Blake joined Insight with Chris Van Vliet to talk about variety of topics. He went on to discuss about his new in-ring name and revealed how he came up with it.

Wesley Blake will now go by Westin Blake

During the conversation Blake told Van Vliet the new name he will be going by on the independent circuit. He went on to reveal that it is inspired by his brother’s name and his own last name.

Blake recalled pitching few names while he was back in NXT. He said that now he chose the new name as he could connect with it.

He said:

“I’m going by Westin Blake. When I was in NXT the first time, I pitched a bunch on names. I was always told it’s best if you can have a name that you can connect with. I have an older brother named Blake, so that was a big driving factor.”

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He added: “Most of my life I have been called Weston, because that’s my last name. When I gave them the list of NXT names, Wesley Blake was the winner. They had 3 or 4 on there, I can’t remember them but they were not that good.”

Wesley Blake talks about different name pitched for The Forgotten Sons

Blake had a fine run as part of The Forgotten Sons back in NXT. However, the stable’s main roster run did not go as per the plan.

They had portrayed themselves as American patriots with the background Cutler and Ryker had in the marines. The gimmick was dropped due to a tweet by Jaxson Ryker supporting President Donald Trump which led to backstage backstage heat and soon after that the stable was taken off the programming.

He said: “When we first pitched the name we wanted to use Prisoners of Society or Prisoners of the System.”

He said that WWE didn’t like the second name as they believed that would bring NXT in a bad light. Ultimately, The Forgotten Sons was picked as the name to be used.

Jaxson Ryker joins hands with Elias

The newest edition of Monday Night Raw saw a segment where Elias made his return to red brand after being out of action as he was ‘electrocuted’ by Jeff Hardy. He talked about having visions of Ryker.

Elias was paired with Jaxson Ryker on an episode of WWE Main Event and the latter made his official debut on Raw this week.

After Ryker was introduced by Elias, he went onto describe how Elias’ music has changed him and talked about being re-born by the ‘Universal Truth’ song.

He said Elias is a visionary and he will stop the assaults on Elias which have been going on for quite some time.

Elias almost started with his song for the night was soon interrupted by the WWE 24/7 Champion, R-Truth.

He explained that his intention was not to interrupt but trouble began when stars from the locker room such as Gran Metalik, Akira Tozawa, Drew Gulak raced to the ring to chase Truth.

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Jaxson Ryker rose to the occasion as he showcased his strength. He hit Metalik with a huge clothesline, then Tozawa who was rolled into the ring was thrown back outside onto others and cleared the ring in the process. He then chokeslammed Metalik to end the segment.

He was previously a member of The Forgotten Sons alongside Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler and performed on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

Then the stable was pushed for the tag-team titles. But, Ryker was pulled out of action after he made some controversial pro-Trump remarks.

Recently, Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler were introduced as King Corbin’s new associates on SmackDown and as mentioned Ryker to be a part of the red brand from now on.

During the Raw Talk, Ryker said, “I think we made that perfectly clear on Raw. This man, for a long time, has been disrespected. He’s been attacked, he’s been interrupted. I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

He explained, “You see, I was once lost, but now I am found. This man sung ‘Amazing Grace’ and spoke to me. I was re-born by this man, by his music. It inspired me and that’s why I decided to walk with Elias.”

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