Elio LeFleur has announced during NXT tonight that he is relinquishing the WWE Speed Championship due to injury.
LeFleur suffered a shoulder injury at a WWE NXT live event on March 20 and said tonight that he’ll be out of action for six months.
He added that he confirmed with NXT General Manager Robert Stone that a tournament will be held to crown the new champion, though no further details were revealed.
LeFleur had held the championship since February 24.
WWE NXT Debuts Coming Soon
Ahead of WWE NXT’s biggest show of the year, Stand & Deliver, there are a number of big names we could soon see make their debuts for the NXT brand.
The first being independent wrestling standout Rayne Leverkusen, who recently signed with WWE as part of the latest batch of signings, with her having been named ‘MVP’ of WWE’s European tryouts over SummerSlam weekend last year.
There are also other major international stars set to debut for the NXT brand, with former New Japan Pro Wrestling stars EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi reportedly set to join WWE.
While it has been noted that EVIL wants to begin life in NXT, WWE have reportedly planned for him to start out on the main roster, while Hiromu will likely be part of the NXT brand.
With this new batch of talent coming in, NXT will soon be able to fill out the spots on it’s roster left by recent major call ups, such as Oba Femi, Trick Williams and Je’von Evans, as well as potential call ups for Ethan Page, Ricky Saints, Blake Monroe, Sol Ruca and Jacy Jayne, who WWE should absolutely be looking at moving up post-WrestleMania 42.
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