Injury Update On Tegan Nox Following WWE NXT Live Event On Saturday

Steffanie “Nixon” Newell, who is now going by the name Tegan Nox in WWE NXT, suffered an injury to her leg at Saturday’s live event at the 2018 Download Festival at Donnington Park in Derby, England.

According to some fans in attendance, Nox appeared to suffer the knee injury during a Six-Woman Tag Team Match where she teamed with Candice LeRae and Dakota Kai against Bianca Belair, Lacey Evans and English indie wrestler Nina Samuels.

Pretty sure we just saw Nixon Newell reinjure her knee at #NXTDownload 😯😑

— Main Event League (@MainEventLeague) June 9, 2018

Hope @NixonNewell is ok! looked angry and upset after her six woman tag match. Desperately unlucky if she’s injured again. #NXTDownload #NXT pic.twitter.com/JmG2mHaw3D

— Wrestling Royalty (@WrestlingRoyal1) June 9, 2018

Candice got the win so they carried on, but looked to maybe have tweaked her knee and barely celebrated the win and Dakota and Candice looked to be consoling her

— Wrestling Royalty (@WrestlingRoyal1) June 9, 2018

Nox was scheduled to wrestle PROGRESS Women’s Champion Jinny at today’s PROGRESS 71 event in Sheffield, England, but fellow NXT star Dakota Kai competed instead. Nox appeared in the middle of the ring to introduce Kai as replacing her and was sporting a huge brace over her right leg.

Hey @ThisIs_Progress fans, I’m so sorry I’m not able to compete tonight, I’m absolutely gutted! I did pick a rather incredible replacement huh?! 😏💕 #FlyKicks https://t.co/dHcVHmLnXz

— Nixon Newell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@NixonNewell) June 10, 2018

So @DakotaKai_WWE just turned up!!! Sad to hear about @NixonNewell though. #Chapter71 pic.twitter.com/GyrBDZG53n

— ScoGo87 (@scott_goldie87) June 10, 2018

She's back at @ThisIs_Progress

Welcome back @NixonNewell #Chapter71 pic.twitter.com/OS0xx4TrGb

— Kurt Johansson (@kurtjohansson93) June 10, 2018

Good to see @DakotaKai_WWE and @NixonNewell #Chapter71 pic.twitter.com/AZka5vnSgL

— Bad News Ryder (@James_Ryder) June 10, 2018

Team kick 🖤#ThisIsProgress #Chapter71 #DakotaKai #NixonNewell pic.twitter.com/v3imRqW83h

— Laura 🥨 (@byrneasaurus) June 10, 2018

Bittersweet as hell today But this friendship makes me so happy @ThisIs_Progress @NixonNewell @DakotaKai_WWE pic.twitter.com/PvnA3KRzsl

— Martin (@Mpr2009) June 10, 2018

Jim Smallman, who owns PROGRESS, confirmed in a tweet that Nox is injured. However, he says her injury is minor.

She’s injured. Just minor though!

— Jim Smallman (@jimsmallman) June 10, 2018

About a year ago, Nox sustained an ACL tear in her right knee. After months of rehabilitation, she returned to action in April and has been working house shows since then.

On the heels of her comeback, the 23-year-old Welsh grappler spoke to WWE.com about how she coped with her devastating knee injury.

“When this first happened, people were saying that things happen for a reason. And since I’ve had the injury and come back to that response, I believe that more than ever,” she said.

“Things do happen for a reason, and if something’s getting you down, you just have to get back up and keep working hard. Sweat equity really does pay off, and it’s an even better feeling when all your hard work pays off.”