Nixon Newell, Formerly Known as Tegan Nox in WWE, Recalls Finding Out She Was Originally Supposed To Wrestle On Evolution 2018 PPV
Oh what could have been.
WWE held their first Evolution event back on October 28th, 2018 from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The event was the first ever all women’s pay-per-view event in WWE history, and featured Ronda Rousey defending her WWE Raw Women’s Title against Nikki Bella in the Main Event. The show also featured the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic between Toni Storm and Iyo Sky, but it appears that wasn’t the originally scheduled matchup.
Former WWE Superstar Tegan Nox, now going by Nixon Newell, was recently a guest on an episode of The Wrestling Classic, and recalled finding out that she was originally supposed to be part of the 2018 WWE Evolution card. According to Newell, she found out that she was originally planned for a match on the first-ever Evolution PPV backstage the day of the event.
“It was obviously super depressing, because … I was supposed to be a part of Evolution. So that sucked, which I only found out I was supposed to be part of that day, as I was walking past. They’re like ‘Oh, I’m so sad you don’t get to perform.’ I’m like ‘What do you mean?! Like, what do you mean?’ And then I found it all out.”
“It was supposed to be, from what I was told and … I don’t know if it was true, but I was told by multiple people it was supposed to be me and Toni in the Mae Young Final.”
Newell parted ways with WWE back in November of 2024 after the company decided not to renew her contract.
You can check out the entire interview with Nixon Newell on The Wrestling Classic below.
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