{"id":101861,"date":"2021-10-04T23:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=101861"},"modified":"2021-10-04T23:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:01:42","slug":"ridge-holland-drafted-friday-night-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/10\/04\/ridge-holland-drafted-friday-night-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Superstar Ridge Holland Drafted to Friday Night SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the final round of the <strong><em>WWE Draft 2021<\/em><\/strong>, on <strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong>, another <strong>NXT<\/strong> star has been brought up. <strong>Ridge Holland<\/strong>, current NXT Superstar and ally to <strong>Pete Dunne<\/strong>, will be making his way to <strong>Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong> following <strong><em>Crown Jewel<\/em><\/strong> on October 21. This is just one of four major moves from the former black-and-gold brand throughout the past few days. Last Friday, on SmackDown, <strong>Hit Row<\/strong> and <strong>Austin Theory<\/strong> were called up. Earlier tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/10\/04\/xia-li-drafted-friday-night-smackdown\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Xia Li<\/strong><\/a> was given the same treatment. Not unlike his fellow NXT call-ups, Holland&#8217;s goals on SmackDown remain unknown at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> powerhouse <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RidgeWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RidgeWWE<\/a> is about to bring his Herculean strength and power to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackDown<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeSeeinYa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BeSeeinYa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEDraft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M28fyw3FW2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/M28fyw3FW2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1445216260971798532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ridge Holland Drafted to SmackDown<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Born in West Yorkshire, England, Ridge Holland signed with <strong>World Wrestling Entertainment<\/strong> in May of 2018. He made his debut the August after, losing to <strong>Keith Lee<\/strong> on NXT, before making his way to the NXT UK brand. In the years that followed, Holland became a prominent competitor on not just NXT but NXT UK. In October of 2020, he became a more consistent NXT competitor, even appearing in the main event of <strong><em>TakeOver 31<\/em><\/strong>. During the NXT Championship match between then-titleholder <strong>Finn B\u00e1lor<\/strong> and challenger <strong>Kyle O&#8217;Reilly<\/strong>, Holland appeared in the front row, carrying an unconscious <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> over his shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge Holland would have his momentum derailed, however, on the October 7 episode of NXT. Following a victory over <strong>Danny Burch<\/strong>, Holland brawled with Burch and <strong>Oney Lorcan<\/strong>. During this skirmish, Lorcan performed a crossbody to the outside, Holland catching him. During the catch, however, Holland&#8217;s legs gave out from underneath him. He suffered multiple injuries as a result, including a fracture in his left leg and a dislocated knee patellar. Holland would remain inactive until this past July, when he joined forces with Lorcan and Pete Dunne.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final round of the WWE Draft 2021, on Monday Night Raw, another NXT star has been brought up. Ridge Holland, current NXT Superstar and ally to Pete Dunne, will be making his way to Friday Night SmackDown following Crown Jewel on October 21. 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