WWE legend, 54, ‘hasn’t aged a day’ in huge comeback after 19 years

WWE took NXT to the utmost this week and Dawn Marie led the galore returns connected the peculiar show.

On Wednesday night, the stars of the aboriginal paid tribute to the past astatine the infamous 2300 Arena successful Philadelphia, which was the archetypal location of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

The likes of Dawn, Rob Van Dam, Nuzio (Little Guido), Rhyno, the Dudley Boyz and Francine each made peculiar appearances connected the night.

Paying homage to Paul Heyman’s promotion, the amusement opened with a Hardcore lucifer betwixt Lola Vice and Jaida Parker, with Dawn, 54, arsenic the peculiar impermanent referee.

Fans were delighted to spot her backmost arsenic she enactment her ain rotation connected the classical achromatic and achromatic stripes successful her ain branded NXT ref shirt.

She called the enactment down the mediate and didn’t straight play into the storyline, and plentifulness of viewers pointed retired that she’s hardly aged a time since she past appeared successful WWE astir 2 decades agone successful 2005.

‘Like good wine, she gets amended with time! Ageless ✨✨🍷🍷,’ wrote @HotrockHudson connected X, arsenic @gphillips8652 added: ‘Dawn Marie volition ne'er spell retired of style. #WWENXT’

‘How does Dawn Marie look similar she hasn’t aged a time successful 20 years?? #WWE #WWENXT,’ asked @JoeKnowsWorst, portion others called for an in-ring instrumentality successful the 2025 Royal Rumble.

‘YES!! We get to spot @WWEDawnMarieECW connected our tv’s again I’m truthful EXCITED I could outcry !. Btw she looks the nonstop aforesaid from backmost successful the day. Rumble adjacent please,’ suggested @RblxTammyxo.

‘Love the stage, ocular and mounting of #WWENXT This surely brings backmost the vibes from ECW. Dawn Marie looks unthinkable astatine her property now. She hasn’t aged 1 bit,’ added @MoonRaider25.

Another different X user, @SuperFanComShow, couldn’t defy a gag astir 1 of Dawn’s last WWE storylines erstwhile her quality killed rival Torrie Wilson’s on-screen dada during a chamber romp.

‘…wow Dawn Marie has not aged since she killed Al Wilson,’ they quipped.

She wasn’t the lone blast from the past, with Rob Van Dam making his beingness felt during rising prima Je’Von Evans’ lucifer with Wes Lee.

The second had attacked RVD backstage earlier the bout, but the Whole F’N Show got immoderate revenge by costing Lee the win, portion Evans scored the pin with Van Dam’s ain Five Star Frog Splash.

Bubba Ray Dudley returned to a WWE ringing for the archetypal clip successful implicit eights years, teaming up with Trick Williams but coming up abbreviated against Ethan Page and Ridge Holland.

Bubba Ray and Trick got immoderate revenge aft the bout, with D-Von Dudley coming down to acceptable up a table, which mediocre All Ego was sent crashing done with a Double Chokeslam.

Mr. Robert Stone had a nighttime to hide aft trashing ECW and its memory, lone for the lights to driblet retired and ‘The War Machine’ Rhyno to look and stone him with a Gore successful the mediate of the ring.

In a spot of cleanable casting, Full Blooded Italians’ Nunzio made his ain comeback to look Tony D’Angelo successful a showcase for The Don, portion giving the antheral formerly known arsenic Little Guido a amusive infinitesimal successful beforehand of the fans.

And ECW alumni Francine was successful attendance, arsenic she sat connected the beforehand enactment for the blockbuster main lawsuit pitting Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer, Kelani Jordan, Zaria and TNA Wrestling prima Jordynne Grace against Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade and Fatal Influence.

The all-star squad got a immense triumph successful a lucifer which was designed to afloat absorption connected the contiguous and aboriginal of NXT, alternatively than the ECW callbacks.

Zaria continued her meteoric emergence up the ranks with a immense F-5 to bushed NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne, which should acceptable her up for a rubric changeable implicit the coming weeks.

WWE NXT airs Tuesday nights astatine 1am connected the WWE Network. It volition beryllium moving to Netflix successful the UK from January 2025.

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