{"id":12538,"date":"2018-01-16T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2018-01-16T16:00:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T21:00:56","slug":"candice-lerae-sings-with-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/16\/candice-lerae-sings-with-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Candice LeRae Announced as Latest WWE Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And the names keep coming. After announcing the arrivals of\u00a0<strong>War Machine<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ricochet<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>WWE<\/strong> has followed things up with\u00a0<strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong>. Many thought it was only a matter of time after her appearance in the\u00a0<strong>Mae Young Classic<\/strong>, but it is now official.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandiceLeRae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CandiceLeRae<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMbYkhEGOi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/aMbYkhEGOi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/953357649579593729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12552\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/1577a6dd61596ebdf1e4b4f74d1ef438-joey-ryan-ryan-oneal-1-e1516136294217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>Candice LeRae has been wrestling around the world for over 15 years. One half of <strong>The World&#8217;s Cutest Tag Team<\/strong> with\u00a0<strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong>, LeRae has been one of the most popular talents in North America. She will be reunited with her husband\u00a0<strong>Johnny Gargano<\/strong>. Though she had made several appearances between the Mae Young Classic and\u00a0<strong>NXT<\/strong>, Candice Wrestling was performing on a per-appearance basis. With the\u00a0<strong>Mixed Match Challenge<\/strong> coming up, it is worth noting that Candice LeRae has been at the forefront of intergender wrestling for well over a decade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12551\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/0a218d69eea462b18509bc93618f9b04-candice-lerae-womens-wrestling-e1516136318489.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"448\"><\/p>\n<p>The first ever <strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong> match featuring 30 women is happening within a matter of weeks. Will we see her there?<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/04\/candice-lerae-close-joining-johnny-gargano-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Or perhaps in her husband&#8217;s corner as he attempts to take the\u00a0<strong>NXT\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Championship<\/strong> from\u00a0<strong>Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas<\/strong><\/a>? Either option makes sense. The WWE doesn&#8217;t have 30 women on their current roster, but Almas has\u00a0<strong>Zelina Vega<\/strong> in his corner. Of course with\u00a0<strong>TakeOver: Philadelphia<\/strong> the night before the Rumble, it doesn&#8217;t need to be one or the other. Perhaps she will make appearances at both. Or neither. While we are uncertain of her immediate trajectory, there is one notable element to the announcement. While War Machine and Ricochet were announced by the NXT Twitter account, LeRae was announced by the WWE&#8217;s account. In a company with such an emphasis on social media, we would be surprised if this was merely coincidental.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12554\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/IMG_8864-e1516136337263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>The WWE and NXT are making huge moves with today&#8217;s official signings. The recent influx of talent is certainly exciting, but when will they all debut? And on what roster? Is it coincidental that such big names are being brought in before the Rumble? These questions might be unanswered, but one thing is for certain: The\u00a0<strong>WWE Universe<\/strong> better be ready to take a trip on Ms. LeRae&#8217;s Wild Ride.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Thursday, January 18th in the Los Angeles area! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BarWrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BarWrestling<\/a> 8: Happily Ever After featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandiceLeRae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CandiceLeRae<\/a>\u2019s final independent wrestling appearance &amp; more! <br \/>\u2022 $20 presale tix + 1st entry at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/16ULiyUJaZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/16ULiyUJaZ<\/a> <br \/>\u2022 $30 standby tix at door <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FjylfmyS9H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FjylfmyS9H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bar Wrestling (@BarWrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarWrestling\/status\/953364690234585088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the names keep coming. After announcing the arrivals of\u00a0War Machine and\u00a0Ricochet,\u00a0WWE has followed things up with\u00a0Candice LeRae. Many thought it was only a matter of time after her appearance in the\u00a0Mae Young Classic, but it is now official. Welcome to @WWE, @CandiceLeRae! https:\/\/t.co\/aMbYkhEGOi &mdash; WWE (@WWE) January 16, 2018 Candice LeRae has been wrestling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2333,"featured_media":12553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,317,3,320],"tags":[738,116,397,2009,1049,47],"class_list":["post-12538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-women","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-candice-lerae","tag-nxt","tag-royal-rumble","tag-takeover-philadelphia","tag-womens-royal-rumble","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}