New WWE NXT Names For War Machine Revealed (Photos), Bands Perform At Takeover (Video), NXT TV
- As seen above and below, there were two musical performances by WWE NXT Loud artists at tonight's "Takeover: New Orleans" event from the Smoothie King Center. The show opened with a performance on the stage by Cane Hill, who let their "It Follows" and "Lord of Flies" singles be used as theme songs for the show. The second performance came during Ember Moon's entrance for the NXT Women's Title loss to Shayna Baszler as Cane Hill and Halestorm's Lzzy Hale did her theme song.
- The following matches were taped tonight in New Orleans to air on Wednesday's NXT TV episode:
* Kairi Sane vs. Lacey Evans
* Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli vs. Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight
Spoilers for the tapings can be found at this link.
- Hanson and Rowe, formerly known as War Machine, made an appearance during the NXT TV tapings that will air on Wednesday, as seen in the photos below. They are now using the name War Raiders in NXT.
War Machine is now being called War Raiders as they beat down Heavy Machinery and Moss & Sabitelli in a dark match at #NXTTakeOver @theCHAIRSHOTcom @2MBChairShot pic.twitter.com/k0fOhFBTLx
— AttitudeOf-ggression (@AttitudeAgg) April 7, 2018
BIG #NXTSPOILERS Heavy Machinery vs Sabatelli/Moss has been crashed by War Machine! Or the... War Raiders? pic.twitter.com/af8KwgVNhC
— Big B (@BTuckerTorch) April 7, 2018
War Machine now the WAR RAIDERS #nxttakeover pic.twitter.com/AjOLPsY7sk
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) April 7, 2018
War Machi-RAIDERS pic.twitter.com/UDK0YGkQOQ
— Steve @ Wrestlemania (@SteveYurko) April 7, 2018
War Machine is in NXT!!! Or I guess I should say War Raiders #NXT #WWE pic.twitter.com/fSthiTC31Q
— Ian Moll (@ianmoll) April 7, 2018
War Machine debut as War Raiders during the #NXTTakeOver preshow (dark matches?)! Great moment!! pic.twitter.com/013Rv5pXF6
— The Steel Cage (@thesteelcage) April 7, 2018