{"id":30167,"date":"2016-08-23T14:22:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=30167"},"modified":"2016-08-23T15:13:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T20:13:29","slug":"wwe-talent-recruiting-updates-cedric-alexander-signed-tommy-end-big-damo-start-dates-zack-sabre-jr-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/23\/wwe-talent-recruiting-updates-cedric-alexander-signed-tommy-end-big-damo-start-dates-zack-sabre-jr-status\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Talent Recruiting Updates &#8211; Cedric Alexander signed, Tommy End &#038; Big Damo start dates, Zack Sabre, Jr. status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4170629897\" 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><strong>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Updating our original reports on WWE looking to sign new talent to NXT\/Performance Center&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Cedric Alexander<\/strong> has signed with WWE and will start in September.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander had a\u00a0star-making match against Kota Ibushi in the Cruiserweight tournament that prompted chants of &#8220;Please Sign Cedric&#8221; from the Full Sail crowd. That is now official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Tommy End<\/strong> is also expected to start with WWE in September. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/05\/pwtorch-report-intl-star-tommy-end-heading-wwe\/\">As we exclusively reported in June<\/a>, End was targeted for a September start date after finishing up summer independent bookings.<\/p>\n<p>Both Alexander and End finished up their commitments to EVOLVE last weekend at the E66 and E67 shows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/15\/pwtorch-report-ibushi-metalik-sign-deals-wwe-several-cruiserweight-tourney-stars-wwes-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\">As we reported in July<\/a>,<strong> Zack Sabre, Jr.<\/strong> was on WWE&#8217;s radar to be signed from the Cruiserweight tournament. However, the two sides have not agreed to a deal after some negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>One roadblock for Sabre is that some WWE agents are not high\u00a0on Sabre&#8217;s in-ring style. Fit Finlay has publicly said that he is not a fan of Sabre and William Regal also shares some of that sentiment.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3275403994\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m not a fan of sabre <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7m6ZyzLuOY\">https:\/\/t.co\/7m6ZyzLuOY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fit Finlay (@ringfox1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringfox1\/status\/758483783343566848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Big Damo O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> is on-track to start with WWE in September.<\/p>\n<p>Damo&#8217;s arrival was teased in the &#8220;Sanity&#8221; vignette that premiered at the &#8220;NXT Takeover&#8221; special on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBeardDamo\/status\/767283005241036800<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBeardDamo\/status\/767347492669288448<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-299166145\"><div id=\"pwtor-2013970658\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell) Updating our original reports on WWE looking to sign new talent to NXT\/Performance Center&#8230; &#8211; Cedric Alexander has signed with WWE and will start in September. 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