Talks about Cruz Montana joining The 946 began at a meeting on October 22, according to Dave Meltzer.
Montana was revealed as the newest member of the group on the November 2 episode of Raw. Two days later, he beat Dion Lennox in an unsanctioned match on NXT after The 946 interfered.
Meltzer reported in the November 9 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that nobody in NXT knew Montana was being called up. He added more details in the latest edition.
“Regarding Cruz Montana, apparently it was a meeting on 10/22 where they started talking about him being in 946. As noted in last week’s issue, there were future plans for him in NXT and everyone there was blindsided when he showed up on Raw. The belief, and Shawn Michaels even hinted at this, was that they often make these decision and blindside him. The person involved did not know if Michaels knew or not but were of the belief he would have known very shortly after that,” Meltzer wrote.
Montana and The 946 face The Bloodline in the men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series on November 28 at Daikin Park in Houston.
