Tony D'Angelo reveals scrapped NXT tag team plan with future stars Road Dogg
On March 26 via a Reddit post, former WWE wrestler Tony D'Angelo revealed that he was originally scheduled to form an "age Steiner Brothers" style duo in the original plans for his NXT career. He explained how they were primed as tag team partners before Road Dogg intervened and changed their trajectory entirely into solo stars today (Mar 26). This revelation highlights a significant shift from D'Angelo's initial vision of Bron Breakker being part of an established partnership to him becoming the biggest success story in NXT.
Key Points
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1Tony D'Angelo revealed on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast that Bron Breaker was initially planned for a tag team partnership with him in WWE NXT.
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2The original concept involved positioning both wrestlers as modern-day equivalents of The Steiner Brothers before plans were scrapped upon launching 'NXT 2.0'.
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3D'Angelo explained the duo spent time training together off-camera to prepare them, though they did not perform on television during that period.
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4Bron Breaker's successful debut and subsequent NXT Championship win in September occurred after these original tag team plans were cancelled.
Developments
Tony D'Angolo revealed that he was originally scheduled for a tag team partnership with Bronn Brooker under late-2021 plans reminiscent of the Steiner Brothers before Road Dogg canceled it during WWE's 2.0 rebranding in favor of individual development paths, leading to The Family faction later forming while D'Angelo remained on NXT as Breakker moved up by February 2024 after winning his first title just four months into a debut performance that year.
Tony D'Angelo revealed that WWE scrapped plans for him and Bron Breakker to form a tag team modeled after "the modern Steiner Brothers" ahead of NXT 20's launch in September 2021 due to creative decisions by Road Dogg. While the concept was abandoned, both wrestlers went on significant runs with D'Angelo becoming known as The Don of NXT and Breakker winning two titles before later defeating them for a tag title win against Baron Corbin and Channing 'Stacks' Lorenzo in February 2024.
Tony D'angelo revealed that he and Bron Breakker were originally groomed as tag teammates in WWE NXT before plans changed when the brand launched its 2.0 era, leading them down separate paths where they later faced each other again after both formed their own successful teams on different rosters or eras of wrestling television (NXT vs main roster).
Tony D'Angelon revealed that he and Bron Breakker were originally planned for a Steiner Brothers-style tag partnership in early-NXT but had their ideas scrapped by the promotion. Despite this change of direction at NXT 2.0's launch, both wrestlers achieved significant singles success before teaming up to win titles with different partners later on.