And now it's the same thing, back and forth. Certainly he helps UFC, banking on Brock Lesnar's name in the very beginning of him becoming a UFC star and showing his dominance in it. He is a once-in-a-lifetime combat athlete. Guys don't come along that quick, that big, that fast, that aggressive and with that mentality. He's a once-in-a-lifetime athlete that comes along and is just - you can see it when you look at him. We have said it a million times about Brock but I think it's worth repeating. To be able to come back at such an elite level after a fairly long period of time doing something different and be that dominant is just amazing to me. To me, it speaks to the amazing athlete that Brock Lesnar is.
I think any time that you can have a WWE performer that can cross over into something else and have that kind of a night or a performance, whether that's making a movie or television show or competing in the UFC, that's huge. What does his ability to cross over do for WWE's brand? In response to Thursday's announcement that 2K Sports is releasing a collector's NXT edition to their "WWE 2K17" video game, limited to just 50,000 copies on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Levesque took time to answer questions on a number of topics, including NXT's growth.īrock Lesnar appears on the cover of "WWE 2K17," and you recently praised his performance at UFC 200. In fact, Levesque outright refers to NXT as the "bedrock" of the WWE Network, where it exclusively airs.
With an old-school feel to the way it's booked and presented, the brand has created a cult following, offering hard-core wrestling fans a much different product from what WWE has traditionally aired on television in recent years. "How quickly it has become something so much more than that." "It's hard for me to imagine that just a few short years ago, NXT was kind of just a concept that we had," Levesque said. By night - though much more infrequently these days - he's 14-time world heavyweight champion Triple H.īut for all intents and purposes, Levesque is the heart and soul behind NXT, WWE's developmental territory, which has grown to become a legitimate third brand, providing in-house competition for Raw and SmackDown.Ĭreated in 2012, NXT was designed to develop new talent and, in Levesque's words, "bring in a new era of WWE." But even the father of NXT himself has been surprised at how quickly it has grown into something more. To hear Paul Levesque talk about NXT is akin to hearing a father beam with pride about his firstborn son.īy day, Levesque is the WWE's executive vice president of talent, live events and creative. Q&A: Triple H on NXT, 'WWE 2K17,' Brock Lesnar and more
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