Paul “HHH” Levesque and Shawn Michaels spoke to the media following the first night of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, and discussed the future of Io Shirai, Toni Storm, WALTER, Zoey Stark, “The Meeting” and more.
Full audio is available by clicking the red button at the bottom of this post.
Levesque said media reports about the talent show last week were “inaccurate” and that he would issue a memorandum on it if he wanted people to know what was being discussed. He said it was an information meeting and no other groups were educated.
Both Levesque and Michaels reflected on how unique and striking the NXT UK champion WALTER is. Asked if he sees WALTER being more present in the US, Levesque said the trip only lasts seven hours and that ‘all commitments are no more’ when travel restrictions are lifted. If he wants to work in both NXT and NXT UK, they can make it work.
Asked if Io Shirai is done with NXT, he said he finds it funny when a talent loses, it is assumed that they are called up. Both men conveyed Raquel Gonzalez’s work ethic and that it was the right time for her to win the title. Michaels said when he first saw Rhea Ripley and Gonzalez side by side at an NXT home show, he knew it was money.
Levesque also said that the loss of Toni Storm does not mean that her momentum is stopped. Both love Zoey Stark and also share her work ethic.
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