{"id":17332,"date":"2018-04-14T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=17332"},"modified":"2018-04-14T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:21:06","slug":"nixon-newell-makes-nxt-debut-after-one-year-off-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/04\/14\/nixon-newell-makes-nxt-debut-after-one-year-off-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Nixon Newell Makes NXT Debut After One Year Off To Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At last night&#8217;s NXT Live Event in Venice, Florida, Welsh indie star <strong>Nixon Newell<\/strong> finally made her heavily anticipated NXT debut, teaming with <strong>Dakota Kai<\/strong> to face <strong>Vanessa Borne &amp; Reina Gonzalez<\/strong>. Billed as Steffanie Newell (her real name), it marked almost one year to the date that Newell last performed. One of the early favourites to win the inaugural Mae Young Classic last year when she was an early announcement, a torn ACL sustained shortly after her arrival at the WWE Performance Center last June put her on the shelf for ten months. Her last match was April 30, 2017 against <strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong> with <strong>IPW:UK<\/strong> for the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhiR2uPF1RW\/<\/p>\n<p>Nixon Newell was one of the UK scene&#8217;s most promising young stars when the 22-year old went down to injury at the start of the summer.\u00a0Debuting in 2013, by 2015, she was working all the top promotions in Europe, including <strong>PROGRESS, ICW, Pro Wrestling EVE, OTT<\/strong>, Germany&#8217;s <strong>wXw<\/strong>, as well as her regular grounds of <strong>Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE)<\/strong> and Wales&#8217; <strong>ATTACK!<\/strong> (which is owned by Pete Dunne and Mark Andrews). She also worked with <strong>Stardom<\/strong> in Japan and <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> in the United States.\u00a0She&#8217;s been wrestling since her teens and came to the WWE as a 3x <strong>ATTACK!<\/strong> 24\/7 Champion,<strong> SWE<\/strong> Queen of Southside and SWE Tag Team Champion, and <strong>WCPW<\/strong> (now <strong>Defiant<\/strong>) Women&#8217;s Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Other wrestlers and personalities began to tweet their support and excitement of Newell&#8217;s return to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DakotaKai_WWE\/status\/985187875108114432<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys&#8230; <br \/>I\u2019m so unbelievably stoked for @NixonNewell, who made her debut tonight with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dakotakai_wwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DakotaKai_WWE<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTVenice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTVenice<\/a>. Two of the most talented broads I know, about to take over the world! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QVWK4C5ZzB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QVWK4C5ZzB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ruby Soho (@realrubysoho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realrubysoho\/status\/985033864333676544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ohhhh finally!!!!\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc97<br \/>Welcome back , @NixonNewell \u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>She is a very strong and talented player\u263a\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeAreNXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2TUDX7a3oG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2TUDX7a3oG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kairi Sane (@KAIRI_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KAIRI_official\/status\/984996817896079360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyRyanOnline\/status\/985146370087636992<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flash_Morgan\/status\/985185229638979584<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got to see @NixonNewell make her NXT debut and that\u2019s pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Smallman &#8211; \u30b8\u30e0\u30fb\u30b9\u30e2\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3 (@jimsmallman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimsmallman\/status\/984948672034111488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Glen_Joseph\/status\/984975457601941504<\/p>\n<h2><strong>SOME MATCHES FROM HER PRE-NXT CAREER<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nixon Newell Defends Her Reclaimed Women&#039;s Title (WCPW Loaded #23.3)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_vO2bNXYIaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WCPW Stacked - Bea Priestley vs Nixon Newell: Last Woman Standing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0QDH6dW0zk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toni Storm vs Nixon Newell 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lsukpbjHa44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WCPW True Legacy #7: Nixon Newell vs. Kimber Lee\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvBZ5zY1D_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last night&#8217;s NXT Live Event in Venice, Florida, Welsh indie star Nixon Newell finally made her heavily anticipated NXT debut, teaming with Dakota Kai to face Vanessa Borne &amp; Reina Gonzalez. Billed as Steffanie Newell (her real name), it marked almost one year to the date that Newell last performed. 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