Bobby Steveson Reflects On His NXT Underground Match With Eddy Thorpe

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 โ€˜NXTโ€™]. I think I was his first big feud. I was really familiar with himโ€ฆ Weโ€™re pretty close now. We hang out on the outside.โ€

On planning the match:

โ€œSo, planning the match, we heard that we were going to do an Underground match, and I guess I heard before that it didnโ€™t go over that wellโ€ฆso, we had a lot on our plate. We were like the guinea pigs of hopefully bringing it backโ€ฆWe 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 werenโ€™t told what they wantedโ€ฆthe only thing we knew was the timeโ€ฆ eight minutes.โ€

On bringing the Underground stipulation to NXT:

โ€œWe thought of it as if they didnโ€™t do another match after this, we sucked. That day, we did a double taping. We were the last matchโ€ฆeverything was stacked against us. We literally wrestled at 11 p.m. at nightโ€ฆWe killed itโ€ฆMe and Eddy take great pride in bringing NXT Underground back.โ€

You can check out Steveson’s comments in the video below.