WWE is currently on a European tour that kicked off with a house show in Leipzig, Germany on January 8 and can end in Belfast, Ireland on January 19. During Friday’s show in Berlin, the fans saw the controversial win by Drew McIntyre on “SmackDown”. McIntyre faced WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes in a 3 Stages of Hell match with the title on the road. A returning Jacob Fatu attacked each McIntyre and Rhodes during stage three, a steel cage match. While Fatu attacked Rhodes, McIntyre fell out of the ring to win the match and the title.
While they’re on the European tour, one TNA talent’s name has come as much as compete. PWInsider Elite confirms that WWE had interest in bringing in TNA X-Division Champion, Leon Slater. While Slater has not been confirmed, PWInsider Elite reports that there was a pitch to have him appear alongside Je’Von Evans. They originally reported that next week’s “Raw” is in London. That is inaccurate because the January 16 episode of “SmackDown” will happen at Wembley Stadium in London. Evans recently signed with “Raw” and Monday’s episode can be on the SSE Arena in Belfast. Evans picked up a win over Bravo Americano on the January 12 episode.
Oba Femi defeated Slater for the NXT Championship at Latest Yr’s Evil. Slater and Evans last teamed as much as tackle then Raw Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles and Dragon Lee on Saturday Night’s Principal Event on December 13. In addition they competed for the NXT tag titles against DarkState last November.
Slater is reportedly under contract with TNA through the top of this yr. While not announced to look, Thursday Night iMPACT will make its AMC debut on January 15 live from Dallas, Texas. He’s scheduled to defend his title against Cedric Alexander and Moose on the Genesis pay-per-view on Saturday, January 17.