WWE News: WWE Confirms More Names For Mae Young Classic

With the news that former WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn would be returning to the company for the Mae Young Classic (check that story out here), which begins filming on August 8th and 9th at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, there’s been a lot of talk about who else will be entering the field for the second installment of the tournament. We’ve seen reports that NXT Superstar Rhea Ripley would be participating for the second time (read about that here), plus Japan’s Meiko Satomura possibly competing as well (find that here), but no other names confirmed by WWE.

That has now changed as WWE has now announced that Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai, Kacy Catanzaro, Nicole Matthews and Jinny will join Kaitlyn in the Mae Young Classic. Catanzaro, the former American Ninja Warrior competitor, is also signed to NXT and has been working Live Events over the past few months. Shirai is a new signing for NXT (for more on that go here), one of the most recognized female performers out of Japan who nearly signed in 2016 when Kairi Sane joined the company, but could not pass her medical examination.

Nicole Matthews is a 12-year veteran out of Vancouver who has mixed it up in the past with the likes of Becky Lynch and Asuka. Meanwhile, Jinny is out of London, England and another reported recent WWE signee (go here for that story) who was scheduled to compete recently at the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament, but was pulled due to an injury. She is also the reigning PROGRESS Women’s Champion and the first female graduate of PROGRESS’s school.

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