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Busted Open

The End Of NXT As We Know It

Busted Open

SiriusXM

Aew, Bully Ray, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Nxt, News, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry, Dave Lagreca, Sports, Professional Wrestling, Leisure, Wwe, Njpw, Wrestling

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca & Bully Ray reflect upon the recent talent releases in NXT, & the greater meaning behind them: is NXT changing? What exactly was NXT, and what is it set to become now? And how much did the 'Wednesday Night War' factor into this? Also, the guys are joined by nZo (formerly Enzo Amore in WWE), who shares his thoughts on a bunch of stuff, including NXT.

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0:00.0

This is The Busted Open Podcast.

0:04.3

You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon,

0:08.6

Eastern, on Sirius XM, Fight Nation Channel 156.

0:22.6

Welcome to The Busted Open Podcast.

0:25.0

This is Dave LaGrecca.

0:27.1

On today's episode, bully Ray and I talk about all the cuts from NXT this past weekend.

0:33.6

And where do we go with NXT, with all these rumors about it rebranding?

0:38.3

Are they true, and if so, why?

0:41.5

Also speaking of NXT, one of the biggest stars to come out of NXT,

0:45.5

formerly Enzo Amore joins us to talk about it as well, right here on The Busted Open Podcast.

0:57.1

You know, I was watching no country for old men, bully, and I don't know if you've ever seen that movie.

1:14.1

But there's a quote from that movie that I think kind of plays into what we're going to talk about today.

1:19.4

And that is, you can't change what's coming, and there is change coming.

1:25.3

And we've been talking about it a lot here on Busted Open, and that's NXT, Friday, late Friday.

1:34.1

As a matter of fact, I think right at the start of Smackdown on Friday night,

1:39.0

Word came down that 12 talents from the NXT brand has been released.

1:45.6

Obviously some surprise names on that list as well, and it's gotten a lot of people talking.

1:52.7

And man, if you thought that WWE was perceived as the evil empire before,

2:01.3

that perception was strong over this past weekend, bully.

2:05.4

Without a doubt, a lot of people complaining again about the releases.

2:11.9

I will do my best today to answer every single one of your questions as honestly and

2:16.7

as fairly as possible about what's going on in there.

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