WWE NXT star Mason Rook returned to the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday’s edition of the emerging brand, and has his sights set on the NXT Championship once again. The star entered the ring in the opening segment, working alongside Shiloh Hill to defeat Grayson Waller.
After the return Rook Posted on X (formerly Twitter) vaguely discussing what kept him on the shelf for nearly two months. That was before reports that the star will be released in the “foreseeable future.”
“Only a select few know how hard I came back,” Rook wrote, citing a video of his backstage WWE interview. “I rested to come back early. “Fasten your seatbelt because I’m about to disappear!”
Only a select few know the gravity of what I have returned. I worked my ass off to get back early.
Goth, because I’m gonna rock the Rookus!#WWENXT https://t.co/SmdwUGwS6T
— Mason Rook (@MasonRook_wwe) November 11, 2026
It happened revealed that Rook will be sidelined on the day he was scheduled to face Waller for the NXT Championship on the September 29 edition of “NXT”. That night, Waller would successfully defend the gold against E.K. Against Prosper. On the most recent episode of NXT, Waller was challenged by a serious Hill and denied a match before a returning Rook was beaten.
Brian Alvarez said in the October 7 issue.Wrestling Observer Live:“that he was told what Rook was dealing with could keep him out for ‘a very long time.’ He stressed, however, that he did not know the nature of Rook’s injury and noted that no one seemed to be talking about what it was.