{"id":115320,"date":"2021-03-17T23:09:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T04:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=115320"},"modified":"2021-03-17T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T04:09:37","slug":"walter-returns-to-nxt-attacks-tommaso-ciampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/17\/walter-returns-to-nxt-attacks-tommaso-ciampa\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter returns to NXT, attacks Tommaso Ciampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1940306809\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Walter has made his triumphant return to NXT.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of teases, the current NXT UK Champion made his entrance into the Capital Wrestling Center after Tommaso Ciampa defeated Imperium member, Marcel Barthel in singles action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/17\/3-17-nxt-on-usa-report-wellss-report-on-dexter-lumis-vs-austin-theory-zoey-stark-vs-dakota-kai-l-a-knight-debuting-more\/\">during tonight&#8217;s show<\/a>. Once he got to the ring, Walter crushed Ciampa with chops before hitting him with a power slam. He and Imperium then stood tall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWENXT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterAUT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WalterAUT<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMPERIUM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IMPERIUM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTUK<\/a> @NXTCiampa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marcel_B_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Marcel_B_WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabianaichner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FabianAichner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUWT2fciET\">pic.twitter.com\/TUWT2fciET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1372360217648844802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterAUT\/status\/1372379852792291331<\/p>\n<p>Walter has not appeared on the main NXT brand since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020. 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