Bubba Ray Dudley has plenty of praise for how Shawn Michaels has set up WWE’s developmental system in Florida.
One of the top wrestling shows is WWE NXT. The head of creative for the Tuesday night wrestling show is WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. Recently, Bubba Ray Dudley showed some appreciation for Michaels because of his work in NXT.
While speaking during the WWE LFG Panel at WWE World at WrestleMania, Bubba Ray Dudley shared that he finds himself enjoying NXT more than WWE’s flagship shows Raw and SmackDown, and that’s thanks to the system Shawn Michaels implemented in Florida.
“And one of the interesting things for me is, I get to talk about professional wrestling every day on Busted Open. I get to speak on Busted Open at night on Busted Open After Dark. And you know, the WWE built me a studio at the PC, and I get to see how NXT runs. And Shawn, to your face, in front of everybody, you run one of the tightest ships I’ve ever seen, man. And it comes across on television. Because when I’m watching this product on television, when I’m watching NXT, I’m like, ‘Holy s**t! I like this better than Raw. I like this better than SmackDown.’
“And that’s because it starts at the top with him, how it filters down through the writers, through the producers, the agents, and into the talent. So, I’m getting to see the passing down of the knowledge, whether it’s from us four to the Future Greats, or from Shawn and his team to the NXT crew.”
Bubba Ray Dudley on WWE’s Legends and Future Greats
The WWE Hall of Famer also shared that he hopes to train the 16 contestants of WWE’s Legends and Future Greats to one day main event WrestleMania.
“I very much enjoy helping the Future Greats move along. I’ve taken what I’ve learned from watching the people that came before me. He came before me, Shawn [Michaels], Booker [T] came before me. I’m sure Mickie [James] learns from us. We take what we learned in the ring working with the people that were better than us. And now we try to hand it down to these 16 Future Greats. Hoping that they’re going to listen. Hoping that they’re going to glean some information. Hopefully, that whatever we say sticks. And they can apply it in the ring. So they can go on to become an NXT Superstar. A WWE Superstar. Main Event WrestleMania, which is what we’re all here for today,” Bubba Ray Dudley said.
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