Kacy Catanzaro made her debut at an NXT house show in Sanford, Florida last night. She lost to another female prospect, Reina Gonzalez.
From 2014-2016, Catanzaro competed on the 6th, 7th, and 9th seasons of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior”. She eventually earned a reputation as the greatest female competitor in the show’s history.
Before the American Ninja Warrior, Catanzaro was a Division I gymnist with the University of Towson, Maryland. She received a tryout with WWE at the Performance Center in January of 2017. WWE announced she had signed with the company during the Mae Young Classic last summer.
Here are the full results from last night’s NXT house show in Sanford, Florida:
- Reina Gonzales defeated Kacy Catanzaro
- Lio Rush w/Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Kona Reeves
- Dakota Kai & Steffanie Newell defeated Aliyah & Kavita Devi
- Adrian Jaoude, Cezar Bononi, & Taynara Conti defeated Big Boa, Rocky, & Xia Li
- Ember Moon defeated Vanessa Borne
- the Authors of Pain defeated TM-61
**Â Babatunde Aiyegbusi is a 6ft10 355lbs former football player who signed with WWE in 2016. He appears to be managing the much smaller Lio Rush.Â
Kacy Catanzaro in NXT Women’s Division
With the recent call-ups of the Iiconics and Ember Moon, it has left a hole in NXT women’s roster. It was also only back in November when 5 other NXT women (Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, & Sonya Deville) were called up as well. This leaves the door open for Performance Center trainees, like Catanzaro, to get an opportunity.
Currently the female performers who are used on NXT television are:
NXT Women’s Champion: Shayna Baszler
- Kairi Sane
- Nikki Cross
- Candice LeRae
- Dakota Kai
- Bianca Belair
- Aliyah
- Lacey Evans
- Vanessa Borne
There are also several female performers who work on the NXT house show circuit but do not appear on NXT televsion.
Wrestle at NXT House Shows:
- Kacy Catanzaro
- Reina Gonzales
- Steffanie Newell
- Kevita Devi
- Taynara Conti
- Xia Li
