Former Ring Of Honor champion Nigel McGuinness officially signed with TNA Wrestling as opposed to WWE, as was originally rumored.
According to ProWrestling.net, there is more to the Nigel McGuinness/WWE story than was first reported.
While the public explanation from McGuinness was that WWE took too long to finalize the contract, the ProWrestling.net website claims McGuinness failed a WWE prescreening test. As such, WWE apparently pulled their offer to McGuiness off the table and never officially offered him a contract.
The following is a video of Desmond Wolf's (aka Nigel McGuinness) debut on the TNA iMPACT! show this week:
Credit: Matt Boone @ wrestlezone.com
Nigel McGuinness On Why He Didn't Go To WWE & New Name
Desmond Wolfe (formerly Nigel McGuinness) recently spoke with The Daily Star in the UK about signing with TNA, his new name, working with Kurt Angle and more. Here are the highlights…
On Rumors That He Failed His WWE Medical Screening: "I had a clean bill of health from my orthopedic guy and my local doctor, so it's not about that. I don't hold against anything against them, it was a business decision, and they were only doing what they think is best for them."
On His Name Change: "Everyone is asking me where I got the name from - someone said Withnail and I - but Vince said he did an internet search of the most popular British names and came up with Desmond Wolfe!"
On Joining TNA: "I am very glad for the opportunity to work in TNA. I know AJ, Daniels, Joe and those guys from ROH already - when I first came in there I was watching them work and learning form them. It's a real positive for me having Doug and Nick here too."
On Working With Kurt Angle: "Who gets the opportunity to come in on their first day and beat up Angle, I mean that's huge! Kurt has been great, just like everyone else - he's really open to ideas."
Credit: Ryan Clark @ wrestlinginc.com
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