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In a move that had been rumored for a while now, WWE officially announced that they had signed Donovan Dijak. Dijak is fresh off his final indie appearance at PWG’s Battle Of Los Angeles this past weekend, and he officially reported to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando today.

Dijak announced in July that he was wrapping up his independent bookings. A Ring of Honor Top Prospect tournament winner, he didn’t resign with Ring Of Honor after his contract expired earlier this year. He was expected to surface at the Performance Center in short order, but seemed to be one of the wrestlers caught up in a short-lived dispute between WWE and ROH over WWE attempting to start negotiations with Ring of Honor talent too close to their ROH contract expiration dates.

Whatever the reason for it, Dijak’s extended independent farewell tour gave us one more time to feast our eyes on one of independent wrestling’s hottest talents. Perhaps most importantly, it gave us Keith Lee and Donovan Dijak in Monstars jerseys at BOLA.

Dijak will no doubt be making his NXT television debut in the near future, and with talent like his, he’s bound to shoot to the top of the brand sooner rather than later.

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It’s been out there for a while that Donovan Dijak and Lio Rush have signed with WWE. What may not have been out there is that these two are known for having bad habits and bad attitudes.

According to various reports, Rush had issues during his first stint at the Performance Center, preferring to play around with various gadgets than listen and learn from his fellow trainees. Due to this, his signing came as a surprise to some of the Center’s staff. Also, his penchant for charging to do interviews on podcasts didn’t sit well with some in the company.

Another issue appears to be their attitudes on social media, especially their lack of filters on their Twitter accountt. Dijak is known to defend his tweets and to give excuses why he shouldn’t have to take them down. He has also been described as a bit of an odd guy that people just don’t warm to. Rush has had a few moments on Twitter that would understandably raise eyebrows within WWE. Both Dijak and Rush will receive help on how to handle their social media accounts from WWE officials.

Triple H, though, is known for giving talent with less-than-stellar reputations a shot at the big time, and he works closely with William Regal on these decisions. This could be a fail-safe for Triple H to fall back on if the signings don’t work out in the end. Time will tell if these gambles pay off with these two young potential stars.

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