Tyra Mae Steele, Jasper Troy win 'WWE LFG' competition; duo puts NXT roster on notice

Pro wrestlers Tyra Mae Steele and Jasper Troy won the WWE Legends and Future Greats LFG competition on Sunday night to earn WWE NXT contracts Steele got her spot over Zena Sterling and Troy earned his over Shiloh Hill to move up to the next level of competition Both competitors will join the NXT brand and become the next duo to make an impact on the developmental brand CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM I m super excited Steele advised Fox News Digital in a modern interview I m more sufferer I just know in due time everything is going to take place and when it rains it pours So I am excited to just see what the future holds and how the WWE Universe is gonna take my capacity and all that I have to offer Troy expressed that he was more anxious to get into the ring and mix it up I m just more ready to see how the story unfolds To me it s like expecting a movie to come out he explained I m just waiting to play my role in that film and see myself on the screen But the funnest part for me has just been the work that we ve been putting in since winning Being more behind the scenes again and I think it was just fun and go back to a feeling of trying to make it out of the bottom again Because you know after the winning the show I was on this big high I felt like Wow everything s about to start changing rapidly But everything just slowed down for a couple of months I was just like this is another test this is another trial that I have to get through The moment I come out it s like a new debut and new beginning The next chapter is very exciting to me Steele whose real name is Tamyra Mensah-Stock comes in with an audience a bit more familiar with her She is a world champion freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in She also won two gold medals at the World Championships one gold medal at the Pan American Games three gold medals at the Pan American Championships and three gold medals at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yaryigin She put the NXT locker room on notice as her debut looms WWE STAR ZELINA VEGA RECALLS WRESTLING IN NJ MAKING HISTORY AS US CHAMP AND TOUTS SUMMERSLAM My hard work is different than dang-near everybody I am an Olympic gold medalist not a lot of people can say that she explained That is a standard that not a lot of people can accomplish It is an Olympic standard To everyone that is going to be seeing me coming into the roster they need to know they need to understand that Tyra Mae Steele is going to be coming to this roster with an Olympic standard And I am going to be flattening everyone who will be standing in my way This is a standard that not a lot of people can live up to And I see particular people slacking that just makes me hungry Steele mentioned she keeps hearing that the NXT women s division is the hottest roster that there is and vowed to make sure it stays that way When I step into the building when I step into the ring with anybody they re going to go Oh my gosh she wasn t kidding about that Olympic standard she reported They re gonna feel it and they re gonna love it and they re gonna appreciate it And if they don t appreciate it they re dang sure going to respect it Troy whose real name is Antoine Frazer joined WWE as a recruit nearly three years ago He played college football at Northern Iowa Kansas and Rhode Island He praised the talent on the men s roster for when he first entered the company When I came in the locker room wasn t that much different but there was a noticeable amount of talent he recounted Fox News Digital And when I looked up I was like Oh my gosh like where do I fit in When Bron Breakker was here regularly Carmelo Hayes Ilja Dragunov that locker room was tough Even Grayson Waller I mean they were the ones leading the charge They would out-perform each other It was almost like they were competing to see who s gonna have the best performance of the night Every coconut show type I went to I saw at least five or six main-event matches that could have been promoted He added that he is bringing the same mentality I m ready to compete Troy declared I m ready to move I m ready to shuffle the deck of players myself I m not coming in to participate or just tribute I m coming in to contribute I m coming in to be a factor in this They gotta handle whatever they gotta handle Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter