Top WWE Stable To Add Shocking New Member?

Heavy teases on last night's Raw that this NXT call-up will join up with headline stable.

by Michael Hamflett
JD McDonagh
WWE

The "JD" McDonagh in JD McDonagh could well stand for "Judgment Day" in the near future if teases on last night's edition of Monday Night Raw come to fruition.

McDonagh had a busy evening, and after concluding things in a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley, the camera revealed The Judgment Day's Finn Bálor looking on from a distance. WRKD Wrestling followed up on the angle, noting that;

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"There have been discussions backstage of JD McDonagh joining The Judgement Day. The connection and angle is that Finn Bálor was the one who trained McDonagh how to wrestle."

The new recruit from NXT made his formal red brand debut last night, and though he was eliminated in an Intercontinental Championship Battle Royal, an attack on Dolph Ziggler suggests that 'The Show Off' could be the first programme for the former Cruiserweight Champion.

Other than their nationalities and strikingly similar looks, McDonagh and Bálor have been tethered together in the past. The former Universal Champion fought McDonagh (going by his old name Jordan Devlin) at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool in January 2019, building on the growing comparisons between the two.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett