Dr. Tom Prichard Talks Roman Reigns, His Students, NXT Talent

Former WWE head trainer and ring veteran Dr. Tom Prichard spoke with Fansided about multiple facets of the wrestling industry this past week. Below are some of the highlights of the conversation.

Whether he believes Roman Reigns is ready to handle Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31, which is rumored to be in the works:

“Reigns has a way to go in the ring and on the mic. They shouldn’t throw him into something that he’s not ready for. I don’t see anyone with the exception of The Rock who could stand toe to toe with Brock after Cena.”

On who he trained that he thought would have become bigger stars than they actually did:

“Curt Hawkins should have been bigger. Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater are two other guys that I thought would have been bigger, too.”

His thoughts on how NXT talent will adjust to the wrestling and WWE lifestyle:

“I’m really not sure, to be honest. I don’t know what they’re dealing with while training. Some guys can play the game better than others. Some who you think should do well don’t and then others surprise everybody.”

Prichard also noted the first true wave of NXT talent hasn’t yet hit the WWE roster when discussing which could be major stars in the future.

“There’s a lot of them, if they learn how to play the game. The first “wave” of all NXT stars have yet to arrive. The so-called “NXT talent” there now actually started at Florida Championship Wrestling.”

The rest of the lengthy interview can be found here.

Editor’s Note

Dr. Tom is a smart man, and he worked with some of the best. Interesting to note two of the guys who he mentioned were Nexus guys…strong words on Reigns as well.

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