• Several People In WWE See Potential In New SmackDown Wrestler
NXT wrestler Cameron Grimes was recently drafted to the SmackDown brand.
He made his SmackDown in-ring debut recently, where he defeated Baron Corbin in just 7 seconds!
According to Fightful Select, the WWE future of Grimes looks bright:
“Several WWE higher-ups, including Triple H, were said to have been fans of his work and saw potential in him on the main roster.”
A longtime employee saw Cameron as a ‘slam dunk’, because he work multiple styles.
On this Friday’s pre-taped episode of SmackDown, Grimes will face Ashante Adonis of Hit Row.
Below are Cameron’s major accomplishments in pro-wrestling so far:
– 3x TNA / IMPACT Wrestling X-Division Champion
– 1x TNA World Tag Team Champion
– 1x NXT North American Champion
– 1x Million Dollar Champion (in WWE NXT)
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (May 23, 1993) – WCW Slamboree 1993
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on May 23, 1993, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Slamboree 1993: A Legends’ Reunion’ LIVE on PPV from the The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was the 1st out of 8 Slamboree PPVs, that WCW aired from 1993 to 2000.
Here are the results from that night:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell defeated Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit
Sid Vicious defeated Van Hammer
Dick Murdoch, Don Muraco & Jimmy Snuka wrestled Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan & Jim Brunzell to a no-contest
Thunderbolt Patterson & Brad Armstrong defeated Ivan Koloff & Baron von Raschke
Dory Funk Jr. wrestled Nick Bockwinkel to a time-limit draw
Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff defeated Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki
Sting defeated The Prisoner (Nailz)
Steel Cage – NWA & WCW World Tag Team Championships: The Hollywood Blonds (c) defeated Dos Hombres
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Barry Windham (c) defeated Arn Anderson
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader (c) by DQ
