Dolph Ziggler is the NXT Champion, and while he didn’t exactly say Bron Breakker is the next big thing, “The Showoff” believes that the powerhouse is something special.
Ziggler won the gold by beating Breakker and Tommaso Ciampa in a Triple Threat Match at NXT Roadblock, and he’ll put the title on the line against the former champion at NXT Stand & Deliver.
In an interview with Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN, Ziggler spoke highly of his opponent. He described how Breakker isn’t content with delivering anything less than explosive action in the ring, “The Showoff” made it clear that he admires this aspect of Breakker’s work ethic. Moving forward, Ziggler also emphasized that Breakker has a certain “explosiveness” in him that is rare in WWE today.
“Having been in close contact with him for this one month, and I famously don’t watch wrestling or NXT or anything,” Ziggler said. “You see something in people’s eyes, and whether it gets accomplished or not, you know that he’s not ok with an A- match. He’s not ok with, ‘Ok, I’m a little tired here. I’ll just kind of phone this part in, and we’ll get back to it’. He wants to be explosive at all times and prove that he should be there on his own merit. I love that. I can’t wait to get hit with that spear, have the wind taken out of me, kick the hell out, and slap him around afterward.
“I think one day, of course, he has the tools and what you would say about anybody ever in developmental, but there’s an explosiveness in him that I don’t see in two-thirds of our roster.”
Ziggler will get another chance to see Breakker’s potential first-hand when they clash at NXT Stand & Deliver on April 2.
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