Williams also spoke about the growth that “NXT” has seen in the last year, and believes the wrestlers who were present during the “NXT 2.0” days deserve the opportunity to be on a larger platform due to the work they’ve put in as a brand to be recognized. 

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“I think the numbers are speaking for themselves. I’m not a numbers guy. I don’t try to get into it. I just try to do my job, but it seems like CW wanted ‘NXT’ and we’re happy to be there.” Williams said. “This is a lot of people’s first time putting their eyes on our product. We’ve been working hard if you’ve followed us since those “2.0” days. We’ve been putting in work for a long time when a lot of people told us that we didn’t know what we were doing, we don’t deserve these opportunities, and we ain’t going to be here long, and look what we did. We flipped that deal and we doubled it.” 

In addition to Williams vs Page for the NXT Title, former STARDOM standout Giulia will challenge Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship, and Wes Lee will enter battle with his former tag team partner Zachary Wentz in a Street Fight when “NXT” debuts on The CW next week. 

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