WWE just bolstered its NXT roster with two fresh recruitsformer world champion gymnast Jessica Bogdanov and ex-football standout Cyrus Habibi-Likioas confirmed by PWInsiderElite.com.
Bogdanov, who turned heads at WWEs SummerSlam 2025 tryouts in East Rutherford, NJ, is far from your average rookie. A silver and double bronze medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games, she also competed in the 2012 USA Gymnastics Rhythmic Championships and took home the Freestyle Calisthenics World Championship title in 2015.
Habibi-Likio, meanwhile, has been openly documenting his journey into pro wrestling, vlogging his WWE aspirations and even attending WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas earlier this year. Those clips apparently didnt go unnoticed. According to the report, it was his vlog content from WrestleMania weekend that caught the eye of a WWE recruiter.
Both athletes have officially signed with WWE and are now headed to the Performance Center in Orlando, where theyll train full-time under the NXT system.
Are you excited to see what Jessica Bogdanov and Cyrus Habibi-Likio bring to WWE? Think either of them has breakout potential? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.
