Below are some details on some of the new NXT rookies who competed in the battle royal at last night’s WWE NXT house show in Orlando, Florida.
• Sunny Dhinsa: a Canadian national freestyle wrestling champion.
• Sabby Piscitelli: a former NFL player
• Josh Woods: an amateur wrestler from the University of Central Florida. He has also competed in MMA.
• Noah Pang-Potjes: he was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Afa the Wild Samoan. Pang-Potjes was working with a Hawaiian gimmick.
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