WWE: Maxxine Dupri on Her In-Ring Improvement & WWE Career Goals, John Cena Visits The Dungeon & Praises Natalya and Tyson Kidd, Tavion Heights vs. Josh Briggs Set for 11/11 WWE NXT Show

Maxxine Dupri Comments on Her In-Ring Improvement & WWE Career Goals

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured Maxxine Dupri as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Dupri’s thoughts about her improvement in the ring being due to her expanding her training and learning from more people and places.

“I really do feel like it shifted when I expanded my training. Everyone on [the] main roster, a lot of them have wrestled on the indies or they’ve all trained at different places. So everyone does things differently. So I think getting to learn from different people and, like, taking it all in allows you to be well-rounded.

So I think that’s what I needed. I needed to learn from different people, different coaches, be in the Dungeon, be at Flatbacks, be at the Performance Center, do NXT live events with girls I’ve never worked with before, that I’ve never locked up with. And really just start, like, figuring out all those in-betweens.

Because I think it’s the little things that helped me level up more than just like — I know watching from the outside, it seems like, ‘Oh wow, okay, a new move. She’s leveled up.’ But I think for the actual performance, it’s all those little in-betweens that I really am still fine tuning, but really needed to work on.”

Dupri also gave her thoughts about her current goals for her WWE career.

“I would love to win a title. Like, that would be a really cool accomplishment. But the reason I want to win a title is because I want to have put in all that work.

For me, it’s like that moment of like, ‘Oh, yes, I’ve done enough work that I’m capable of doing this. I’m capable of winning this title.’ So it’s more for me, like, throughout the end of this year, I want to keep wrestling as often as I can. I want to stay on NXT live events. I want to be booked and busy. I want to wrestle dark matches. I want to wrestle on Main Event. I want to have rep after rep after rep. So that way, when those opportunities come, I can step into the ring with full confidence.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com


John Cena Visits The Dungeon & Praises Natalya and Tyson Kidd

Natalya revealed on Twitter that John Cena paid a visit to her and Tyson Kidd’s The Dungeon training school on Wednesday and gave some advice to the trainees there to help improve their wrestling careers.

“Thank you, @JohnCena. The most valuable gift anyone can give is their time — and you’ve never stopped giving it to others. You continue to set the standard for what it means to lead, inspire, and give back. The time you shared with us in The Dungeon will stay with us forever.”

Cena reflected on Twitter earlier today about his recent visit to The Dungeon and praised Natalya and Kidd for their dedication to pro wrestling.

“The brilliance, ability & generosity of @TJWilson
& @natbynature is astounding. The Dungeon’s existence shows how dedicated my two friends are to the industry we love. Dungeon’s Rules – INVITE ONLY COST $0.00 fees are paid in passion & ‘hustle’. FLAKE OUT, invite revoked. All they ask is all any audience asks … give everything you have.”


Tavion Heights vs. Josh Briggs Announced for November 11th WWE NXT Show

WWE announced one new match for the card of next week’s WWE NXT show on November 11th at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

This new match announced was a singles match of Tavion Heights vs. Josh Briggs.

Current card for November 11th WWE NXT show:

  • NXT Championship Last Man Standing match – Trick Williams vs. Ricky Saints (c)
  • WWE Speed Men’s Championship – Jasper Troy vs. El Grande Americano (c)
  • Vacant WWE Speed Women’s Championship Tournament First Round match – Fallon Henley vs. Skylar Raye
  • Tavion Heights vs. Josh Briggs
  • NXT Women’s Champion Thea Paxley to speak