Former WWE star Curtis Axel appeared on Monte and the Pharaoh to talk about a number of topics, including his time on NXT.
Axel said, “NXT, in my era, was a disaster. They would do crap to us to make us look like crap. It was a shame. It was a shame to all of us. All of us that worked hard like Bray (Wyatt), all these guys worked their asses off. I wanted to get to the WWE main roster. I wanted to do it so bad, but they shit on us. When I found out that Kofi Kingston was on TV and he said, ‘Here’s my pro, son of Mr. Perfect, Michael McGuility.’”
On his reaction to his ring name:
“I’m like, ‘F*** this bull****.’ I lost my mind, but I just went with it. I went through it because I have a family. I argued, argued, argued and all this kind of stuff. I just kept going through and kept on performing. I did everything I could. Finally, I lost my mind. I said, ‘Dude, I’m done.’ That’s when Curtis Axel evolved.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
