Shawn Michaels doesn’t want to undersell the new era of WWE NXT but doesn’t think there have been any big changes and considers the shift more of a hybrid than anything else.
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels recently sat down with Connor Casey of ComicBook.com to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about the new era of NXT that was recently ushered in after NXT 2.0, Michaels doesn’t believe there’s been any significant change and considers the new NXT to be more of a hybrid.
“I certainly don’t want to undersell anything, but I don’t know that it’s a new era where there’s a big change,” Shawn Michaels said. “Certainly, there was the Black and Gold, there was 2.0, and now we have, I think, what I guess is a hybrid. I mean, we don’t want this NXT to really have to be defined as anything other than your NXT, to be perfectly honest. I don’t want this to be Hunter’s or Vince’s, or even mine for that matter. This is the NXT that belongs to the men and women of NXT that come through our system and to those passionate and loyal fans that watch us some support us, to be perfectly honest.
“This line of work, the WWE and the wrestling business as a whole was always about fun and enjoyment and entertainment, and that’s what it’s going to get back to. I don’t know if that’s been missing for the last several years, but the one thing that we’re all excited about is that we are looking to kick a— and have a great deal of fun and enjoyment for the years to come. And that’s honestly, I guess, I don’t know if that’s a catchphrase or if that’s a mission statement, but this is just an NXT that’s excited about developing the young men and women that are going to be the superstars, the Raw and SmackDown superstars of tomorrow.”
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