Former WWE NXT Superstar Bobby Fish recently appeared on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio.

The former member of Undisputed Era discussed several topics during the interview, including his return to the independent scene, MLW and his upcoming match on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite for the TNT Championship.

“I was a little out of touch with this [independent] atmosphere” Bobby Fish noted, “because I’ve been where I was for about four years and you kind of lose touch with some of this.

Bobby Fish on Independent Wrestling

“So to get reacquainted with this and to realize the amount of opportunity. Man, it is as exciting as all hell.”

Fish would also state that he is extremely excited to be part of the MLW Opera Cup, saying “It’s friggin awesome. I specifically wanted to do the Opera Cup.

“The level of talent in it is amazing, and it caters very much to a style that I’m very familiar with. I’m just looking forward to mixing it up with everybody in MLW and in the Opera Cup. I’m not looking past anything but Saturday at this point.”

Fish defeated Lee Moriarty in the first round of the 2021 iteration of the tournament.

Bobby Fish has spoken out on his upcoming TNT Championship match with Sammy Guevara.

Guevara closed out the Sept. 29 edition of AEW Dynamite by capturing the TNT Championship. He pinned Miro with a 630 Senton Splash to lay claim to the gold. This is his first singles title run in AEW.

After the match, Fish hopped on his Twitter account to congratulate the newly-crowned TNT Champion. He also laid down a challenge, which was accepted by Guevara during a commercial break on the debut episode of Rhodes To The Top.

Appearing on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio, Bobby Fish commented on the title match.

“I’m at home watching AEW, just like everybody else, and I see this thing go down and I’m thinking, ‘fortune favors the bold.’ That title and this mustache would look pretty fantastic together. I can either sit on my hands and do nothing or I can put my name in the ring, so to speak, and see what happens. That’s what I did. I feel like I was ready in my career for a ‘fresh coat of paint,’ so to speak and here we are. It wasn’t orchestrated and I didn’t seek it out. Things feel into place and it happened. I have this new lease on my wrestling life and I can’t wait to go at this thing guns blazing.”

Fish was one of many names released by WWE from the NXT roster. It didn’t take long for Fish to find at least one landing spot as he is set to make his debut for MLW on Oct. 2.

Guevara vs. Fish will take place on the Oct. 6 edition of AEW Dynamite. AEW is wasting little time making Guevara’s first title defense.

Also set for that episode of Dynamite will be The Elite vs. Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage, and Jurassic Express. Plus, Hikaru Shida is going for her 50th win in AEW when she meets Serena Deeb. Fans will also witness a Casino Ladder Match with the winner earning a shot at the AEW World Heavyweight Championship.

The new TNT champion Sammy Guevara has accepted the challenge from Bobby Fish for a title match at next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. The Spanish God defeated Miro to win the TNT title in the main event of this week’s episode of Dynamite. The former NXT star took on his Twitter to congratulate the new champion.

Bobby Fish went on to express the desire to be the first star to challenge Sammy Guevara, mentioning that he is ready to walk through the forbidden door. Guevara appeared during a commercial break of the Rhodes To The Top premiere. He spoke with Tony Schiavone and confirmed that he is accepting the challenge from the former Undisputed Era member.

AEW also announced a big #1 contenders’ casino ladder match for Dynamite next week. The winner will get a shot at Kenny Omega’s world title in the future. The participants for the bout have not been revealed.

Hikaru Shida will be fighting on the show as well. She will try to pick up her 50th win in AEW against Serena Deeb.

If this wasn’t enough, the company has confirmed that Bryan Danielson will also be in action during the show. He will compete in a 6 men tag team match. Danielson will team up with the Jurassic Express and Christian Cage to face the team of Omega, Adam Cole, and The Young Bucks. Prior to this, Bryan will be facing Nick Jackson in a singles match on Rampage this Friday.

Bobby Fish is headed to MLW. He will make his debut on October 2nd at the promotion’s Fightland event from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Fish will be part of the Opera Cup tournament. He spoke to Sports Illustrated about his decision to sign with the company.

“I’m ready to jump in headfirst into MLW, especially with the Opera Cup,” Fish says. “I welcome this new challenge. I’m in a situation now where I have extra room for creativity with what you see in the ring. That’s what I’m here to push. MLW has some very talented athletes, and I’m excited to see how we mix it up.”

Already confirmed for the 8-man single-elimination tournament are Tom Lawlor, Davey Richards, TJP, Matt Cross, and Calvin Tankman. Tajiri is also booked for the show on October 2nd.

Fish recently wrestled his first match outside of WWE since being released yesterday. He wrestled for Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling at PPW 8. Fish defeated Desean Pratt on the show.

Bobby Fish On His Time In NXT

Fish also spoke to Sports Illustrated about his time in NXT with the other members of the Undisputed Era.

“There were so many positives from time in NXT, and I was able to accomplish that with three of my best friends in the industry,” Fish says, referring to Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong. “It’s really humbling to think of all we did, and to experience that with them was very special. As for right now, having an extra chip on my shoulder now isn’t necessarily a bad thing for me at all.”

Kyle O’Reilly’s longtime tag-team partner Bobby Fish was amongst the recent cuts from the NXT roster. Before they were both in the Undisputed Era, Fish and O’Reilly were known as reDRagon and won titles in ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling.

O’Reilly took to Twitter to comment on the recent NXT roster cuts.

“The word of the day is “Bummer”. It was a bummer to see my friends lose their jobs but I take solace in knowing they will all end up OK and doing great things. Still though, major bummer.”

Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish – reDRagon

Fish and O’Reilly first began teaming together in 2012 under the name reDRagon. They have won titles in NJPW, ROH, and NXT.

They are 2x IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. They won the Super Junior Tag Tournament in 2014 as well. In Ring of Honor, they are 3x World Tag Team Champions and won the Tag Wars tournament in 2014 as well.

Along with other members of the Undisputed Era, they won the NXT tag titles 3x. They also won the NXT tag team of the year award in both 2018 and 2019. Pro Wrestling Illustrated voted them the Tag Team of the Year in 2019.

WWE has made more talent cuts and this time it hit the NXT brand hard. 

On Friday,  Fightful and PWInsider reported the following names that were released by the company: 

• Bronson Reed
• Bobby Fish
• Mercedes Martinez
• Leon Ruff
• Tyler Rust
• Jake Atlas
• Ari Sterling
• Kona Reeves
• Zechariah Smith
• Asher Hale
• Giant Zanjeer 
• Stephon Smith

This is the latest round of cuts. Because these are NXT stars, they will have 30-day non-compete clauses instead of the 90-day non-compete clauses that main roster talent are under. 

Several of these newer wrestlers such as Hale had just moved to Florida to start training at the WWE Performance Center: 

Reed is the biggest name from these cuts as he signed with WWE in 2019 and won the North American title earlier this year where he held it for a month. 

Reed reacted to the news by writing on Twitter, “Just got released by WWE. This monster is back on the loose … you don’t know WHAT you’ve just done.” He tagged AEW, Ring of Honor, Impact and New Japan in the tweet. 

Fish, a former NXT Tag Team Champion, found success with the Undisputed Era faction that included Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong. The group broke up earlier this year. In fact, Fish just lost a match to Strong on Tuesday’s NXT that was taped two weeks ago. 

In April, WWE cut Samoa Joe, Iiconics, Mickie James, Chelsea Green and others while in June, both main roster and NXT/205 Live talents were let go included Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Ruby Riott, Fandango, Lana, Tyler Breeze, Tony Nese and others.

Last Saturday, Bray Wyatt was released and Ric Flair got out of his contract earlier this week.

Undisputed Era member Bobby Fish has shared high praise for Triple H, noting how “The Game” has an undeniably incredible “aptitude” for the pro wrestling business.

“[…] he saw something that I would think Adam, Kyle and I would like to write for ourselves, and he saw it and was like, ‘Yep. Those three,'” Fish explained to Wrestling Inc. Daily.

Fish noted how he’s been able to witness how Triple H works behind-the-scenes at NXT for three years now. These lessons have allowed him to know how Triple H “operates.”

Regarding the Undisputed Era, Fish believes that Triple H’s “aptitude” always meant a plan was in place to add Roderick Strong to the group:

“I feel like he had an idea long before that and maybe that was the plan regardless. Four peas in a pod,” Fish said. “Triple H was smart enough to see that and recognize that. It’s a little bit of a humble brag I guess, but WWE now gets to benefit. We as the four individuals get to benefit being this brand that nobody has given a name to. Triple H did. Now, along with Shawn Michaels, between the two of them. They have their influence on helping us become who we are. You can’t put a price on that.”

Undisputed Era members Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong were unable to participate in a scheduled NXT Tag Team Championship matchup last week. They were replaced by Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan, who would go on to win the titles from Breezango.

It was recently revealed that Pat McAfee had been orchestrating recent attacks against Undisputed Era, including last week’s attack on Fish and Ridge Holland’s attack on Adam Cole.

Undisputed Era members Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly have discussed what makes their teamwork so well. Joining WWE’s The Bump, the duo also explained why they believe they are one of the top teams in the world.

“What me and Bobby have is special,” O’Reilly said. “We’ve been a tag team since 2012. We’ve been all over the world. As far as I’m concerned, we’re one of the top two greatest tag teams of all time.”

His partner, Fish, added how their chemistry isn’t something people can “fabricate.” He said how the brotherhood that exists between them and their other stablemates Roderick Strong and NXT Champion Adam Cole is “real.” “I think people feel that,” he said. “I think people understand that, and that’s why we’re successful as we are.”

Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish On Making History, Dream Opponents

O’Reilly explained how, as a team, he and Fish are “the judge, jury and executioner of the tag team division.” He stressed that this has been the case when they first arrived and that it will stay that way for the foreseeable future. “We’re going to become the first, four-time NXT champions. All we do here is make history.”

With the team having proved to be so dominant in the black-and-gold brand in the past, the two have casually looked at both RAW and SmackDown for potential opponents. O’Reilly shared how he would love a matchup with The New Day or The Usos. He believes either matchup could prove to be “something very special.” 

H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription. 

Not only did Bobby Fish suffered a recent injury but also Candice LeRae, according to the latest WWE NXT Injury Report video with Matt Camp. 

This weekly video shared updates on the two WWE NXT stars coming out of Wednesday’s episode of WWE NXT in Winter Park, Florida.

First up is LeRae, who was diagnosed with oral lacerations to her inner and outer lip. She battled Dakota Kai in a singles match on this show. The injury happened when she took a shot to the face from Kai, who was using Tegan Nox’s knee brace. However, she will be ready for in-ring action after a few days of rest and did not need stitches. 

Details On WWE Moving NXT TakeOver Shows To Sundays, Worlds Collide Plans

Up next is Fish, who is currently not medically cleared to compete, and is listed as “day to day” on the injured list. 

Although there was speculation that Fish may have suffered a concussion, he was seen walking around backstage and seemed to be okay. 

Fish and Kyle O’Reilly defended their NXT Tag Team Titles against Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic on this show. Fish was replaced by NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in the match after Lee had tossed the champions out of the ring onto each other at ringside. 

After the show came back from a break, the announcers noted NXT General Manager William Regal had ordered Strong to fill in for Fish, due to medical reasons. 

It appears that Bobby Fish has suffered an injury. 

Fish and Kyle O’Reilly defended their NXT Tag Team Titles against Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic on Wednesday’s episode of WWE NXT in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University on the USA Network. This served as the opening match of the show. 

The match went a few minutes until they had to take a commercial break. There is speculation that the injury happened when Lee had tossed the champions out of the ring onto each other at ringside. 

WWE NXT Results & Live Coverage (11/27)

When the show came back from break, it was mentioned on commentary that NXT General Manager William Regal had ordered Strong to fill in for Fish, due to medical reasons. 

Strong replaced Fish with the titles still being on the line. The announcers later noted that Lee had injured Fish. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on Fish’s exact injury. 

Fish suffered a jaw injury during a match at the set of NXT TV tapings back in June while working a match.

The injury happened when Velveteen Dream did a quebrada and it looked like his knee connected with Fish’s nose, but it was actually a jaw injury. As a result, Fish’s eye started to swell shut during the match.

WWE has released its weekly injury report for NXT. According to this week’s report, Bobby Fish and Wesley Blake both came out of Wednesday’s show with injuries. Neither Blake nor Fish are expected to miss anytime, however.

NXT injury report for 11/22:

• Bobby Fish – nose and facial lacerations – will be cleared in time for NXT Takeover: War Games and Survivor Series.
• Wesley Blake – facial lacerations – not expected to miss anytime.

This week’s NXT Injury report was presented on WWE’sofficial YouTube channel and can be viewed in the player below:

NXT Injuries

While the injuries reported on in NXT’s weekly injury report are usually in-storyline, the brand is dealing with several injured wrestlers at the moment.

NXT injuries:

• Mia Yim is dealing with a broken nose but as of this writing is not expected to miss War Games.
• Johnny Gargano is dealing with a cervical strain and will not be cleared for War Games.
• Joaquin Wilde was dealing with a broken orbital bone but has since been cleared. He hasn’t returned since his injury, however.
• Karen Q broke her leg this summer and there is currently no timetable for her return.
• Tino Sabbatelli has been dealing with a pec injury since the spring.
• Rachel Evers and Kavita Devi are both dealing with ACL injuries and are not expected back until next year.
• Aliyah is dealing with a storyline broken nose and it is not clear when she will return.

There are not new WWE NXT Tag Team Champions as The Street Profits retained over The Undisputed Era.

Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish were not able to make it back on top of the NXT Tag Team Division as they lost to Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins. The Street Profits retained at the WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto II event in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena.

• NXT TakeOver: Toronto II Results & Live Coverage

The reign of The Street Profits as champions hasn’t lasted that long as they won the titles at the WWE NXT TakeOver: XXV event in Bridgeport, CT at the Webster Bank Arena back in June. 

They became champions when they beat The Forgotten Sons, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch, and Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish to win the titles in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match.

At the time, the titles were vacant by The Viking Raiders, who were the champions, as they were called up to the main roster during the Superstar Shake-Up and placed on the Monday Night RAW roster.

There was speculation that The Street Profits may have to drop the straps due to them being called up to the main roster on RAW but that’s not the case.

What are your thoughts on The Street Profits retaining the NXT Tag Team Titles? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.

The NXT Tag Team Championships will be on the line at NXT TakeOver: Toronto II on August 10th. Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins will look to defend the belts against former champions Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish from the Undisputed Era.

It will be the 3rd title defense for the current champions, who won the vacant titles on June 1st in a 4-way ladder match at NXT TakeOver: XXV. The other three teams in the ladder match were the Forgotten Sons, Fish & O’Reilly, and Burch & Lorcan. The titles had been vacated by the Viking Raiders upon their call-up to the main roster.

Since winning the belts, the Street Profits have defended them successfully against the Forgotten Sons and Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch.

Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins (The Street Profits) (c) vs Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish (The Undisputed Era)

The ladder match at TakeOver: XXV was the first time the Street Profits and Fish & O’Reilly have been in the same match on WWE programming. They’ve met another 19x on NXT live events, however. O’Reilly and Fish hold the edge in the series between the two teams with a 15W-5L record.

The only other confirmed match for the August 10th event is a best 2-of-3 falls match between Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole for the NXT Championship.

• Oney Lorcan Reveals Vince McMahon Once Banned Him From WWE

An injury update on WWE NXT star Bobby Fish has surfaced as Dave Meltzer reported in the latest Daily Update on F4WOnline Fish suffered a jaw injury during a match at last week’s NXT TV tapings while working a match.

The injury happened when Velveteen Dream did a quebrada and it looked like his knee connected with Fish’s nose, but it was actually a jaw injury. As a result, Fish’s eye started to swell shut during the match. Currently, there’s no word yet on when he’ll return to in-ring action.

Fish is no longer slated to work upcoming EVOLVE events as he has been pulled from in-ring action. This is when news of him being injured first surfaced. He’ll just appear for the meet & greets at the EVOLVE 129 event on June 29 from Queens, and EVOLVE 130 on June 30 from Brooklyn. Here are the updated cards:

EVOLVE 129

• Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly of The Undisputed Era vs. WWN Champion JD Drake & Anthony Henry
• EVOLVE Champion Austin Theory  vs. Leon Ruff
• Shotzi Blackheart vs. Brandi Laure
• Josh Briggs vs. Arturo Ruas
• Babatunde vs. Harlem Bravado
• AR Fox with Ayla & The Skulk vs. Stephen Wolf
• John Silver vs. Sean Maluta
• EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Eddie Kingston & Joe Gacy vs. Anthony Greene & Curt Stallion

EVOLVE 130

• EVOLVE Champion Austin Theory vs. Roderick Strong – Non-Title Match
• WWN Champion JD Drake vs. Babatunde
• Kyle O’Reilly vs. Josh Briggs
• Anthony Henry vs. Arturo Ruas
• EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Eddie Kingston & Joe Gacy vs. John Silver & Alex Reynolds – Non-Title Match
• Brandi Lauren vs. Natalia Markova
• AR Fox vs. Sean Maluta

It appears as though WWE NXT Superstar Bobby Fish has been pulled from a number of upcoming EVOLVE shows.

WWN Live shared that Fish would no longer be actively involved with either EVOLVE 129 or EVOLVE 130. The shows take place on June 29th from Queens, and June 30th from Brooklyn, respectively.

The NXT Superstar will, however, still be in attendance for his scheduled meet and greets.

Undisputed Era

Fish’s Undisputed Era stablemate and tag team partner, Kyle O’Reilly, will compete against Josh Briggs at EVOLVE 130.

Other NXT Superstars are also scheduled to appear, with Babatunde Aiyegbusi also seeing in-ring action for the company.

There is no word at the time of writing as to why Fish has been pulled from the events, given he participated in last week’s NXT TV tapings.

Both Fish and O’Reilly are slated to take part in a tag team match for TakeOver: Toronto II. This TakeOver show will coincide with WWE’s SummerSlam weekend on August 10th.

Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly will also be joined by fellow Undisputed Era member, Roderick Strong.

Strong will be featured prominently, wrestling in a tag team match with O’Reilly during EVOLVE 129, and a non-title match against Austin Theory at EVOLVE 130.

At last night’s NXT TakeOver: WarGames event from the Staples Center, Los Angeles, the War Raiders, Ricochet and Pete Dunne defeated The Undisputed Era in a WarGames match.

After the match, fans expressed concern over the status of Undisputed Era member Bobby Fish, who reportedly had to be helped out by officials.

During the conference call after the event, Triple H provided an update on Bobby Fish’s health condition. He said in the conference call that Bobby Fish was just fine and nothing serious happened.

Fish had just returned to the squared circle after several months as he was out with a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee in March. He underwent surgery for his knee and was out of action for six months. He returned to NXT in October and assisted his fellow Undisputed Era members in their match against The War Raiders.

NXT TakeOver: War Game 2018 Results

WWE is reporting Bobby Fish may have torn his left ACL at an NXT live event this weekend. They sent out the following release this morning:

“NXT Tag Team Champion Bobby Fish suffered an injury to his left knee at an NXT Live Event over the weekend.”

Bobby Fish Torn ACL

While WWE is reporting the injury took place over the weekend, it’s likely they are referring to an injury which took place nearly a month ago. The last time Fish wrestled was on a March 4th NXT house show in Indianapolis. It is believed he suffered a knee injury and needed to be helped to the back on that show.

WWE choosing to say the injury occured this weekend as opposed to 4 weeks ago is a bit of a mystery. This could be something done for storyline purposes on NXT, however.

While there is no timetable for his return, a torn ACL is an injury he would need months to recover from.

Bobby Fish, who holds the NXT Tag Team Championship with Kyle O’Reilly, sustained a knee injury at tonight’s NXT live event in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Fish was teaming with O’Reilly against Heavy Machinery in an NXT Tag Team Championship Match when he suffered the injury, leading to match official Drake Wuertz throwing up the “X” signal after he rolled out of the ring.

Once outside the ring, Fish began clutching his knee. Medical personnel immediately tended to Fish and he was assisted to the backstage area.

Ref throws up the “X” it appears @theBobbyFish has a knee injury. #NXTIndy pic.twitter.com/dfC2Q2qFiF

— Steven Radmer (@Steven_R) March 5, 2018

Bobby Fish just got injured ref threw the X up #nxtindy pic.twitter.com/DETeZbGTA4

— Rich Abbott (@RichieAbbottWTF) March 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/pstergos/status/970448706414751744

Bobby Fish injured #NXTIndy pic.twitter.com/IosKPTIGRg

— Glenn (@MorrisMethod) March 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/pstergos/status/970449805582438402

https://twitter.com/Elimedge/status/970456657867300864

@davemeltzerWON bobby fish injured at #nxtindy house show pic.twitter.com/TWJyceMmY3

— ChaserCWE (@ChaserCwe) March 5, 2018

According to a fan in attendance, Fish tweaked his knee and O’Reilly had to wrestle solo against Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic. This led to Adam Cole running out to distract Dozovic, with O’Reilly securing a win with a roll up.

• The latest wrestler to make his WWE NXT debut…

– One-half of the NXT Tag Team Champions may have a problem working shows in Canada.

WWE advertised Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly for NXT’s recent four-event tour of Ontario, Canada (Feb. 22 through Feb. 25), but the duo did not appear at any of the events. The Undisputed ERA instead worked NXT shows in Florida over those days.

According to Dave Meltzer in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Fish, at least in the past, had problems entering Canada. However, he was told that the problem “was taken care of.”

Meltzer also notes that he can’t find a record of Fish working in Canada since 2014 for Ring of Honor.

– NXT announcer Percy Watson appeared on Thursday’s season premiere of the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta as a Georgia state cop.

https://twitter.com/justinenriquez_/status/969456463436394496

Big E made note of his appearance with this tweet.

.@WWEPercyWatson on #AtlantaFX couldn’t please me more.

— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) March 2, 2018

– Former NBA star Charles Oakley posted this photo of himself hanging out with Mark Henry in New York City, which includes a WWE-related caption.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfwF7HfniIs/

• Where did NXT’s Jessie come from?

New NXT Tag Team Champions were crowned at Wednesday night’s TV tapings from Full Sail University (Full Spoilers).

Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish of The Undisputed Era are your new champs after defeating Eric Young & Killian Dain of SAnitY. The match, which saw interference from Adam Cole, should air on the December 20th episode.

This is the first title reign for O’Reilly and Fish in NXT. SAnitY won the titles back on August 19th at the “Takeover: Brooklyn III” event with a win over The Authors of Pain.

https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/936050906503831553

The NXT stable of Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly now known as the Undisputed Era recently sat down with WWE.com to talked about their debut and more. Below are some of the highlights from the interview:

Adam Cole on why they chose NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III for their debut:

“Here’s the deal. You don’t make a statement unless you make noise. We knew that what we were doing was going to cause a lot of ruckus. We knew it would get people talking. And that’s exactly what we wanted. The only way you make a name for yourself in this sport is to make a statement, a loud statement, and that’s exactly what we did at TakeOver: Brooklyn.”

Cole on the ‘Undisputed’ name:

“When you say the word “undisputed,” what do you think of? You think of something that is untouchable, undeniable. Myself, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly are all of those things. We’ve proven before we got here that we are one in a million, and we’ll do it again here in NXT. Also, people talk about the different eras in wrestling — The Golden Era, The Attitude Era, The Reality Era. This is our era; it’s our time to show the world who runs this sport.”

Bobby Fish on the message they have for the rest of NXT:

“You will never understand what drives The Undisputed ERA, so as hard as you might try, you simply can’t relate to us. We are here to break the will of all those we come in contact with. I will quote the incomparable Conor McGregor when I tell you, The Undisputed ERA didn’t come here to take part; we came here to take over!”

You can check out their full interview on WWE.com here.

The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to talk about various topics. Here are the highlights:

Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Bobby Fish signing with WWE NXT:

“I’m very happy for reDRagon,” said Nick. “Those guys are so good as a team and I think teaming up with Adam will help the three of them become very comfortable in a WWE setting quickly because they’re really close friends.”

“Bobby and Kyle brought something special out of us,” continued Matt. “We became a better team because of the awesome bouts with them. When conversation comes up about our greatest matches, many of those matches we had with Bobby and Kyle are talked about. Also, they’re two great dudes who I love in real life. I hope nothing but the best for them. They deserve all the success in the world. Seeing them stand tall with that zombie was surreal.”

WWE sending them a cease and desist letter:

“They’re bringing people back from the dead,” said Matt Jackson, referring to the arrival of Adam Cole in NXT. “They’re sending out cease and desists written on toilet paper. And now they’ve taken our dear friend Hangman [Adam Page]. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say it felt like they were trying to go to war with us.”

“The WWE apparently can bring people back from the dead,” said Nick Jackson. “That shocked me to my core. I’m very happy for the ghost of Adam Cole though. I hope he makes millions of dollars one day.”

Defending the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles at Death to Dishonor:

“The Motor City Machine Guns are probably our greatest rivals ever,” said Matt. “And we look forward to putting these Six Man Titles on the map. Those titles belong to Bullet Club, and we plan to defend them ‘Free Bird Style’. Hangman Page is a young stud who just gets it. He’ll be the talked-about wrestler soon. We have big plans to help with that.”

“Adam Page is so talented and I believe he’s very underrated,” added Nick. “2018 is going to be his year.”

Scott Dawson’s injury:

“I don’t wish injury upon anyone, especially guys trying to provide for their families,” said Matt. “I also love when other teams are creating buzz and making headlines. It makes us strive to be better. But, with all that said, #FTR.”

“I’d actually love to wrestle them one day as a ‘dream match,’” said Nick. “I feel bad for The Revival. I want them to stay healthy and kill it on a huge stage. They deserve a healthy run.”

You can read the entire interview here.

Former ROH Tag Champions reunite at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

The Authors of Pain defended their NXT Tag Team Championships against SAnitY at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III tonight. Eric Young replaced Killian Dain before the match started. The match went back and forth but in the end, SAnitY prevailed and became the new NXT Tag Team Champions. Their celebration was short-lived as Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly showed up and attacked them from behind. Fish and O’Reilly were known as “reDRagon” in ROH and were the ROH Tag Team Champions in that promotion. You can check out a video of the attack below.

#SAnitY's celebration is cut short by… @TheBobbyFish & @KORcombat?! #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/wTGVOrA2W7

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 20, 2017

Adam Cole attacks new NXT Champion Drew McIntyre 

Bobby Roode defended his NXT Championship against Drew McIntyre in the main-event of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III. Roode planted McIntyre with the Glorious DDT and held on and went for a second one. McIntyre was able to fight out of it and leveled Roode with the Claymore to capture the NXT Championship.

Another celebration was cut short when Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly appeared on the ring apron. McIntyre was distracted by them and Adam Cole appeared and attacked him from behind. Fish and O’Reilly held up McIntyre and Cole leveled him with a Superkick. Cole then posed with the NXT Championship as NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III went off the air. You can check out Cole’s NXT debut in the video below.

We have a NEW #NXTChampion in @DMcIntyreWWE…and a NEW TARGET for the arriving @AdamColePro in @WWENXT! #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/9dDUGuAea6

— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2017

• Full recap of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

– According to PWInsider.com, WWE officials have had discussions of putting all of the former ROH wrestlers new to NXT together in a faction.

This week’s episode of NXT featured the surprise debut of former ROH wrestler Kyle O’Reilly. Dubbed “a world-famous combatant,” O’Reilly lost to Aleister Black in the main event.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7EJ32zvydU&w=620&h=349]

Similarly, Bobby Fish, who was O’Reilly’s tag team partner in ROH, lost to Black in his NXT debut on the July 12 show.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2DvnuTpWhw&w=620&h=349]

– Former UFC fighter Shayna Baszler, who is competing in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, talks about her transition to WWE in this video.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJM6f3k3uA&w=620&h=349]

• Who is Becky Lynch’s boyfriend?

Last night’s episode of NXT featured the return of Johnny Gargano. It was the first time the WWE Universe had a chance to hear from Gargano since being turned on by former tag team partner, Tommaso Ciampa.

The episode also featured the Authors of Pain defending their tag titles against Heavy Machinery.

NXT
July 12th 2017
Full Sail University

1. Aleister Black vs. Bobby Fish

• No Highlights of this match were uploaded by WWE, though a post-match interview with Bobby Fish was.
• Fish provided the most challenge for Black thus far, but in the end the dutch kickboxer hit his roundhouse head kick and picked up the win over the former ROH TV champion.

Winner: Aleister Black

2. Mae Young Classic Qualifying Match
Vanessa Borne vs. Jayme Hachey

• The Mae Young Classic gets going later today from Full Sail University. At 630pm all of the participants, including the winner of this match, will be announced on WWE’s Facebook page.
• Vanessa Borne picked up the win to move onto the MYC.

Winner: Vanessa Borne

Johnny Gargano Segment

• Johnny Gargano talked about the shock and disappointment he felt at Takeover: Chicago, when he was attacked by former teammate, Tommaso Ciampa.
• Gargano also mentioned he wants to compete at Takeover: Brooklyn, and he’s going back to being Johnny Wrestling again.

3. NXT Tag Team Championship Match
the Authors of Pain (c) vs. Heavy Machinery

• The Authors of Pain came up victorious in what was built up as the largest (in total size) match in NXT history.
• After the match however, members of Sanity appeared no on the stage and cackled as pieces of the Authors of Pain’s book fell from the ceiling.
• The commentators speculated that this was all a ploy by Sanity’s leader, Eric Young.

Winners: Authors of Pain (retain titles)