Mysterious NXT Group Given Name

Four masked assailants have made waves in NXT in recent weeks and now the group have a name and potentially their eyes on a new member.

On February 15, NXT headed to Washington D.C. for Vengeance Day. On a night when a new champion was crowned, it was four masked strangers who arguably made the biggest impact.

After Nathan Frazer and Axiom successfully defended their NXT Tag Team Title against Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura, they were attacked by four mystery men clad in black. The quartet was later revealed to be Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, Cutler James, and Osiris Griffin.

Later in the night, the group attacked again, this time taking out NXT Champion Oba Femi after his triple threat Match against Grayson Waller and Austin Theory.

Darkstate Comes To NXT

On the March 18 edition of NXT, the group struck again by attacking Tony D’Angelo backstage while the rest of The Family were in the ring for a match. Later in the show, the group officially unmasked with Saquon Shugars confirming that the quartet would be known as Darkstate.

Darkstate appeared at the end of the show, emerging suspiciously like the Shield through the crowd with their masks on after Trick Williams defeated Eddy Thorpe in an NXT Underground match. Williams then called out NXT Champion Oba Femi. With Femi and Williams coming face-to-face, Darkstate emerged as did Je’Von Evans who got in Williams’ face in the ring. A massive brawl then broke out and in the melee, Evans caught Oba Femi with a cutter as Darkstate seemed to admire his work.