Kevin Owens on NXT Being Praised, Performance Center

Current NXT Champion Kevin Owens was recently interviewed by Vaughn Johnson of Philly.com to help promote NXT’s upcoming shows in Philadelphia on May 14 and 15.

Owens discussed the success of the NXT brand, what it’s like working at the Performance Center, as well as what it’s like not having to personally sell merchandise anymore:

NXT Being Praised

“I think [the praise is] well-deserved. Everybody works so hard. I see it everyday. That’s the thing. People watch NXT once a week on the [WWE] Network, and they see one hour of the work we put in. I see every single day the people that are there working hard. The praise that we get is not surprising because we work really hard.”

Working at WWE Performance Center

“Everything I knew, and I think I knew quite bit, it was still nothing compared to the wealth of knowledge that NXT and the Performance Center allows you to have access to.”

“If you think you know everything when you get there you’re in for a big surprise. I didn’t know everything, I knew I didn’t know everything and I was so excited to get to learn from all of those people.”

Not Having to Sell Merchandise Personally

“I have to sell merchandise in a way because I have to work as hard as I can to make sure the merchandise the WWE is producing for me sells well so that I benefit from it. I don’t have to sell it at the table myself. I enjoyed doing that because it gave me access to the fans.”

“It was difficult lugging 200 t-shirts around to every show that I go to and putting in the time and the work to actually sell them. I really enjoy that part to where I don’t have to worry about it, but at the same time I want to sell those shirts, I want to sell the merch, I want to grow as a performer and a character so that people want to buy that merch, so it’s still on my mind.”

To read the interview in its entirety, click here.

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