{"id":27508,"date":"2018-10-14T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T21:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=27508"},"modified":"2019-06-10T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T17:40:00","slug":"nxt-uk-taping-spoilers-young-prospect-debuts-and-a-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/10\/14\/nxt-uk-taping-spoilers-young-prospect-debuts-and-a-return\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT UK Taping Spoilers: Young Prospect Debuts and a Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of NXT UK tapings in Plymouth had two big newsworthy items as the women&#8217;s division saw the debut of another youngster\u00a0and one of the brand&#8217;s main stars debuted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28243\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28243\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/DV2hxdGWAAAV8Kd-1-e1519227192519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/DV2hxdGWAAAV8Kd-1-e1519227192519.jpg 397w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/DV2hxdGWAAAV8Kd-1-e1519227192519-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/DV2hxdGWAAAV8Kd-1-e1519227192519-333x420.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: James Musselwhite \/ Portrait of a Wrestler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NXT UK Women&#8217;s Champion Rhea Rhipley\u00a0<\/strong>was given the opportunity to choose her own opponent for the show.\u00a0 Rhipley\u00a0chose\u00a0<strong>Candyfloss,\u00a0<\/strong>a young star who we pointed to as one to watch this year. Rhipley\u00a0would go on to defeat Candyfloss and build to a match with\u00a0<strong>Isla Dawn,<\/strong>\u00a0but this was still big for young Candyfloss.\u00a0 For those unaware, Candyfloss is a highly energetic wrestler with brightly coloured hair and gear who was trained at the ProJo (which has produced many a star) and already toured\u00a0<strong>Stardom\u00a0<\/strong>earlier this year.\u00a0 Her gimmick is that of a sweet loving girl who lives to eat sugar\u00a0and POCKY.\u00a0 Whether this was a one off\u00a0or Candyfloss is joining NXT UK as part of the women&#8217;s division this is another big step for her early in her career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4TB Wrestling - FULL MATCH - Nina Samuels vs. CandyFloss\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-5QVbKfyEMo?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<figure id=\"attachment_28242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28242\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28242\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/23905228_1678266028860441_6620205473240100920_n-e1517415323345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/23905228_1678266028860441_6620205473240100920_n-e1517415323345.jpg 391w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/23905228_1678266028860441_6620205473240100920_n-e1517415323345-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/23905228_1678266028860441_6620205473240100920_n-e1517415323345-274x420.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: James Musselwhite \/ Portrait of a Wrestler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other bit of news we got from this taping was the return of\u00a0<strong>Travis Banks<\/strong>.\u00a0 Thanks to his excellent run in this years UK tournament, Banks became one of the brand&#8217;s lead babyfaces and another great worker to have good matches with the other main eventers.\u00a0 A newly established heel stable of\u00a0<strong>Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Wolfgang\u00a0<\/strong>were cutting a promo when Banks interrupted to brawl.\u00a0 Moustache Mountain came out to help Banks as the two trios look to be building to a match.\u00a0 Banks would get into the ring later in the night beating Wolfgang in his first match back from injury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of NXT UK tapings in Plymouth had two big newsworthy items as the women&#8217;s division saw the debut of another youngster\u00a0and one of the brand&#8217;s main stars debuted. 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