The 946, the group led by Royce Keys, added another member on this week’s WWE Raw at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The new member is Cruz Montana, who is leaving NXT for the main roster.
Montana, who worked in TNA as Mike Santana and won the TNA World Championship there, debuted in NXT on July 21. He has recently been in a feud with Dion Lennox that got very personal.
The debut came shortly after Solo Sikoa’s match with Keys, which Sikoa won by DQ when Bronco Nima, Lucien Price, and Carmelo Hayes got involved. Roman Reigns and The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) came to the ring to make the save for Sikoa, which led to an all-out brawl between the two teams.
Reigns hit Keys with two Superman punches and was about to spear him. But before he could, a masked man threw a steel chair at the World Heavyweight Champion. The masked man then clotheslined Reigns and helped Keys up before he removed his mask and revealed himself to be Montana.
From there, the 946 attacked The Bloodline with several weapons. They powerbombed Jey onto the announce table and handcuffed Jimmy before attacking him in the corner. To close the segment, Sami Zayn ran in out of nowhere and hit Reigns with a helluva kick.
Montana arrived in the same way Hayes did when he showed up in a mask to attack The Bloodline on the October 12 Raw in Bossier City, Louisiana, and was then revealed as a member of the group.
Montana debuted just five days before Crown Jewel, where Reigns will battle Zayn, the Undisputed WWE Champion, for the Men’s Crown Jewel Championship.
The show takes place on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and starts at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN Unlimited.