“Ava’s involved, and I love Ava so much,” James continued. “Then I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to hate it; I wanna love it.’ And I like the masks and all the things, and the leader, and the whole thing. The package is cool. I hate the name. I hate it so much.”

The Schism group appeared on this past Tuesday night’s episode of “NXT,” with Reid and Fowler — whose deals with WWE will reportedly end soon — unsuccessfully challenging Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo for the “NXT” Tag Team Championship. That title bout ended in controversial circumstances when two Schism followers attacked The Dyad at ringside, allowing D’Angelo and “Stacks” to take advantage and retain the gold. 

Two masked individuals also cost Schism in their six-man tag team match against reigning “NXT” Champion Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams, and Ilja Dragunov three weeks ago.

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