Shawn Michaels believes that Trick Williams will be pushed at NXT Halloween Havoc.
Williams is set to defend his NXT Championship against Ethan Page in a Devil's Playground match. This will be the third match in a series between Page and Williams that dates all the way back to NXT Battleground in June.
While speaking to Busted Open Radio for a new interview, Shawn Michaels seemingly disagreed with Bully Ray's take on Williams "missing one thing" before going on talk about how he things Williams will still be tested at Halloween Havoc.
"[Bully Ray & I] can have a little bit of a difference of opinion when ‘he’s missing that one thing.’ I don’t know if he’s missing one thing, but this Devil’s Playground match he’s going to have with Ethan Page, Ethan has been doing this a long time. Yes, Trick has been in a cage match and a last man standing match, but not with guys the likes of Ethan Page. Ethan is going to push him in a way that the other two have not. It’s sometimes hard to help the viewer understand, I’m not talking ECW hardcore, but sometimes there is a limit you have to be able to push a talent to from a hardcore, ‘How rough and rugged are you? How much are you willing to put your body on the line out of love and passion for this job?’ That’s something, for me, that is going to get tested at Halloween Havoc. There are some things you can’t help and that is time and reps. That is something Trick has no control over. He’s getting a lot of variety in his three years. He’s done a lot of things. To do a lot of things once or twice is okay, but until you’ve learned to master all of them, there are going to sometimes feel like there are things missing.
Elsewhere in the interview, Michaels said that Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia have "it". Check out those full comments by clicking here.
Check out the updated lineup for NXT Halloween Havoc by clicking here.
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