{"id":142189,"date":"2022-06-29T20:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=142189"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:30:20","slug":"wwe-signs-mma-star-to-nxt-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/29\/wwe-signs-mma-star-to-nxt-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE signs MMA star to NXT 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3391821117\" 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>MMA star, Valerie Loureda, has signed with WWE. The news was announced during The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. WWE confirmed the news with a post on NXT 2.0 social media channels. It appears as if she&#8217;ll start her time with the company in NXT.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: As first announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arielhelwani<\/a>&#39;s &quot;MMA Hour,&quot; MMA star <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valerielouredaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@valerielouredaa<\/a> has officially signed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWENXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDdOHvc96A\">https:\/\/t.co\/dDdOHvc96A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uNXzuduUVn\">pic.twitter.com\/uNXzuduUVn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1542250281500610565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Loureda is the first Cuban American woman in history to sign with WWE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m an entertainer,&#8221; Loureda said to ESPN. &#8220;I love glamour. I love production, I love storytelling. And when I saw the WWE, I realized this is everything I&#8217;m good at in one place. 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The news was announced during The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. WWE confirmed the news with a post on NXT 2.0 social media channels. 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