Former Impact Wrestling star Robbie E made his debut under the WWE NXT banner. He did so by announcing that he’s the manager for Saurav Gurjar & Rinku Singh at the NXT live event on Thursday in Sanford, FL at the Sanford Civic Center.
He’s going by his real name, Robert Strauss. Saurav Gurjar with Singh and Strauss at ringside would go onto defeat Jonah Rock in a singles match.
Robbie E departed Impact Wrestling in the summer of 2017. He had a tryout with WWE in June 2018 later was a contestant on The Rock’s Titan Games show this year. Robbie E signed with Impact back in 2010 where he would later find success. During his tenure with the promotion, he held the TV Title, X-Division Title, and Tag Team Title twice.
He was announced by WWE as the three new signees who have started training at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida in order to get used to the WWE style earlier this month.
WWE NXT Sanford, FL Results
- Mia Yim defeated Deonna Purrazzo
- Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi defeated Scott Parker & Big Magic
- Punishment Martinez defeated Luke Menzies
- Saurav Gurjar ( w/ Singh and Strauss ) defeated Jonah Rock
- The Forgotten Sons defeated The Street Profits
- Danny Burch defeated Shane Thorne
- Kairi Sane & Io Sharai defeated Vanessa Borne & Aliyah
- Velveteen Dream (c) defeated Matt Riddle (North American Championship Match)
