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New NXT Performance Center Class Recruits

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The new recruits!



Babatunde Aiyegbusi (Oleśnica, Poland) – Standing 6-foot-9 and weighing 350 pounds, Aiyegbusi is a former professional football player who had stints in Poland and Germany. Most recently, he spent the 2015 preseason with the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive lineman.

Bianca Blair (Knoxville, Tennessee) – Blair was an All-American and All-SEC track-and-field performer in hurdles at the University of Tennessee, and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2011 and 2012. A CrossFit competitor and powerlifter, Blair has been featured in “RX Magazine,” “Femme Rouge Magazine” and CrossFit.com.

Nikola Bogojevic (Superior, Wisconsin) – A world-class grappler, Bogojevic was the National Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Junior Pan-American Games in 2011. He also won bronze at the Pan-American Games in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2014 and has extensive experience training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Carolyn Dunning (Las Vegas) – Dunning is a former Air Force ROTC member and nationally ranked bodybuilding bikini competitor by The National Physique Committee.

Macey Estrella (Parris Island, South Carolina) – Trained with Tom Caiazzo of American Premier Wrestling, Estrella is a former U.S. Marine and member of the Marine Corps SWAT team.

Nicola Glencross (Glasgow, Scotland) – Also known as Nikki Storm, Glencross has eight years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Eve, Scottish Wrestling Alliance, Insane Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Elite, Stardom and Shine.

Terrance Jean-Jacques (Boston) – Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 265 pounds, Jean-Jacques was an All-American wrestler at the University of Rhode Island in 2015. Prior to that, he accumulated a 32-2 record in wrestling at the University of Iowa.

Danielle Kamela (Los Angeles) – Trained with Rikishi and David “Gangrel” Heath at Knokx Pro Entertainment, Kamela was an on-air talent for FOX Sports Arizona, a Phoenix Suns dancer and an Arizona Cardinals cheerleader.

Michael Nicholls (Perth, Australia) – Also known as Mikey, Nicholls has 10 years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for multiple organizations, including Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he was two-time Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Shane Veryzer, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Explosive Pro Wrestling.

Shane Veryzer (Perth, Australia) – Also known as Shane Haste, Veryzer has 11 years of experience wrestling on the independent circuit for multiple organizations, including Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he was two-time Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Michael Nicholls, and Explosive Pro Wrestling.

The new class will join a group of 69 men and women training out of the WWE Performance Center.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-performance-center-new-recruits?sf24202768=1
 
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Babatunde is hiding his height by standing with such a wide stance. If the stats are to be believed he's 6 inches taller than the guy with the sleeve tats.

Danielle Kamela is a good looking lass.

The Mighty Don't Kneel and Nikki Storm really shouldn't be in a "class" with a bunch of greenies like this. Both Storm and TMDK could debut on NXT programming right away.
 
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BIG DEAL Babatunde! I saw him in person and have talked to him a while after Giants Wroclaw game back in the days - he's fucking huge. And I mean HUGE.

Gz to others as well.
 
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I had never quite realised how tiny Nikki Storm is before now, she's down at Bliss levels. She's good, though, and they need a boost in the NXT women right now. TMDK are a good pickup, ideal opponents for Gable and Jordan.

They look like a varied group, otherwise. Most we won't be seeing in any meaningful capacity til late 2016, maybe even 2017, but there's a few that stand out looks wise already, at least. The girl to Nikki Storm's left has that glamorous look they like, though the girl on Nikki's right is the most eye-catching to me.

I see hoss potential with Bogojevic, even if his background appears to be amateur wrestling.
 
#7 ·
He's got such a wide stance so he can fit in the picture with the rest of them. Haha.

Just on their stats and athletic history alone, some of these sound great and could have potential. Great seeing Haste and Nicholls there too, fan of both those guys.
 
#19 ·
Those rookies who didn't have wrestling experience background will take at least 2-3 years in nxt at least before they are ready for the main roster. Even Bayley has spend like 3 years+ in nxt to be where she is right now.

It's probably why they are taking in experienced pros now in nxt to groom the next generation because it's going to take time. Corbin spend nearly 4 years in nxt before getting called up.
 
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Babatunde Aiyegbusi He is one of hell of a monster and hope he will be a huge star

Bianca Blair -I know her a little bit from Twitter and she very nice and I think she has one hell of great build and hope the WWE don't screw it up


Macey Estrella -The bad ass of the group

Nicola Glencross (-NXT Womwn div need her
 
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