"NXT Reject" Returns To WWE Performance Center

The wrestler responsible for leaking AEW spoilers is back in Orlando.

by Andy H Murray
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Tino Sabbatelli, who was let go from WWE along with dozens of others as part of the promotion's mass cuts on 15 April, has returned to the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

This is according to a new report from Fightful Select.

It should be noted that the internal list of Performance Center attendees, on which Sabbatelli's name was found, often contains errors. Regardless, the former NFL player showed up at the building despite there being no concrete word on whether or not he is heading back to WWE on a full-time basis.

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The report also identifies Sabbatelli as the "NXT reject" that Chris Jericho put on blast for spoiling Eric Bischoff's Dynamite appearance on 5 August. "Oh, we know [who it is]," Jericho said at the time, "and he'll never f*cking be back in AEW."

Sabbatelli wrestled as "Sabby" on the 21 July episode of AEW Dark, teaming with Brady Pierce in a defeat to Best Friends. This was his first (and, at the time of writing, only) wrestling match since being let go from WWE, having only recently returned from an absence of almost two years when Vince McMahon cut him.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.