WWE NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov recently appeared on an episode of Haus of Wrestling, where he talked about a number of topics including the very special moment he shared with “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes on the October 10th episode of NXT.
Dragunov said, “It was very interesting and absolutely a very special moment not only for me, but also for the audience in the arena and probably for the people watching on TV because it is as I said in the promo — meeting a person in the ring who stands, in a different way, for the exact same things that you stand for, that is something that very rarely happens. Look at Cody Rhodes, he brings an energy, a fire, a passion to the ring in front of those arenas, in front of those people that not a lot of other people can do. I do that too for NXT. People feel what I do, the passion, the fire I bring. This is something very similar and I mean, this moment standing me and Cody Rhodes together in one ring, I was scared that there was going to be an energy overload.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
