his status with the company. The last we'd heard, there was discussion about pitching the idea of having him coach through the remainder of his deal, though we don't know if th...2023
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• Adam Cole To Carmelo Hayes: You're The Man, Keep Killing It
Adam Cole and Carmelo Hayes exchange kind words on Twitter. A fan recently took to Twitter and noted that Adam Cole and Carmelo Hayes are the only two stars to appear on all three WWE brands (Raw, SmackDown, NXT) in the same month. Carmelo Hayes would respond to the fan, noting that he's forever grateful that Cole passed the torch to him. Forever grateful. He’s the man ---- — Carmelo Hayes (@Carm...2023
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• Roderick Strong Makes Shocking AEW Debut On Dynamite

Former ROH Television Champion and NXT Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong debuted on AEW Dynamite on Wednesday, fending off the Jericho Appreciation Society...2023
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• JD McDonagh Announced For #1 Contender Fatal-Four Way Match On This Week’s NXT
WWE has announced a big update to this Tuesday’s NXT card. Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion JD McDonagh has been added to the Fatal-Four matchup on the show, where the winner will challenge for the NXT North American Championship at the Spring Breakin special. McDonagh joins Dragon Lee, who was announced earlier today, as well as […] The post JD McDonagh Announced For #1 Contender Fat...2023
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• Lio Rush Doesn’t Rule Out Potentially Returning To WWE

Lio Rush comments on potentially returning to WWE. Lio Rush previously signed with the company in 2017. After initially competing on NXT and 205 Live, he had a run on RAW as Bobby Lashley’s manager. Rush later returned to NXT and won the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. WWE released Rush in a wave of cuts in […] The post Lio Rush Doesn’t Rule Out Potentially Returning To WWE appea...2023
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• Real1 Calls Microman The Biggest Star In MLW, Talks Putting Microman Over On His Way Out Of The Company
Real1 discusses one of his final feuds in MLW. The former NXT Cruiserweight Champion loudly departed MLW back at the beginning of April, where he released a video claiming that he was never officially under contract and was working for them as a free agent. In a new interview with WhatCulture, Real1 opens up about […] The post Real1 Calls Microman The Biggest Star In MLW, Talks Putting Micro...2023
• Santos Escobar Says LWO Is Important For Latino Representation In WWE
Santos Escobar is one of the most talented and charismatic wrestlers in WWE today. The former NXT Cruiserweight Champion has been making waves on SmackDown since he and his faction, ......2023
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• JD McDonagh Reflects On His Time In NXT, Looks Forward To Starting A New Chapter On WWE Raw
JD McDonagh comments on the end of his time in NXT and his move to WWE Raw. McDonagh, then known as Jordan Devlin, first started wrestling for WWE in 2016, as he competed in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament. He went on to have a successful run in NXT UK, and he won the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. Devlin then moved to NXT in 2022 and was renamed JD McDonagh. During his time on the mai...2023
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• More On Roderick Strong's AEW Debut, WWE Departure
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• Adam Cole To Carmelo Hayes: You're The Man, Keep Killing It
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• IMPACT Announces Lio Rush For Summer Sizzler Tapings In Atlanta
Lio Rush is returning to IMPACT. The Man of the Hour last competed under the IMPACT banner at the Multiverse United event with NJPW, where he had a standout matchup against KUSHIDA. Now the former NXT Cruiserweight Champion will be competing at the promotion’s Summer Sizzler event on Friday June 23rd from Center Stage in […] The post IMPACT Announces Lio Rush For Summer Sizzler Tapings...2023
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• KUSHIDA: I Want To Be The Driving Force Behind IMPACT And Bring It All Over The World
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• JD McDonagh Announced For #1 Contender Fatal-Four Way Match On This Week’s NXT
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• Backstage News On Santos Escobar’s Return To WWE TV
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• Santos Escobar Re-Signs With WWE After Shock Reversal
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• Jake Atlas: Triple H Told Me My Sexuality Didn't Matter At WWE, That Shot Me Down
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• Roderick Strong To Return To Independent Wrestling At Prestige Wrestling Black Sunshine
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