Last night on “Raw,” WWE announced one other match for Saturday Night’s Fundamental Event this weekend, with AJ Styles and Dragon Lee set to defend the WWE World Tag Team Championships against “NXT” star Je’Von Evans and TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater. Given the high profile nature of the show on account of it featuring John Cena’s last match, the tag bout will definitely be the largest match to this point within the young careers of each Evans and Slater. It did, nonetheless, include a little bit of a price, as Slater was forced to drag out of bookings for promotions wXw and RevPro with a view to take the match.
Fightful Select reports that, a minimum of on the wXw end, there was no heads up given regarding Slater needing to be pulled from the show, wXw’s twenty fifth Anniversary event. While those inside wXw figured the removal was on account of working SNME, and there isn’t any heat towards Slater himself, some seemed to be annoyed over WWE not giving wXw quicker notice and for putting Slater, who wXw claims agreed to this date with them in March, in an “unlucky situation.”
The news was received higher in TNA, where many sources were said to be joyful with Slater’s inclusion within the match. His presence was used for example of WWE and TNA’s relationship remaining strong, after some questioned the status of the connection after the announcement of TNA’s TV rights cope with AMC. Some may wonder if this step one in Slater following within the footsteps of Joe Hendry and Jordynne Grace in jumping from TNA to WWE. Slater’s contract is about to maintain the 21 12 months old in TNA until late 2026.