{"id":38118,"date":"2019-02-11T18:06:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38118"},"modified":"2019-02-11T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:21:59","slug":"mighty-mighty-elliot-sexton-is-now-a-wwe-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/11\/mighty-mighty-elliot-sexton-is-now-a-wwe-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty, Mighty: Elliot Sexton Is Now A WWE Superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is <b>WWE\u2019<\/b>s <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/02\/11\/meet-the-new-recruits-for-the-february-class-at-the-wwe-performance-center-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest WWE Performance Center recruit<\/a> <strong>Elliot Sexton<\/strong>? Sexton is an Australian wrestling standout who stands at 6\u20195\u201d and weighs in at 253lbs. Sexton is also a former <b>Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) <\/b>heavyweight champion, holding a 559 day reign, a former <b>WrestleRock <\/b>champion, with a 1379 day reign,<b> <\/b>and finally member of <b>The Mighty Don\u2019t Kneel (TMDK)<\/b>, where he often competed as a tag team partner with fellow WWE recruit <b>Jonah Rock <\/b>as SexRock.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Evolution of Sexton\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ha_sdgEfdw?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>Sexton debuted in 2008 after training under current NXT coach <b>Hartley Jackson<\/b> and <b><i>Cruiserweight Classic<\/i><\/b> competitor <b>Damian Slater.\u00a0<\/b>Thanks to his imposing physical stature Sexton was a standout on the Australian scene almost immediately but was also able to back it up when he stepped between the ropes. Performing all around the country for MCW, <b>Wrestle Rampage, Explosive Pro Wrestling (EPW), Riot City Wrestling, <\/b>WrestleRock<b> <\/b>and <b>World Series Wrestling (WSW) <\/b>Sexton has battled all of Australia\u2019s top talent, and some major international names.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roger Ventura VS Duke Hudson (Perth, Australia)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWh0zg0gJtM?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>Some of Sexton\u2019s most notable opponents throughout his career are; <b>Jay White, Slex, Hartley Jackson, Bobby Lashley, JXT, Adam Brooks, AJ Istria, Lance Archer, Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Matt Riddle, Brody King, Trent Seven, Flash Morgan Webster <\/b>and <b>Chris Brooks.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elliot Sexton vs JXT\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQB4DSwpgQI?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>Despite taking a step away from the Australian scene in 2017 Sexton\u2019s name recognition afforded him opportunities to work with <b>New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) <\/b>and <b>PROGRESS <\/b>during their tours of Australia in 2018. Sexton would then ride the wave of success with PROGRESS and perform with them again during their 2018 tour of the United States.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fallout 2017 - Big Willy Gibson vs Elliot Sexton\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tl29kNwW35U?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>During his hiatus from Australian wrestling Sexton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCp5SzlWzlzmVt0-hv3jYbSQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">created a YouTube show, <em><strong>The Trophy Life<\/strong><\/em><\/a> which follows his misadventures and exploits whilst living in Orlando. The Trophy Life proved that Sexton is more than just a typical big bruiser but also has that loveable Aussie larrikin nature. Look for Sexton to quickly become a major player once he arrives on NXT television.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trophy Life S01E01\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqsOtnKgV5U?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is WWE\u2019s latest WWE Performance Center recruit Elliot Sexton? Sexton is an Australian wrestling standout who stands at 6\u20195\u201d and weighs in at 253lbs. Sexton is also a former Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) heavyweight champion, holding a 559 day reign, a former WrestleRock champion, with a 1379 day reign, and finally member of The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2893,"featured_media":38150,"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":[3317,5,3],"tags":[4125],"class_list":["post-38118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","tag-elliot-sexton"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38118","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\/2893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}