WWE NXT champ Tony D'Angelo says he owes newcomer Mason Rook 'a receipt'

Tony D’Angelo is facing challengers from each different directions coming aft his NXT Championship.

Naraku and Mason Rook person some made their intentions clear erstwhile they first arrived astatine NXT. Naraku yet earned a changeable astatine nan NXT Championship, which is coming up astatine The Great American Bash connected Sunday. While D’Angelo is still trying to wrap his caput astir Naraku’s mind games, he had immoderate consternation toward Rook.

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Mason Rook competes against Tony D'Angelo during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected May 19, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE)

Rook took advantage of Kam Hendrix’s onslaught connected D’Angelo during his first quality astatine NXT. He deed D’Angelo pinch a moonsault. He past attacked D’Angelo and Hendrix aft nan 2 met successful a match.

Fox News Digital asked D’Angelo astir what fans who whitethorn not cognize Rook could expect from him. But D’Angelo admitted he didn’t person galore bully things to opportunity astir him.

Mason Rook makes his measurement to nan ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected May 19, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE)

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"I deliberation he has a batch of potential. I deliberation he’s very diversion for a feline of his size. I beryllium him a receipt, for sure, for moonsaulting connected maine and past besides attacking maine astatine nan extremity of nan match," D’Angelo said. "I don’t know. Me, personally, I don’t person a batch of bully things to opportunity astir nan feline because, I get it, he wants nan title. He wants to make a connection erstwhile he first gets to NXT but not astatine my expense.

"But, I’m judge you’ll spot a batch much of him. I’m judge him and Kam Hendrix sewage immoderate beef to settle. I’m judge we’ll spot really that goes."

Tony D'Angelo performs successful nan ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Conor Kvatek/WWE)

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For now, Rook has been preoccupied pinch Hendrix while D’Angelo is group for a title defense against Naraku.