Here’s Who Made The Call To Pull ‘Funeral’ Segment From NXT After Jay Briscoe Passed Away

2 months ago by Dave Adamson

WWE

A planned “funeral” segment was reportedly pulled from tonight’s NXT after the news of the passing of ROH Tag Team Champion Jay Briscoe.

The segment would have reportedly seen New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) holding a ‘funeral’ for Pretty Deadly’s (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson).

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer has confirmed the person who made the call to pull the segment.

Meltzer stated:

“This was supposed to be a funeral segment, and they realized literally minutes before this thing started when they found out about Jay Briscoe.

“They made the call to switch it because they knew it would be in really bad taste which is in fact so different from WWE in similar situations in the past.

“It was Shawn’s call.”

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Shawn Michaels has been Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative since September 2022.

He is responsible for the creative direction and talent development in WWE NXT

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