{"id":145214,"date":"2025-11-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=145214"},"modified":"2025-11-02T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:17:10","slug":"a-look-at-wwe-ids-newest-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/03\/a-look-at-wwe-ids-newest-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at WWE ID&#8217;s Newest Recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, WWE\u2019s Evolve programming has proven relatively successful. Evolve airs every Wednesday on Tubi TV, which features some of the best up-and-coming wrestlers from all around. These wrestlers put themselves on notice on the independent wrestling scene and now look to make a bigger impact in the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, WWE announced the joining of three more stars to the WWE ID Program. Joining Evolve will be Eli Knight, Mike Cunningham, and Jha\u2019Quan McNair. They are all young and very athletic. Let\u2019s take a look at what specifically put these men on notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The new WWE ID prospects are here! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFLOS9Q4GW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cFLOS9Q4GW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE ID (@WWEID) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEID\/status\/1983987772244594924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Eli Knight<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eli Knight is 24 years old from Orlando, Florida. Knight began professional wrestling back in 2018. He has a high-flying in-ring style. Due to his wrestling style, Knight gained the nickname \u201cThe Prodigy of Flight\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last seven years, Knight has wrestled in various independent promotions. Some of these promotions include GCW, Limitless Wrestling, Reality of Wrestling, and more!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knight has already accomplished a lot, being only 24 years old, but there&#8217;s a lot left that hasn\u2019t been done. Coming to the WWE will bring more opportunities and a richer learning experience. It will be exciting to see how Eli Knight can flourish in the WWE.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mike Cunningham<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s not much information about Mike Cunningham and his wrestling journey online. However, he is a trainee at the Nightmare Factory, Cody Rhodes\u2019 professional wrestling school. He also made his professional wrestling debut last year at QT Marshall\u2019s Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given how new he is to the sport, he must be impressive in the ring to already be part of the WWE ID program. Along with being a quick learner to pick up on the \u201cWWE style\u201d of wrestling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be exciting to see what he brings to WWE Evolve, especially given how little is known about his wrestling career. No one knows what to expect. It has been hinted through Instagram that Cunningham may join The Vanity Project, consisting of Ricky Smokes, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/23\/exclusive-interview-meet-wwe-id-prospect-brad-baylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Brad Baylor,<\/a> and Jackson Drake. Maybe we will find out more this week on Evolve.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQj1a5-Ebxc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQj1a5-Ebxc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Ricky Smokes (@smokeshow_rs)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jha\u2019Quan McNair<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jha\u2019Quan McNair has a very impressive athletic background. He is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University with a master&#8217;s degree in strength and conditioning, and he is a retired NCAA D1 wrestler. Using that experience, he became both a strength and conditioning coach and a wrestling coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McNair is also fairly new to competing in the professional wrestling world. He has been in professional wrestling for only a year and a half, learning from the Team Fearless Wrestling Academy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This impressive resume of McNair has paid off leading him to the WWE ID Program. What\u2019s next for McNair in this new chapter of his in WWE Evolve?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on WWE Evolve 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.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far, WWE\u2019s Evolve programming has proven relatively successful. Evolve airs every Wednesday on Tubi TV, which features some of the best up-and-coming wrestlers from all around. These wrestlers put themselves on notice on the independent wrestling scene and now look to make a bigger impact in the industry.\u00a0 Recently, WWE announced the joining of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5214,"featured_media":145216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[11,6,2192,4,3],"tags":[136,9041],"class_list":["post-145214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evolve","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-evolve","tag-wwe-id"],"modified_by":"Laci Schlatz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145214","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\/5214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145217,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145214\/revisions\/145217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}