The action kept rolling after the USA Network television cameras stopped on Tuesday night inside the Capitol Wrestling Center.
Following week one of the NXT Gold Rush special themed shows on Tuesday night, Seth “Freakin'” Rollins cut a promo after successfully defending his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against former NXT World Champion Bron Breakker.
Featured below are some of the highlights of what he said.
On why he came back to NXT to defend his title: “I’ll tell you what, the reason I come down here to NXT and defend the World Heavyweight Championship is because I love this, and this title deserves that respect because there are champions like Harley Race, like Ric Flair, like Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, like Mr. Five-Time Booker T who took pride in taking the heavyweight title to every city and every town in every single country that they could, and putting on a fight to raise the prestige of a world heavyweight champion. If I can even lace those boots for two seconds, if I can be a part of that lineage, then I’m doing something right, so thank you guys for giving me the opportunity. Booker T, Shawn Michaels, everybody who’s held a title like this before me, thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to fill your shoes.”
On a quick story he wanted to share: “Now I want to tell you guys just a little story. So when I was asked by Bron Breakker to come down here and defend my title on NXT and I accepted, I had a lot of people asking me, ‘Seth, does it feel nostalgic? Are you getting emotional?’ To be honest with you, it had been so long since I’d stepped foot in an NXT ring, and I’ve been fortunate enough to do so much all across the world that my honest answer was no, it wasn’t hitting me like I thought it would. Until I got out here. [Fans chant ‘Welcome back] That right there, all of you, you guys embody the same energy that I left NXT with a decade ago. You guys are still the proving ground for every single person back there in the back, you guys and your vitality, your love, your energy is what has made me a visionary, it is what has made me a revolutionary.”
Watch the complete post-show promo from Seth “Freakin'” Rollins via the YouTube player embedded below. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
