![]() She hadn’t been there in years but felt she would be a better fit there than anywhere else in the company once she returned. It was while she was doing her WWE homework that she fell in love with NXT all over again. ![]() For the role, she was required to consume more wrestling than she ever had before, including watching for potential prospects on WWE’s radar. It was one of those things where I was like, ‘I don’t know if they want me back, I don’t know how I fit in, I just don’t know.’ I talked to Hunter and asked, ‘How would you feel about me coming back to NXT?’”ĭuring her time away from the squared circle, Moon made multiple appearances on WWE Backstage on FS1 as an analyst. “I found out I was going back to NXT maybe a couple of weeks ago,” she revealed. In fact, the decision for her to return to NXT was only made official a few weeks ago, right before the vignettes promoting her comeback started to air on NXT TV. That said, not even Aliyah was aware that Moon was back in NXT until she popped up after the NXT Women’s Championship bout between Io Shirai and Candice LeRae. The two came up in WWE’s developmental ranks together and formed a bond in the few years Moon spent there. Of everyone in NXT, Aliyah was who Moon was most excited to be reunited with backstage on Sunday night. Am I in the wrong year?’ I’m so happy, I’m so excited.” (Aliyah is one of her best friends, surprised when she came back) You’re all excited like, ‘I can’t wait to tell everyone what I did,’ but then you’re like, ‘Oh wait, I don’t know none of y’all. “I would say it’s like the class reunion, but you don’t know anyone there. I’m just super excited and I haven’t stopped smiling,” Moon told Daily DDT in an exclusive interview conducted over the phone on Tuesday. In that time, she had many memorable matches with the likes of Asuka and Shayna Baszler but failed to make as much of an impact on Raw and SmackDown in the years that followed.īeing back at TakeOver 31 was nothing short of a thrilling experience for Moon, especially after going to great lengths to keep it a secret in the weeks leading up to the event. The former NXT Women’s champion was a big part of the women’s division on the black-and-gold brand from August 2016 through April 2018 when she was called up to the Raw roster. However, she’s finally back and better than before as a member of the NXT roster for the first time in two and a half years. Moon suffered a ruptured Achilles in the fall of 2019 and had a long road to recovery due to the current conditions. ![]() Over one year removed from her last appearance on WWE TV, Ember Moon returned to WWE NXT at TakeOver 31 on Sunday night and immediately made her presence felt by interrupting NXT Women’s champion, Io Shirai. By Graham GSM Matthews 2 years ago Ahead of her return on Wednesday’s WWE NXT, Ember Moon talks to Daily DDT about her shocking comeback to the black-and-gold brand, her near-career ending injury, her main roster run, and more.
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