TJ Wilson: I have guys training at Dungeon 2.0 that are signed to WWE but they don’t report until January

Originally published at TJ Wilson: I have guys training at Dungeon 2.0 that are signed to WWE but they don’t report until January

T.J. Wilson chats The Dungeon 2.0 and CM Punk’s return. 

Natalya and T.J. Wilson opened up their own wrestling gym titled The Dungeon 2.0. Multiple talents from around the wrestling business have posted on social media about working out with Wilson, Natalya and fellow talents that are present.

A new interview with T.J. Wilson was pushed out by Counted Out With Mike & Tyler. Wilson shared that there are talents who come to train with him and Natalya that are signed to WWE, but they don’t report to the company until January. 

Just an assortment of different people (that train with Natalya & Wilson), certain people have come in that WWE have kind of sent in to have a little look and then they’ve been signed since then. There’s been a couple of guys that have come down, had a little look and not because of me but end up, now, they’re under contracts and it’s just, I have guys that have been in WWE like Nattie and myself that have been in WWE for a very long time and I have guys that are coming in that have been signed but they don’t report until January so, it’s everything in there.

Later in the conversation, Wilson spoke about CM Punk’s return to WWE at Survivor Series. Wilson did not know Punk was coming back to the company. 

No, I didn’t know it was happening (CM Punk’s WWE return). You hear the rumors or whatever. I remember coming into the building that day and I remember just thinking like, when I leave here today, if Punk is back, I will and won’t be surprised and if he’s not back, I will or won’t be surprised. It’s one of those things, it’s like… Randy (Orton) was coming back that day so there was a different energy in the, like, backstage and there was a different energy in the arena throughout the whole show and I mean, Allstate Arena’s always a great energy but there was even a little bit — was amplified a bit more and so it’s kind of like, at the end of that night, if the return didn’t happen, it wouldn’t have been a giant disappointment in the sense that-that was the only reason people were excited. I thought the show was great, Randy’s return, it was awesome and then it just was — it was one of those things… and then when that music flipped and you just saw the people were like, oh my God, this is really happening. It was insane and again, I had no clue.

Natalya posted a photo on social media of Brogan Finlay at The Dungeon 2.0. According to PWInsider, Brogan along with Madi Wrenkowski have signed with WWE. 

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Counted Out With Mike & Tyler with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.