Tyler Breeze on NXT, His Character and Not Getting Called Up Yet

Tyler Breeze on NXT, His Character and Not Getting Called Up Yet

NXT Superstar Tyler Breeze is set to take on Jushin Liger at “NXT Takeover: Brooklyn” before a hot New York City crowd. With that in the future, Breeze talked with Channel Guide Mag Blog to discuss his NXT career to date and much more.

He talked about what it was like in FCW before it became NXT:

“We had FCW TV, but the audience wasn’t the same. A lot of people didn’t even know it was on TV. It was just local Florida stuff. The production wasn’t what it is today. I was watching these matches with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. They were great matches then, but nobody was watching because nobody knew we even existed.”

Breeze discussed the development of his character, aided by one of WWE’s head honchos:

“When I initially started it, the persona was totally going to be something else that it didn’t end up being.

From input here and there with ideas from different people, it sort of turned an almost opposite way that I was going for. At the very beginning of the character we had the pocket mirror.

We did everything with the mirror. Then Triple H said we were past that and to move on to selfies. He suggested we use a cell phone. We modernized it. That was two years ago.”

He also talked about how important it is to trudge forward even as others get called up before him:

“You can’t get frustrated by stuff like that. It’s been like that since I got down here at FCW. I was the one who had Cesaro’s first match.

I’ve watched Seth go. I’ve watched Ambrose go. I’ve watched [Erick] Rowan and [Luke] Harper go. I’ve seen everyone kind of come and go. The thing is these are my friends. These are people who I am happy for. I’m not going to have any ill will toward them.

They just happen to be ready quicker or what WWE needed at the time. It’s nothing that frustrates me, because it’s not like Harper and Rowan are taking a spot that Tyler Breeze would be in. We are completely different marketable assets to the company.

It’s just a matter of time before Tyler Breeze is what they are looking for and need. Then nobody else is going to take that spot but me. So it’s not a frustrating thing for me, I’m happy for my friends who go on and succeed and make it all comfortable for me when I get up there.”

More from the interview can be found here.

Editor’s Note

He’s super talented, but I do wonder what his longevity is. Hopefully he can make it up soon.