One of the top female independent wrestling stars in the world competed in the Mae Young Classic last year. Candice LeRae impressed audiences and backstage officials in WWE during her limited appearances in the company in 2017, but she has surprisingly continued to wrestle independently with little mention of WWE hoping to sign her soon. At long last, Dave Meltzer revealed in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that LeRae is currently undergoing a clearing process in order to sign with WWE. Meltzer also noted that LeRae and Rachel Evers (Rachel Ellering) were the two most liked participants in the tournament by WWE. Get ready to see LeRae permanently competing in WWE very soon.
The Royal Rumble may be just around the corner, and that means that WWE will be bringing back the Elimination Chamber match the following month. Some fans may have noticed an image featuring Braun Strowman as Universal Champion being advertised for a match at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view wherein he defends his title against Finn Balor, Brock Lesnar, Big Cass, Cesaro, and Roman Reigns. Cageside Seats was able to confirm that the image is inauthentic. WrestleZone later verified that the image was actually Photoshopped by a fan for a YouTube video featuring ‘Elimination Chamber Fantasy Matchups.’ Do not expect that image to be the main event of the Elimination Chamber event next month.
As reported yesterday, voting is now open for the annual NXT Year-End Awards. The awards will highlight the past twelve months of NXT television, and this year’s awards features more categories than ever before. Several of the best talents that NXT has to offer can be voted on this year, and it must mean a lot to the NXT stars, because several of them have been encouraging fans to cast their votes. NXT sensations such as Nikki Cross, Aleister Black, Billie Kay, Kairi Sane, Zelina Vega, the Undisputed Era, and even Triple H himself want fans to vote. The winners of the awards will be announced during NXT Takeover: Philadelphia.
It’s your time to choose… #WeAreNXT https://t.co/oS3j5cTNXr
— Triple H (@TripleH) January 4, 2018
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So fun lets join in! SANITYISWE#NxTawardFemale #NikkiCross to vote https://t.co/W0jt7iEmvQ
— Nikki Cross (@NikkiCrossWWE) January 4, 2018
Everyone knows that the @WWENXT champion @AndradeCienWWE deserves to win in more than one of these categories, so vote and show them! ???? #elidolo y #muñeca https://t.co/IWlT0sBya2
— Zelina Vega (@Zelina_VegaWWE) January 4, 2018
2017 was incredible for the #IconicDuo & I’m so grateful ??
Make sure you vote guys???? https://t.co/vEH5jLLjD9
— Billie Kay (@BillieKayWWE) January 4, 2018
You know where your allegiance lies. #fadetoblxck https://t.co/Mqhs9nvcun
— Devil’s Blood (@WWEAleister) January 4, 2018
Go vote! For WarGames ’17 that is. Or just write in Undisputed ERA for every category. https://t.co/81gBnXUSnf
— Kyle O’Reilly (@KORcombat) January 4, 2018