{"id":9330,"date":"2017-11-09T23:14:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T04:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2017-11-09T23:14:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T04:14:33","slug":"former-wwe-superstar-set-roh-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/11\/09\/former-wwe-superstar-set-roh-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE Superstar Set For ROH Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> has just announced that former WWE Superstar<strong> Simon Gotch<\/strong> &#8211; now wrestling as <strong>Simon Grimm<\/strong> &#8211; will be debuting with ROH this weekend at their Fort Lauderdale and Lakeland, Florida events.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SIMON GRIMM\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deviousjourney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@deviousjourney<\/a>\u00a0makes his Ring of Honor debut this weekend in Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatchROH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WatchROH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MduweinroV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MduweinroV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROH &#8211; Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor\/status\/928805907898748928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Simon Gotch, Grimm was part of the tag team <strong>The Vaudevillains<\/strong>, a gimmick that he appears to be continuing somewhat. He debuted in NXT in 2013 as a singles wrestler before being paired with <strong>Aiden English<\/strong> in 2014. The duo became a cult favourite tag team at Full Sail University, peaking in 2015 when they won the NXT Tag Team titles. The pair debuted on the main roster following <strong>WrestleMania 32<\/strong>, defeating <strong>The Lucha Dragons<\/strong> (<strong>Kalisto <\/strong>&amp;<strong> Sin Cara<\/strong>) on their <em><strong>Smackdown Live<\/strong><\/em> debut. But after a strong start on the Blue Brand, the team seemed to lose the favour of WWE management and stories of Simon Gotch&#8217;s backstage &#8220;issues&#8221; began to circulate. He was released from the WWE in the spring of this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9331\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9331\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/04_VAUDE_09112014ca_995-877292186-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He returned to the indie scene in July of this year, and has since made appearances with <strong>CHIKARA<\/strong> (at <em><strong>King of Trios<\/strong><\/em>),<strong> Pro Wrestling Revolver<\/strong>, <strong>Rockstar Pro<\/strong> and England&#8217;s <strong>XWA<\/strong>. Prior to his WWE career, he wrestled on the indie circuit as <strong>Ryan Drago<\/strong>, wrestling primarily with <strong>Harley Race<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>World League Wrestling (WLW)<\/strong> out of Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word yet on Grimm&#8217;s involvement at this weekend&#8217;s ROH events.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9332\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9332 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/simon-gotch-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ring of Honor has just announced that former WWE Superstar Simon Gotch &#8211; now wrestling as Simon Grimm &#8211; will be debuting with ROH this weekend at their Fort Lauderdale and Lakeland, Florida events. 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