Backstage Update On The Future Of NXT's Kacy Catanzaro

The former American Ninja Warrior competitor was rumoured to have retired last month.

By Andrew Pollard / October 4, 2019

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Just last month, it was being reported that NXT’s Kacy Catanzaro was leaving WWE and walking away from the wrestling business.

Despite those initial reports, nothing concrete came out on whether Catanzaro had for sure quit the business, although her real-life boyfriend, Ricochet, confirmed that she had neither retired nor was injured, but that he wasn’t sure if Kacy would ever wrestle again.

Now, the Wrestler Observer has an update of sorts on all of this, with Catanzaro still yet to return to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. However, this new report claims that the current belief is that the former American Ninja Warrior competitor will indeed be back at the PC and back in the NXT system eventually.

For what it’s worth, Catanzaro is still listed as part of the NXT roster on WWE.com. Having signed with the company in January 2018, Kacy's NXT career has yet to really kick into high gear despite reaching the second round of the 2018 Mae Young Classic and more notably having some hugely entertaining spots in this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble.

Speaking of that Rumble, that's just the excuse we needed to post this brilliant GIF.

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Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.

Posted On: 4th Oct 2019

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