An appearance from Gable Steveson.
It is official that on the July 4th WWE NXT on USA Network, Damon Kemp and Eddy Thorpe are scheduled to compete in Raw Underground.
Kemp has a background in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. As Thorpe was backstage looking over past clips from Raw Underground, he was approached by Olympic Gold Medalist Gable Steveson who offered to train him for Raw Underground. Steveson is the real-life brother of Kemp.
Woah!
Olympic Gold Medalist @GableSteveson just offered to train @eddythorpe_wwe for his match against @damonkempwwe 😳#NXTGoldRush pic.twitter.com/xLs3p9B7vc
— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2023
Steveson last appeared on WWE TV in December as a part of Kurt Angle’s birthday celebration. He competed at Final X this month.
With being on the winning end of the amateur wrestling tournament, Steveson secured his spot on the U.S. Senior Teams ahead of this fall’s World Championships