– Regarding his recent WWE tryout that did not result in him being offered a WWE contract, former NFL star Shawne Merriman downplayed the situation to the Baltimore Sun this week, saying, “I kind of just got in the ring and was messing around a little bit.”
Merriman’s representatives from EAG Sports Management issued the following statement regarding the tryout and his future:
“Shawne is currently in talks with WWE. Shawne worked out with WWE. They were very impressed and offered Shawne to start discussions on joining WWE. As a matter of fact the head trainer there was so impressed with Shawne he gave him the hardest moves to do to see if he “could” tire him out. Didn’t happen, Shawne blew threw them. The only reason he didn’t join WWE then was because when he returned back to LA he was offered a co-hosting position with the NFL Network and took the job for the remainder of the NFL season. He had been in talks with NFL Network for weeks prior to his visit to WWE training center. He is in talks with WWE to possibly join them after March. However it is just a discussion right now.”
– Former ROH tag team champions Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards made their NXT in-ring debuts at last night’s tapings. It was reported earlier that the former American Wolves are now known as the American Pitbulls. Both men also now have individual new ring names.
Davey Richards is now John Cahill and Eddie Edwards is now Eric Philbin.
* VIDEO of the AMERICAN PITBULLS’ Ring Entrance From Last Night’s NXT Show (Direct Link)