During an appearance on the No-Contest Wrestling Podcast, WWE NXT star Tony D’Angelo discussed various topics, including the scrapped NXT plans for current RAW star Bron Breakker. D’Angelo revealed that prior to the launch of NXT 2.0 in September 2021, the creative team had intended for him to form a tag team with Breakker.
This pairing was planned to be presented as a modern version of the Steiner Brothers. However, those plans were ultimately abandoned after NXT entered a new era. D’Angelo shared that former WWE star Road Dogg approached him to inform him that they would not be moving forward with the concept.
This is what Tony D'Angelo said, “When we first got in, me and Bron were in a tag together. So we were doing that for a minute. Not on TV, but they were priming us. ‘This is what you’re gonna do,’ kind of like the new age Steiner Brothers type of deal. I was wearing a singlet, but I was wearing a singlet before that anyway, so that wasn’t foreign. I just remember one day, Road Dogg came up and he was like, ‘Hey, man, we’re not doing this.’ This is right when 2.0 first kicked off. They kind of just said, ‘Clean slate, everybody; we kind of have a lane for you,’ and I had to figure out quick what I was gonna do.”
Breakker ultimately became a prominent figure in the NXT Championship scene, winning the prestigious title twice. Meanwhile, Tony D’Angelo was introduced as the Don of NXT. Ironically, Breakker later formed a partnership with former WWE star Baron Corbin. Together, they defeated D’Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo to capture the NXT Tag Team Championship in February 2024.
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(H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes)
