NXT Champion Finn Balor recently spoke withĀ PROGRESS Wrestlingās PROGCast, talking about the British wrestling circuit being vital to wrestlingās overall growth, and some of the name currently helping out with NXT.Ā
Balor responded to a question posed to Triple H about the British wrestling circuit being so important, praising Robbie Brookside as a coach, and also talked about his relationship with Matt Bloom and compares the WWE style to the Japanese style. You can read a few excerptsĀ (transcripts via TALKSport)Ā below:Ā
Finn Balor talks about what British wrestling legend and NXT trainer Robbie Brookside means to NXT:Ā
āWhoever made the decision to bring in Robbie Brookside is a very, very smart man because theyāre thinking long term.Ā LongĀ term.Ā I cannot put over Robbie Brookside enough. Obviously his knowledge for the business is unbelievable, but just having him there as a person at the Performance Center, his positivity.ā
āEvery morning I walk in, you might be, yāknow down in the dumps and Robbie Brookside is there greeting you with a smile, you canāt help but smile, itās infectious. I really am very lucky to have Robbie there.ā
Balor comments on his relationship with Matt Bloom:Ā
āA lot of lads in WWEā¦ obviously, I respect their opinions professionally.Ā Of course, Triple H, 100% has been incredible for me. But on a personal level, nobody in WWE knows me as well as Matt Bloom.Ā
Iāll ask him a question with something relevant to me and how I would perform it and he will be able to tell me: āOkay, this is how Fergal [Balorās firstĀ name] would do it.ā Regardless of whether thatās Finn or Prince Devitt or Pegasus Kid or whatever, thatās how I would do it. Thatās someone whose opinion I trust 100%. In the ring, out of the ring and life in general.ā
Finn Balor talks about how different the WWE style is from working a Japanese style:Ā
āI didnāt think there was going to be a difference.Ā I thought: āYeah, Iāll just turn up, itāll be fine. Iāll just do my thing, just do it ā just get out there, start throwing chops, throwing kicks left, right and centre and itāll be grand. Iāll shoot it.ā It is totally different.Ā I think it is different for the better and it has made me a more complete talent, it has made me a more complete performer and very much more aware of what Iām doing in the ring than I was before.Ā
Before I was doing things for myself ā but now Iām doing it for the audience because essentially, this is for the audienceās consumption, and if they canāt see what Iām doing, whatās the point in doing it?Ā So Iām going to try and get the very most out of everything I do in the ring, if Iām going to do it. Iām not going to waste anything or throw anything away or throw something in for the sake of it if it doesnāt make sense, Iām going to utilise every movement that I make, everything that I try to execute ā Iām going to make sure Iām getting my value out of it. And the fans are getting their value out of it too.ā
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