Rich Swann: “The ‘Cruiserweight Classic’ is Bringing In a New Audience to WWE”

Rich Swann is a very good wrestler with a lot of charisma and some great experience. If you watch Ring of Honor from time to time, you would know that he can go “All Night Long.”

However, he’s been signed with NXT for more than a minute. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to see much in the way of “WWE Network time” on NXT.

Swann recently did an interview with the Baltimore Sun about time in NXT, working with Baron Corbin and Finn Balor, as well as his thoughts on the “Cruiserweight Classic.”

You can read the full interview right here. Below are some of the highlights:

What was it like working with Baron Corbin and Finn Balor?

“Baron Corbin, I watched him a lot when I was in Japan, and I saw the way that he was making waves. I knew that he was going to be one of the best. He’s proving just that. I was in a losing effort against him. He’s a big, tough, guy. He doesn’t take anything from anybody. He’s doing great on RAW now. As far as working against Finn Balor, I always idolized him. I looked up to him. When I was in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, he came to Dragon Gate, and was the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. I always wanted to get the chance to wrestle him, and to do it in a WWE ring was priceless.”

What do he think of the “Cruiserweight Classic?”

“I think it says greatness. There’s no words that I could put that into. It’s making this business great again. Not to say that it wasn’t great before, but it’s changing on us. It’s bringing an audience that probably did not watch before, now they’re seeing something different. They’re want to take a look at this. They’re getting the WWE Network, which you can get for $9.99, and it creates greatness.”

Source: WrestlingNews.co

Do you think Rich Swann should get a sizable push on NXT programming after the brand split?