Shawn Michaels says the NXT-TNA relationship is still only in the beginning stages.
Recently, WWE and TNA began a working relationship where several stars from both rosters have crossed over, with NXT names showing up on TNA programming as well as TNA names showing up on NXT program. Stars like Joe Hendry have made the most out of this new relationship, and have seen increased popularity thanks to the crossover.
While speaking to Iridian Fierro for WGN Radio, Shawn Michaels was asked about the NXT-TNA partnership and noted that it was still in the beginning stages.
"Well, look, that's obviously incredibly intriguing and interesting right now. I think we are still in the very beginning stages of that, exploring the different possibilities, and those are all things we're going to look at going forward. I'm obviously very pleased to know that these are partnerships that WWE is now open to, and I think that makes for unlimited possibilities. Now, what the specifics of all of those are as we go into the future, that'll be decided by people certainly more important than me. For me, getting to be the benefactor of having all these different talents at your utilization is very exciting for us. As we continue to explore those opportunities going forward, I think it's going to make for some pretty fantastic dream matches that are possible out there that I think a lot of people are going to want to see."
TNA's Joe Hendry is scheduled to compete in a number one contenders match on Tuesday's NXT vs Pete Dunne and Wes Lee.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Michaels spoke about CM Punk's upcoming NXT appearance. You can read more about that here.
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