You want to be an NXT fan.
I didn't feel that I was ready to leave NXT. When I was called up to SmackDown, I was very nervous. I hadn't done many of the things at NXT that I thought I was supposed to. I didn't have a TakeOver match. I never held the title. I only had a few matches on NXT TV and to be called up and told, 'Well, here you go!'
Bayley helped me a lot in my career, especially in NXT. I had some of my best NXT matches with her, and she definitely helped me develop as a talent, because you're just as good as the person you're in there with.
When I won the NXT women's title from Natalya at Full Sail, becoming the second-ever woman's champion for NXT, that's when I knew, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing,' and that I could do this.
I started in NXT when we were still FCW in Tampa.
There's a lot of talent down there in NXT.
To be the first NXT Women's Champion is such an honor.
Now, I don't even consider NXT a developmental system. It's its own brand. So many guys were able to develop a following while in NXT.
I'm an NXT Superstar and the current NXT Champion.
NXT is the professional level, and it's the best of the best.
But when it comes down to it, I'm a guy who feels like I should be a champion in NXT.
I'd like to go to NXT, be NXT Champion.
Nothing turned the NXT Universe upside down like The Undisputed Era's debut.
I won the NXT championship as a heel; then the fans grew to respect - not love, respect - me. I was popular because I was seen as the next to get called up.
I want to do something that has never been done, and that's become the first two-time NXT Champion. In a sense, that's a strange distinction to want, but that has to be my goal while I'm in NXT.
When I came to NXT, it was very much a developmental brand.
If I were to doubt myself, I wouldn't even have a chance to be competing for the NXT Women's Championship.
The reason Tommaso Ciampa is NXT champion is because of me. I admitted that, and it's my mistake to fix.
I've always been a fan of Bobby Roode's.
