– Former ECW Champion Rhyno made a surprise appearance at Thursday night’s NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. He defeated Elias Samson and got a huge reaction from the live crowd.
– Chad Gable of Shoot Nation defeated Digg Rawlis with a roll up pin in a dark match.
Check back later for full results of the tapings.
The following is from ImpactWrestling.com:
#TNANYC: Tommy Dreamer and Rhino to appear at This Week’s IMPACT Tapings!
This week on IMPACT, Tommy Dreamer went toe to toe with TNA President Dixie Carter and unleashed a speech that is one of the most talked about wrestling moments of recent memory – even leading ‘Tommy Dreamer’ to trend worldwide on Twitter.
IMPACTWrestling.com can now exclusively report that Dreamer is headed to New York City and plans to appear at the Grand Ballroom inside the Manhattan Center when IMPACT invades NYC (June 25, 26, 27). Not only is Dreamer expected to be there, but his legendary hardcore cohort, RHINO, will appear as well!
What do these two ECW legends have in-store for the famed Manhattan Center? Get your tickets NOW in order to find out!
As promised, here is the second half of the list…
The WWE roster was absolutely stacked following the acquisition of WCW. This was especially true after the top WCW superstars such as Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, and Kevin Nash eventually signed with the company.
It quickly became apparent that there was too much talent to adequately feature everyone on a weekly basis. This led to the WWE splitting into two separate brands in the form of Raw and SmackDown. The brand extension seemed fresh at first, but it quickly lost traction after superstars were constantly shifted from one brand to the other as a way to increase ratings.
The brand extension era is characterized by pay-per-views that did not perform as well as those in the Attitude Era, largely because fans did not want to pay to see only half of the roster.