PWInsider reports that former Impact Wrestling talent Rockstar Spud is currently scheduled to make his debut for WWE at next week’s television tapings. Spud is expected to be part of the 205 Live brand and will also appear on RAW.

Spud worked for Impact Wrestling between 2012 and 2017. He requested his release from Impact Wrestling in September and signed with WWE in October.

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Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Update

As we’ve been reporting today, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were sent home from the current WWE European Tour after last night’s SmackDown Live taping. The first round of stories contributed the duo’s removal to the tour to “conduct detrimental to WWE” during the tapings, along with them going into business for themselves during the show.

Now, it’s being reported that the problem wasn’t the promo the pair cut to open the show, but their actions after Sami Zayn’s match with Kofi Kingston. Apparently, Owens and Zayn were supposed to “feed” for New Day at the end of the match, but instead, the pair just left the ring and went backstage.

In wrestling terms, “feeding” refers to the heel(s) going at the babyface(s) numerous times only to be fended off. Instead of Owens and Zayn doing that, Owens attacked as soon at the bell rang, and New Day was not able to get any “comeuppance” due to the pair immediately backing up the entrance ramp.

This wasn’t what creative had planned for them to do, so Vince McMahon approved them being taken off the tour and sent home.

It’s also being reported that the pair have been unhappy and somewhat difficult to work with recently, with one report stating that Kevin Owens was complaining loudly on the tour bus last night after the tapings in what many saw as the last straw after almost a week of touring. If the stories of their discontent is true, it wouldn’t be surprising, seeing as how close the pair was/is to former WWE writer Jimmy Jacobs and former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville, who both have left the company recently under less-than-ideal circumstances.

Rockstar Spud WWE Bound

As we reported last week, Rockstar Spud parted ways with Impact Wrestling, and it looks like he is headed to WWE. According to reports today, Spud will be signing with WWE shortly and debut in the Cruiserweight Division for 205 Live, bypassing any time in “developmental” in NXT.

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Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that once all the proper visa paperwork has been completed, Rockstar Spud will be signing with WWE to be part of the cruiserweight division.

Johnson’s report didn’t elaborate if Spud will have to work through NXT, but judging how he worded it in his report, it doesn’t appear that Spud will have to do that.

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International Crusierweights Incoming?

It sounds like WWE may be looking to expand the Cruiserweight Division with some international stars. Rockstar Spud, who was parted ways with Impact Wrestling a few weeks ago after asking for his release, is said to be on WWE’s radar. Spud has worked with PROGRESS in the past, and with the friendly relationship between the two promotions, WWE may have an easier time working with and possibly signing Spud.

Also, it appears that Hideo Itami may finally be called up to the main roster. Itami has had a rough time of it in NXT, mostly due to injuries that have kept him on the shelf for a lot of his tenure in the brand. WWE apparently has creative plans in place for Itami already, so maybe his luck will change once he hits the main roster.

RAW Social Media Score

Monday’s WWE RAW ranked #1 among series and specials for the night in Nielsen’s social media TV ratings. RAW had 201,000 interactions with 37,000 unique authors on Twitter. This is down from last week’s 254,000 Twitter interactions with 46,000 unique authors. Last night’s episode also had 161,000 Facebook interactions with 114,000 unique authors, which is down from last week’s 164,000 interactions with 110,000 unique authors on Facebook.

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PWInsider reports that Rockstar Spud is no longer with Impact Wrestling after receiving his release from the company two-to-three weeks ago.

Spud was the company’s first-ever winner of the British Bootcamp series. He was being used as a wrestler, personality and ring announcer during his time with the company.

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