{"id":73762,"date":"2020-08-02T16:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T20:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73762"},"modified":"2020-08-02T16:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T20:57:05","slug":"report-wwe-signs-retro-anthony-greene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/02\/report-wwe-signs-retro-anthony-greene\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: WWE Signs &#8220;Retro&#8221; Anthony Greene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following reports that former EVOLVE Wrestling star <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/30\/report-leon-ruff-signs-with-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leon Ruff<\/strong> had signed with NXT<\/a>, it appears that another former EVOLVE star, &#8220;Retro&#8221; <strong>Anthony Green<\/strong>e, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-wwe-signs-evolve-s-anthony-greene-nxt-contract-another-talent-may-follow-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also been signed to an NXT contract<\/a>, as WWE begins adding former EVOLVE talents to the NXT brand following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/02\/report-wwe-acquires-evolve-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE&#8217;s acquisition of EVOLVE Wrestling<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve been told WWE have signed EVOLVE talent &quot;Retro&quot; Anthony Greene, and that more names are likely to follow Greene and Leon Ruff by signing NXT contracts in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gary (@GaryOnACross) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryOnACross\/status\/1289508005239640066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Greene began wrestling in 2012, trained by New England veteran <strong>Brian Fury<\/strong> and former WWE Superstar <strong>Spike Dudley<\/strong>, debuting in his home state of Massachusetts in multiple Northeast promotions, including <strong>Beyond Wrestling, Northeast Championship Wrestling (NCW)<\/strong>, and <strong>Chaotic Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anthony Greene vs Donovan Dijak (Star Clash 2) 6.26.15 - Lucky Pro Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmRLNFE_UWo?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>In 2016, he began working with <strong>Limitless Wrestling<\/strong> in Maine, where he&#8217;s the current reigning Limitless World Champion, and over the past few years has seen his stock rise with appearances for <strong>Combat Zone Wrestling<\/strong> (CZW, where he&#8217;s a former CZW World Champion), <strong>Freelance Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>International Wrestling Cartel (IWC), Black Label Pro<\/strong>, and others, as well as in Canada with <strong>Smash Wrestling, Alpha-1<\/strong>, and <strong>Capital City Championship Combat (C4)<\/strong>. He also worked dark matches for <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Free Match] Kris Statlander vs. Anthony Greene | Beyond Wrestling (Intergender AEW Dark NXT EVOLVE)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zOeCeMPLOAA?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>In 2018, he made his debut with EVOLVE Wrestling and began to work outside the US\/Canada scene, working with <strong>Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU)<\/strong> in Mexico and <strong>TNT Extreme<\/strong> in England. Alongside his <strong>Platinum Hunnies<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>Angel Sinclair<\/strong> and <strong>Ava Everett<\/strong> &#8211; Anthony Greene became a rising star in the US indies. This past February, he unsuccessfully challenged for the EVOLVE Championship at <em><strong>EVOLVE 14<\/strong><strong>5<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul London vs. Anthony Greene - Limitless Wrestling (Evolve, Lucha Underground, Beyond)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L1bU4J-qSUA?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<div class=\"InformationBoxRow\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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.\u00a0 WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE and NXT content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"InformationBoxRow\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following reports that former EVOLVE Wrestling star Leon Ruff had signed with NXT, it appears that another former EVOLVE star, &#8220;Retro&#8221; Anthony Greene, has also been signed to an NXT contract, as WWE begins adding former EVOLVE talents to the NXT brand following WWE&#8217;s acquisition of EVOLVE Wrestling last month. 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