Shawn Michaels praises the NXT Champion.
Earlier this year, Ethan Page arrived on the scene in NXT, attacking the then NXT Champion Trick Williams, going on to win the championship himself at NXT Heatwave. Page signed with WWE following his AEW exit, and now Shawn Michaels has opened up about Page's WWE signing.
While speaking to Good Karma Wrestling, Shawn Michaels noted that Page had 'untapped potential'.
"As soon as I found out he was available, it was something that I started looking into immediately. You’re talking about a great deal of experience, seasoned, comfortable. Somebody that knows what they’re doing out there. Also, at the same time, I didn’t know everything about him, but you look at him and say, ‘I think there is a lot of untapped potential there.’ You can hear different stories. You never know what’s true. You just see potential and you think to yourself, ‘Has he ever been given the opportunity? Let’s find out if he has.’ If he falls short, you fall short and then you get dropped to the bottom of the card. He’s a guy that we sort of took a chance on, he took a chance with us, and right now you see that’s it’s been pretty successful. He’s a guy that certainly brought experience to the table that we don’t have a lot of in NXT, but also a guy who is so excited and passionate about somebody believing in him. When you put those two together, it’s a great combination because he’s a guy that feels like he’s got a place that appreciates him and is investing in him, then we also have the experience level that we need here at NXT."
On tonight's edition of NXT, Wes Lee, Joe Hendry and Pete Dunne will look to become the number one contender for Ethan's championship.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Shawn noted that he believes Seth Rollins and AJ Styles are the two best in ring performers in the world. You can read more about that here.
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