Former WWE star Bobby Steveson (Damon Kemp) spoke with The Wrestling Classic on a number of topics, including his NXT Underground Match with Eddy Thorpe in June of 2023.
Steveson said, That was great. I think Eddy was getting there too [debuting for โNXTโ]. I think I was his first big feud. I was really familiar with himโฆ Weโre pretty close now. We hang out on the outside.โ
On planning the match:
โSo, planning the match, we heard that we were going to do an Underground match, and I guess I heard before that it didnโt go over that wellโฆso, we had a lot on our plate. We were like the guinea pigs of hopefully bringing it backโฆWe wanted a good physical match; everything has to be laid in there. Eddy and I, we planned that match. Everything that was in that match, we put that together. We werenโt told what they wantedโฆthe only thing we knew was the timeโฆ eight minutes.โ
On bringing the Underground stipulation to NXT:
โWe thought of it as if they didnโt do another match after this, we sucked. That day, we did a double taping. We were the last matchโฆeverything was stacked against us. We literally wrestled at 11 p.m. at nightโฆWe killed itโฆMe and Eddy take great pride in bringing NXT Underground back.โ
You can check out Steveson’s comments in the video below.