Former two-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore, known on the independent scene as nZo or Real1, could be in talks to rejoin the company. According to a new report, Amore was recently seen at a WWE facility.According to False Finish on X (formerly Twitter), Amore visited the WWE Performance Center ahead of Tuesday's edition of "WWE NXT." He wasn't seen on the program, however, and commentary made no mention of him. Amore departed WWE in January 2018, and his tag team partner, Big Cass, now known as Big Bill in AEW, left the company that June.Reports last week from Fightful Select indicated that Big Bill's AEW contract may be set to expire soon, or he's already a free agent. Sources the outlet spoke to back in April said that his AEW deal was set to expire in May or the beginning of June. He hasn't appeared on AEW or ROH programming since April 6, with his last "AEW Collision" appearance on February 4.In possibly related news,False Finish also reported on X on Wednesday that sources indicated to them that WWE is attempting to rebuild its tag team division "from within," while also possibly signing tag teams from outside of the company. The news comes after recent post-WrestleMania releases of tag teams that included the Motor City Machine Guns and the entire Wyatt Sicks. Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston of The New Day also departed the company after reportedly being asked to take a pay cut.Amore's most recent match came on April 25 in a victory over Clay Williams at WWA Hysteria 178. Since leaving WWE, he's worked for ACE, CCW, and more, including a TNA appearance on the countdown show ahead of Slammiversary 2025, where he teamed with Josh Bishop and Zilla Fatu.
I'm sure I'm not in the minority amongst WWE fans who think the news of the company trying to "rebuild" their tag team division after releasing New Day, MCMG, the Wyatt Sicks, Tonga Loa and JC Mateo, and probably more teams I'm forgetting, is just nuts. You had teams, and really strong ones, at that, with Woods and Kingston and Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, especially, so why release them, then realize you need to restructure?Of course, the answer is money, so the first part of the report makes sense, that WWE would want to restructure from within at first (with thrown together tag teams, I'm assuming) before looking elsewhere to sign teams like Amore and Big Cass. I'm sure those two would come at a cheaper price, no disrespect to them, than what Woods and Kingston were making.I just don't think that Big Cass and Enzo Amore are a team that really fit in today in WWE. They started teaming together in "NXT" in 2013 and were called up to the main roster following WrestleMania 32. They peaked together long ago, and the team itself is probably better suited for "NXT" at the moment, rather than the main roster. There aren't too many goofy tag teams on "WWE Raw" or "WWE SmackDown," outside of R-Truth being a goofy character alongside Damian Priest, and I'm not sure if it works anymore outside of developmental.I'm sure the higher-ups at WWE, however, are seeing dollar signs if Amore has been at the Performance Center, as we've seen that they're all about catchphrases and selling merch. But, Amore got "How You Doin?" and "SAWT!" over around ten years ago, and I don't know how quickly fans would pick back up on that. He's no Daniel Bryan and "YES!"
