{"id":92064,"date":"2021-05-20T05:21:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T09:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=92064"},"modified":"2021-05-20T05:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T09:21:49","slug":"ezra-judge-the-unlikely-hero-in-a-day-of-nxt-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/20\/ezra-judge-the-unlikely-hero-in-a-day-of-nxt-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezra Judge: The Unlikely Hero In A Day of NXT Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, May 19, WWE revealed a slew of new releases, this time a round of cuts from the NXT brand<\/a>. WWE released NXT Superstars Alexander Wolfe, Jessamyn Duke, Vanessa Borne, Kavita Devi, Skyler Storey<\/strong> (Brandi Lauren), and referee Jake Clemons<\/strong>. The biggest release was arguably the long-anticipated separation of the WWE from controversial NXT referee Drake Wuertz (<\/strong>formerly deathmatch legend Drake Younger). In the past few years, Weurtz’ outlandish claims as he fell deeper and deeper into a QAnon spiral of conspiracy theories <\/a>wrapped in Christian extremist ideologies had caused much concern and heat behind the scenes. But it was another report that included news of perhaps the least known of the NXT releases – former pro football player E.J. Nduka, who was known in NXT by the name Ezra Judge<\/strong>. When his name was initially included in the release list, outside of some WWE Performance Center attendees who lauded his passion and drive, he was a virtual unknown. But following a report from Fightful Select<\/strong><\/a>, suddenly Ezra Judge became the talk of the town and an urban folk hero in pro wrestling.<\/p>\n

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So far the list of released names:<\/p>\n

Drake Wuertz
Alexander Wolfe
Kavita Devi
Brandi Lauren\/Skyler Story
Jake Clemons
Ezra Judge\/EJ Nduka
Jessamyn Duke
Vanessa Borne<\/p>\n

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n