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Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan: Info on Smackdown’s Newest Call-Ups

For the 2nd time in 2 nights, 3 NXT call-ups made their mark in the women’s division. On Raw, Paige brought in Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville as back-up and now on Smackdown Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan have done the same.

Here is some background info on Smackdown’s newest call-ups:

Ruby Riot:

Formerly known as Heidi Lovelace on the independents, Riot has been with WWE since January. The 26-year-old raced through the developmental system in under a year.

Real name Dori Prange, the Michigan native had been touring with independent promotions, such as Chikara, as recently as last December. She has also competed with Shine, Stardom, and Ohio Valley Wrestling (where she was trained).

In her final match for the popular Hamilton-based independent last December, Alpha-1, Riot delivered an emotional farewell speech.

Sarah Logan:

Real name, Sarah Bridges, Logan is better known to independent wrestling fans as “Crazy” Mary Dobson. She made a name for herself in all the top indies which feature female performers until being signed by WWE last fall.

Logan was signed a few months before Riot but rarely made appearances on NXT. She has wrestled a lot on NXT live events, usually losing to wrestlers featured more prominently on NXT’s programming.

In this summer’s Mae Young Classic, Logan was eliminated in the 1st round by Mia Yim. Riot and Logan had been teaming together on the most recent NXT live tour.

Liv Morgan:

 

Liv Morgan took a rather odd route to WWE…

Liv Morgan and Enzo Amore both worked for Hooters at one time. 2 years after he was signed to WWE in 2012, Enzo is said to have introduced Liv to Joe Defranco, who owns a gym in New Jersey and is close friends with Triple H.

Morgan, who had been a lifelong wrestling fan growing up, excelled at the gym and was signed to a WWE contract in 2014. Enzo and Liv were an item at one point, but Morgan indicated on social media earlier this year that she is single.

The 23-year old didn’t wrestle before being signed to WWE. Her first match was in 2015 and her tag-team partner was Charlotte Flair.

Second Attack From NXT Stars On SmackDown, News For Next Week’s Episode, The Hype Bros

– The tension between The Hype Bros is back, as seen in this new SmackDown Fallout video from tonight. Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder argued backstage after their loss to Erick Rowan and Luke Harper, who returned as The Bludgeon Brothers.

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– Next week’s WWE SmackDown in Lexington, Kentucky will feature Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens plus The Singh Brothers vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. Next Tuesday’s show will also see the return of The Fashion Files with Breezango.

– As noted, WWE NXT Superstars Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan made their main roster debuts on tonight’s SmackDown by destroying Naomi and Becky Lynch backstage. They later interfered in the SmackDown Women’s Title match between Natalya and champion Charlotte Flair, as seen below. The segment ended with the three taking out Natalya and Flair, then standing tall.

NXT Superstars Debut On Tonight’s SmackDown (Video)

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown saw the main roster debuts of Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan from WWE NXT.

The debuts happened during a backstage segment that saw Naomi getting her makeup done. Ruby appeared first and introduced her two friends to Naomi, Liv and Sarah. They then triple teamed Naomi and beat her down. Becky Lynch tried to make the save for Naomi but she was also destroyed and left laying.

This was similar to the angle done on last night’s RAW, which saw Paige return to TV by bringing Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose up from NXT. They took out Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James and RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss.

Below are videos from tonight’s debut:

Liv Morgan Implies She Was Cheated On, NXT Star Gives Flirtatious Response

Somebody was apparently stupid enough to cheat on NXT Superstar Liv Morgan.

On Saturday night, Morgan tweeted the following, implying she’s now single again after somebody she was dating was unfaithful.

Morgan was rumored to be romantically linked to Enzo Amore and fans on Twitter are mocking him, assuming he’s the guy who messed up royally.

https://twitter.com/thenextblgthing/status/906695501520584705

https://twitter.com/RiseCmp/status/906705996562800641

A few hours before this tweet, she messaged WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate saying that likes his new t-shirt. Tyler Bate gave a flirtatious reply:

https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bate/status/906589682661838848

NXT Star Works SmackDown Live Event, Lita Talks Mae Young Classic

– NXT’s Liv Morgan worked tonight’s SmackDown live event in Tampa, Florida as she teamed up with SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi and Becky Lynch in a 4-on-3-Handicap Match against Natalya, Carmella, Lana, and Tamina.

As seen here, Morgan, Naomi, and Lynch came out on top.

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This is not Morgan’s first appearance in front of a WWE crowd as she wrestled at WrestleMania Axxess in March and three live events in late December.

– In this interview with Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald, WWE Hall of Famer Lita talks about growing up in South Florida, getting started in WWE, women’s wrestling, working alongside Jim Ross in the Mae Young Classic, the WWE Performance Center, and more.

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– Celebrating a birthday today is WWE Performance Center coach and former WWE Superstar Terry Taylor, who turns 62 years old.

Neville Talks WrestleMania 33, Mystery Partner NXT Match, Daniel Bryan Training Video

– As previously announced, Trent Seven vs. WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate is on the lineup for this week’s NXT. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce vs. Liv Morgan and a mystery partner has been added to the show.

– WWE.com recently did a storyline interview with WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville. Due to an injury, Neville was unable to perform at WrestleMania 32 but he’s looking forward to WrestleMania 33 and the opportunity to showcase his abilities. He commented on going into the biggest show of the year as champion:

“Well, I’m finally where I deserve to be and where I should always have been: on a platform to showcase my abilities. I’m not sitting back and watching it unfold. I am right on the forefront. I am proud of what I’ve done. I’m not at all regretful for how I’ve behaved and I will continue to do what is best for me, my family, and what has my best interests in mind.”

– Daniel Bryan noted on Twitter that he’s back in the gym training after taking some time off. He wrote, “Got back to some cleans after months off. Don’t try this at home, at least not the way I do it because my form is horrible @RehabPlusPHX” Below is video of Bryan in action:

https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/status/830232778054643713

Shinsuke Nakamura Stretcher Angle Video, New Feud For Asuka, Rachael Ellering – NXT

– NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura was stretchered out of Full Sail after the beatdown from Samoa Joe last night.

– Rachael Ellering, daughter of WWE Legend and NXT manager Paul Ellering, is now using the name Rachel Fazio. She lost to Liv Morgan last night. No word yet on if she has signed.

– Speaking of Liv, it looks like she’s coming for NXT Women’s Champion Asuka. Below is video from last night’s post-match promo and a Twitter exchange with Asuka: