Post by db1091 on Nov 8, 2024 18:15:09 GMT -5
WWE have started announcing their WWE ID talent. The program will provide support in various areas to selected indies wrestlers to help them further their career and perhaps progress to the WWE at some stage.
This is a new recruitment program, which runs alongside their NIL work and recruitment of college talent.
There has been plenty of discussion within the indies about what this may mean. Here in the UK, we saw the damage WWE can do to your indies scene when they launched NXT UK. Having signed up almost all the top talent, it got to a stage where they could only work agreed indies outside of NXT UK work, there was restrictions on who they could lose against, and Progress and ICW in particular are still feeling the effects now of having been a more official partner, as this drove away some of the fanbase.
Within the first names announced is a Filsinger indies card holder - one Mr Jack Cartwheel!
I wasn't surprised when Zayda Steel was the first name announced, she has been really impressive of late and there was reports a while back about WWE being interested in her. Bryce Donovan has been doing great work with Beyond and has really benefitted from their weekly Thursday night live show Wrestling Open. And Sean Legacy is another interesting one. He comes over to Europe somewhat regularly for short stints, he has recently been in Germany and had a tour with NOAH in Japan.
This is a new recruitment program, which runs alongside their NIL work and recruitment of college talent.
There has been plenty of discussion within the indies about what this may mean. Here in the UK, we saw the damage WWE can do to your indies scene when they launched NXT UK. Having signed up almost all the top talent, it got to a stage where they could only work agreed indies outside of NXT UK work, there was restrictions on who they could lose against, and Progress and ICW in particular are still feeling the effects now of having been a more official partner, as this drove away some of the fanbase.
Within the first names announced is a Filsinger indies card holder - one Mr Jack Cartwheel!
I wasn't surprised when Zayda Steel was the first name announced, she has been really impressive of late and there was reports a while back about WWE being interested in her. Bryce Donovan has been doing great work with Beyond and has really benefitted from their weekly Thursday night live show Wrestling Open. And Sean Legacy is another interesting one. He comes over to Europe somewhat regularly for short stints, he has recently been in Germany and had a tour with NOAH in Japan.
