Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/05/23/wwe-nxt-notes-weaponized-steel-cage-match-roxanne-perez-gets-ambushed-tony-dangelo-arrested/
The ongoing rivalry between former Toxic Attraction members Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne continues on the 5/30 WWE NXT when they clash in a Weaponized Steel Cage match.
After Roxanne Perez lost to Tiffany Stratton in the semifinals of the vacant NXT Women’s Championship tournament, Perez was ambushed by an unidentified attacker who also showed up at an NXT house show and went after Dani Palmer.
Woah what just happened?!
Someone just took out @roxanne_wwe 😡😡😡#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/zVsAPyhejk
— WWE (@WWE) May 24, 2023
Tony D’Angelo has been in custody and was arrested on the 5/23 NXT.
#FreeTheDon@TonyDangeloWWE #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/CYtHycnxEs
— WWE (@WWE) May 24, 2023
At Battleground, Noam Dar is putting the Heritage Cup on the line against Dragon Lee. Dar went one-on-one with Nathan Frazer on 5/23 and become distracted by Lee on the outside which led to Frazer scoring a win over the champion.
Following Dabba-Kato’s victory over Axiom, he wanted to continue with a post-match beat down but coming in for the save was Axiom’s rival, Scrypts, who is no longer sporting a mask and is appearing as Reggie.
Woah!
A familiar face just came to the aid of @Axiom_WWE 😏#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/dst639Hf8k
— WWE (@WWE) May 24, 2023
There was a singles match between Von Wagner and Luca Crusifino. Crusifino won via disqualification after Wagner did not ease up after the referee’s five count. He powerbombed Crusifino onto the commentary table. While being introduced, Luca used The People’s Court theme song.