In November 2022, Fightful Select reported, "former WWE talent Kalisto was at NXT live events for the week, serving as a guest coach and producer. He was at the WWE Performance Center throughout the week coaching, and the Friday night live event. We're told he handled the women's matches as a producer."
Speaking to Renee Paquette on The Sessions, Samuray Del Sol confirmed his NXT producing opportunity.
"I got an opportunity to train as a coach on NXT. Seeing that view from that side, I learned a lot more. I produced two matches. It was great. Me, Terry Taylor, and Norman (Smiley) as producers. From that view, and producing a match, it was great. I learned so much," he said.
When asked what he learned, Del Sol replied, "I'm a hands-on person. So when I was in there, I like showing the moves and bumping for them. The stuff they're doing now, it's great. Being on that side of the producing team, it made me realize that if I was producing myself, I would be like, 'Be more happy, jump, do something on this time. Lucha, lucha, right time.' I would correct myself and my timings from the beginning to the end. I would critique myself and see my own self back when I started at NXT and be like, 'Don't be nervous.' I would say to myself, 'More character.' I was screaming, I lost my voice the whole time. I was really excited to work with everybody in NXT."
Del Sol remains active on the Independent scene and in Japan.
Elsewhere during the interview, Del Sol recalled his COVID scare and fearing he would suffer a heart attack during his AEW match. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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