As many of you know by now, Drake Maverick will be facing El Hijo del Fantasma for the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship during tonight’s WWE NXT broadcast. We reported in April that Maverick was released from WWE but he is still under a 90 day non-compete clause so WWE is still able to use him. According to Bryan Alvarez, he believes that Maverick has been re-signed by WWE “for various reasons”. He said, “I have reason to believe that he has probably been re-signed. I’ll just put it that way. I could be wrong. He could show up at Slammiversary for all I know. But for various reasons, and it’s not just with what they’re doing with him on television, but for various reasons, I think that he has been re-signed.”
If Maverick wins tonight’s Cruiserweight title match, it will confirm he’s been re-signed by the company.
Speaking of Drake Maverick, WWE posted the following video showing him promoting his match on tonight’s NXT broadcast. He said,
“I am feeling absolutely no pressure at all! You know why?! Because today is the day! It could be the best day of my life, or it could be the worst day of my life. But you know what? Look, this is what could happen! Tonight, I could be the NXT Cruiserweight champion! You know what I’m going to do today? This is the first time I’ve felt no pressure in so long. I’m gonna have some cookies! I’m gonna have some cookies in catering! The favorite ones I’ve always looked at but never did because of the diet because I wanted to get into bed, always trained, I wanted to be a wrestler. I’m gonna have some chocolate cake too. But that’s the thing with today. I don’t know what’s going to happen. And I’m excited because I’m at the NXT casino table. The chips are down! I’ve got the dice right here! Down it goes! All the chips are down. I don’t know what’s going to happen today. Hi cameraman! I can look directly into you today because guess what?! I don’t know what’s going to happen today. It could be either the best day of my life, or it could be the worst day of my life. But that’s the beauty of it. Tonight, we’re going to find out.”
.@WWEMaverick admits he doesn’t know what to expect in his NXT Cruiserweight Title Match TONIGHT on #WWENXT. pic.twitter.com/umiCA51Ncn
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 3, 2020
