Former WWE NXT Tag Team Signs With TNA

PWInsider is reporting that Tom La Ruffa and Pierre Marceau - who wrestled for NXT as Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis, respectively - have signed with TNA and will debut on television within the next several weeks. The French-born grapplers competed for WWE's developmental brand as The Legionnaires, and had their most high-profile program against the ultra-popular tandem of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. Lefort and Amore battled in a hair-versus-hair match at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way in September of 2011. Amore was victorious, but Lefort skipped out on the stipulation and Louis had his head shaved in his place. The following month, Louis turned on Lefort, but neither man experienced much success as singles wrestlers. Both men were released from WWE in February of 2016. La Ruffa and Marceau reunited last week, wrestling under their real names and taking on Robbie E and Jessie Godderz at a set of TNA TV tapings. Though the pair were not under contract at the time of the bout, their subsequent signing indicates that they were clearly on the radar of the Orlando-based promotion, which has lost a great deal of talent over the past several months.