Former NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte and Finn Balor recently spoke with Brian Fritz of Sporting News to hype tonight’s WrestleMania 31 PPV. Below are some highlights:
Charlotte Highlights:
On the rise of the NXT women’s division:
“Honestly, I want to go back, it started with Emma and Paige at Arrival. I really think that sparked the interest of the writers. I want to say Triple H has always been hands on, but since then like, ‘okay, we’ve got a lot of hungry women down here that really want it that will continue to work hard that know how to work.’ From Arrival, then it was me and (Natalya’s) match, and I feel like we continue to get better each and every time. Starting with Arrival, it was eye opening to everyone and it was, ‘okay, they killed it, let’s see if they can kill it again.’”
On losing her main roster debut match on RAW:
“I guess I can understand why people were so vocal because they’re used to seeing me in longer matches. For me, I was like, heck yeah, here is the NXT Women’s Champion showing up on Raw. To me it was the main roster giving NXT as a whole a chance to be seen. Whether it was 30 minutes or whether it was four minutes, I still got the NXT Title on television.”
Finn Balor Highlights:
On being apprehensive about signing with WWE:
“I’ll be honest with you, I had a very comfortable life before I came here. I was very on the fence about whether I was making the right decision. I was very apprehensive about the move to WWE and whether I was doing the right thing.”
On his career before WWE and how his time in WWE has turned out thus far:
“I had established a very good career in New Japan Pro Wrestling and a good life on the independent scene as well. I was very happy. There’s always that question, should I do it or should I not. I didn’t want to be looking back at 40 years old saying what if I had done this or what if I had done that. I can safely say six months down the line, hands down the best decision I’ve ever made.”
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Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
