NXT prepares you for literally everything for the main roster. They probably over-prepare you.
Just to see the guys, how hard the passion, the drive, that they want to work hard to be able to get up to the main rosters, it's so exciting to me to watch that brand of NXT.
I think everybody in WWE and NXT want to be involved in WrestleMania. I can huff and puff and push all I want, but that's something you just can't rush.
Bayley helped me a lot in my career, especially in NXT. I had some of my best NXT matches with her, and she definitely helped me develop as a talent, because you're just as good as the person you're in there with.
I got a large fanbase just from NXT itself. It's an amazing brand.
There's a lot of talent down there in NXT.
I started in NXT when we were still FCW in Tampa.
The Dream couldn't tell you the vibe in the NXT locker room, because, quite frankly, I have my own. When you are a Superstar as high up on the totem pole as The Velveteen Dream, you have those luxuries.
I wanted to be a part of WWE and part of NXT first, as, if I went to 'Raw' or 'SmackDown' right away, I would always wonder what NXT would have been like.
NXT is the top roster in the world as far as I'm concerned, the work ethic and fans.
Now, I don't even consider NXT a developmental system. It's its own brand. So many guys were able to develop a following while in NXT.
I think it's great you have guys like Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura in WWE.
Triple H really prepares everybody for WWE in everything we do in NXT, and everything we do in the performance center is to prepare us for WWE.
I've been friends with a lot of the NXT competitors for years, but just walking into the Performance Center alone is intimidating.
NXT is the professional level, and it's the best of the best.
If I do make WWE - because in my head, until it's official, it's not a thing - I think if they brought me in, it would be very short lived at NXT, and I'd be on main roster extremely quick.
Nothing turned the NXT Universe upside down like The Undisputed Era's debut.
When I came to NXT, it was very much a developmental brand.
I always go back to my days in NXT and look at my feud with Samoa Joe. That was one of the best periods of growth for me.
Sami Zayn and I have had a long history. Same goes for Adrian Neville. I might not get the chance to work with them now, but Seth Rollins, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan, all those guys, we all spent a lot of time together wrestling all over the place.
