NXT’s Raul Mendoza Gets A New WWE Name

A member of the Legado del Fantasma stable in NXT 2.0, Raul Mendoza, has been given a new in-ring name by WWE. Name changes are recurring within WWE, Marcel Barthel and Raquel Gonzalez both debuted with new names when they were called up to SmackDown last Friday. 

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On Tuesday night’s NXT, Raul Mendoza began going by the new name “Cruz Del Toro.” The name change has also been updated on the official WWE website. Prior to the name change, he was using his real name.

WWE signed Mendoza in 2017 after his debut on the promotion as an entrant in the Cruiserweight Classic in 2016. Mendoza was eliminated from the tournament by The Brian Kendrick in the first round.

Del Toro is part of Legado del Fantasma in NXT alongside Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, and Elektra Lopez. Other members of the stable haven’t been given new names.

On this week’s NXT, Legado del Fantasma (Del Toro & Wilde) were part of a five-team gauntlet match for the vacated NXT Tag Team titles. The titles were relinquished following the release of Nash Carter. Del Toro & Wilde suffered defeat at the hands of The Creed Brothers at the start of the match.

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