{"id":165529,"date":"2025-02-03T21:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=165529"},"modified":"2025-02-03T21:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:54:04","slug":"nxt-wrestler-duke-hudson-reportedly-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/03\/nxt-wrestler-duke-hudson-reportedly-released\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT wrestler Duke Hudson reportedly released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1028224064\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE has reportedly released Duke Hudson (a\/k\/a Brendan Vink). Sean Ross Sapp of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fightful.com<\/a> reports that the cut was made in January.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The 34 year-old Vink had been with WWE since 2019 and used his real name while working on the main roster. He was renamed Duke Hudson in 2021 in NXT and went on to have a fun run with the Chase U faction. Vink has good size and has the gift of gab. Here&#8217;s wishing him the best in whatever comes next.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3030880115\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":158880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[3451,4962,4148,37,101],"class_list":["post-165529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-brendan-vink","tag-chase-u","tag-duke-hudson","tag-nxt","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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