Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, involving Ethan Page and Ricochet.
• Oro Mensah attacked Ethan Page ahead of tonight’s NXT Battleground PLE. You can watch it below:
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Upon arriving to the hotel yesterday afternoon, @OfficialEGO was once again attacked by Meta-Four's @OroMensah_wwe…#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/5apjRz7nwi
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 9, 2024
Page will have his debut match in NXT tonight, where he will face Trick Williams for the NXT Championship.
Below is the card for tonight’s premium live event:
– NXT Championship Match: Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page
– NXT Women’s Championship Match: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace
– Ladder Match For The Inaugural NXT Women’s North American Championship: Sol Ruca vs. Lash Legend vs. Fallon Henley vs. Jaida Parker vs. “Michin” Mia Yim vs. Kelani Jordan
– NXT North American Championship Match: Oba Femi (c) vs. Wes Lee vs. Joe Coffey
– NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs. The O.C. (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)
– NXT Underground Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Lola Vice
• One of WWE’s most talented high-flyers, Ricochet, is poised to depart from the company as his contract approaches its expiration. Ricochet has given notice of his intention to leave WWE, with his contract set to expire this summer. This decision signifies a major shift for the performer who has been with WWE since 2018.
Ricochet’s exit is expected to lead to his gradual removal from current storylines. This process seemed to begin this past Monday on RAW, where he lost to Bron Breakker after being attacked by Breakker the previous week.
After this news broke, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland posted the following tweets:
“U come here I’m giving u hell”
“….. I’m not joking”
PWInsider reported the following about the backstage WWE reaction to Ricochet deciding to leave:
“One source we spoke with said they were giving Ricochet ‘all the credit in the world for betting on himself’. One would think he’ll quickly be a hot commodity as a free agent.”
