The Squared Circle

WWE’S LONGEST-TENURED CURRENT WRESTLERS

These names have stayed with WWE without leaving the company:

1. Randy Orton — 25 years
2. The Miz — 21 years
3. Natalya — 19 years
4. Jimmy Uso — 16 years
5. Jey Uso — 16 years
6. Roman Reigns — 16 years
7. Seth Rollins — 16 years
8. Charlotte Flair — 14 years
9. Bayley — 13 years
10. Sami Zayn — 13 years

Just think about how much WWE history is represented in this list.

R-Truth isn’t included because his WWE career has had breaks, so his tenure hasn’t been uninterrupted.

Zilla Fatu might not be in NXT much longer.

WrestleVotes reports that WWE is already looking at moving Zilla to Raw or SmackDown, possibly by the end of 2026 or early 2027.

That Raw video package makes a lot more sense if WWE is already preparing the main roster audience for him.

And now he’s making his NXT debut at Heatwave with a shot at the NXT Championship.

Personally, I’d give him some time in NXT first. Let him build something before throwing him straight into the main roster.

Be honest, who’s getting the biggest reaction when they make their WWE return?

• Bianca Belair
• Naomi
• Rhea Ripley
• AJ Lee
• Drew McIntyre
• Piper Niven

Who do you think gets the loudest pop?

🚨 BREAKING: Jacob Fatu could join Royce Keys and OTM, with Fatu potentially becoming the leader of the faction.

Fatu already has history with Royce Keys, so the idea actually makes sense from a storyline perspective.

If WWE goes in this direction, it could lead to a huge WarGames match between OTM and The Bloodline at Survivor Series.

Honestly, Jacob Fatu leading this group would be a very interesting direction.

IT’S A SHAME!

Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae are leaving WWE without ever getting the opportunity they deserved on the main roster.

Two incredibly talented wrestlers who gave years to this company, yet neither got a meaningful singles title run or a chance to truly establish themselves at the top.

That’s the frustrating part. They deserved so much more.

The amount of people asking “Who’s OTM?” after Raw tells me a lot of you really aren’t watching NXT.

So let me put you on.

OTM, Out The Mud, is Bronco Nima and Lucien Price. Both guys played Division I football before getting into wrestling, and they’ve spent the last few years putting the work in at NXT.

Nima is 6'5", 300 lbs. Price is 6'3", 280 lbs.

And you can tell they come from a football background. They’re physical, explosive and they hit hard. There’s nothing complicated about their style. They get in the ring and run through people.

Scrypts was part of OTM before, and Jaida Parker was involved with the group as well. Now Nima and Price are on Raw with Royce Keys, and they’ve already been thrown into the Bloodline situation.

I’ve been saying for a while that these guys have the potential to be a really good tag team. The size is there, the athleticism is there, and they have a presence.

They just need WWE to give them something meaningful to do.

One thing I really like about Royce Keys turning heel is that there’s actually a reason behind it.

We’ve seen so many random heel turns lately where someone just wakes up one day and decides to be a bad guy. This one at least makes sense.

The Bloodline left him beaten and bloody. Jacob betrayed him. Nobody came out when he needed help.

So now he comes back with OTM pi**ed off at pretty much everyone. I can buy that.

And honestly, I think this role suits him way more than being a babyface. He has the look and presence to be a legit monster heel, and now there’s an actual reason for him to be angry.

Hobbs… I mean Royce Keys 😂 might have finally found the character that fits him.

I think all this talk of “the future of WWE” is going to get messy when Bronson Reed explodes back onto the scene.

It’s too early for Breakker and Oba Femi to duke it out for us to decide who “the future” is.

On Sunday Nights Main Event, I think Bronson Reed is going to come back and he’s going to make his claim of being the future by forcing a DQ

And then Paul Heyman will have 3 monsters to meddle with

The Dragon has been released

What did you think of his run in WWE?

He had intensity, he had a good move set, he wasn’t the greatest with Promo work but it fit the character.

I think the WWE just couldn’t mitigate the Russian angle properly. They wanted him as a competitive heel at times and baby face at others but none of it had story behind it outside of wanting to challenge himself… and then they didn’t give him challenges or let him have the victories needed to advance that kind of story.

Why do you think this fell flat?

I’ve wanted to see Finn Bálor vs. GUNTHER for a long time, and I think the timing finally makes sense.

The problem before was that both guys were heels, so there wasn’t much reason to put them against each other.

Now Finn is a babyface, while GUNTHER is still GUNTHER, and that gives the feud a much clearer dynamic.

Finn can be the guy the crowd gets behind, while GUNTHER can simply do what he does best and make Finn work for every moment.

There’s no need to overcomplicate this. Two talented wrestlers, a simple story, and a matchup I’ve wanted to see for years.

I’m really looking forward to this one.