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EIGHT ADDITIONAL RELEASES FROM WWE NXT

By Mike Johnson on 2020-04-18 09:32:00

The following talents appear to have been released from their WWE NXT deals as they have been removed from the WWE Performance Center website:

*Mohamed Abdelfattah aka Mohamed Fahim, an Egyptian-born talent who was signed in Jauary 2018.

*Marcos Gomes, a Brazilian talent signed in May 2019 with a background in Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

*Faisal Kurdi was signed in June 2019 after a tryout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  He had a background in Muay Thai and MMA.

*Edgar Lopez, a Mexican talent, was signed in September 2019 after a WWE tryout in Chile.  He came from a football background.

*Bodybuilder Hussain Aldagal, also from Saudi Arabia, was signed following a tryout in June 2019.  

*MJ Jenkins, who had competed in the Mae Young Classic.

*Yifeng, known as Rocky in NXT rings, was a signee from China with an acting background who had signed in September 2016.  He had been competing on NXT live events as recently as this past February.

It should also be noted that Kassius Ohno (aka Chris Hero) has been moved to the Alumni section of the WWE website as of Friday and has also been released.  He has had two runs in WWE developmental, the first from 2011-2013 and the second from 2016 until this week.  He'll be a welcome return to the independent scene.

Thanks to Ian Perry for his assistance.

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