WRESTLING followers had been shocked final night time as a former AEW star made a shock debut in NXT.
Each Jade Cargill and CM Punk have switched from Tony Khan’s firm to WWE over the previous 12 months.
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And Brian Pillman Jr, who now competes as Lexis King within the firm’s developmental model NXT, is one other.
Nevertheless, no-one was anticipating to see the arrival of Ethan Web page on Tuesday because the 34-year-old took all people abruptly.
NXT champion Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans defeated The Gallus within the present’s primary occasion simply seconds earlier than the actual drama unfolded.
Within the aftermath of that match, Meta-4 member Lash Legend confronted Williams over the unknown assaults on his stablemates, Noam Dar and Oro Mensah.
The title holder vehemently denied the accusations earlier than the lights abruptly went out.
However once they got here again on, Williams had appeared and shortly laid out Williams in a vicious assault.
He then revealed himself because the mastermind behind the sooner assaults on the Meta-4 males earlier than he grabbed the NXT championship and lifted it above his head because the present ended.
He then broke his silence after the shock debut on X by mocking Williams through the use of his new rival’s personal well-liked catchphrase.
He wrote: “I assume I whooped that Trick.”
Followers had already swamped social media after his shock look, and evidently they can not wait to see his rivalry with Williams unfold.
“Ethan Web page can be a nice get for WWE,” declared one.
One other wrote: “Ethan Web page is so underrated. Whilst a singles competitor. By no means given a chance in AEW. He’ll thrive in NXT/WWE.”
A 3rd commented: “Ethan Web page is an incredible employee, stays in nice form, is phenomenal on the mic, sells tons of toys and has a strong following that goes past professional wrestling, and he’s going to make an precise distinction in NXT.”
Whereas a fourth mentioned: “Ethan Web page in NXT is f***ing loopy, this man has had the potential to be a celebrity.
“It is about time somebody offers him the possibility to indicate that potential.”
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And a fifth added: “Ethan Web page vs Trick Williams goes to be CRAZY.”
Web page joined AEW in 2021 after working for Ring of Honor and Affect earlier than that.
His final match got here on Collision final July when he suffered defeat to then AEW world champion MJF.
He then appeared in AEW’s sister firm ROH however had not been seen since December, whereas in Could his profile was faraway from each corporations web sites as his tenure with the businesses.
A number of retailers are reporting that he was at WWE’s Efficiency Middle final week to finalise his deal to hitch them.
