WWE NXT has brought out the best of Lexis King, who believes his time under his real name in AEW was just a shadow of what he could do.
After years in AEW as Brian Pillman Jr., King joined WWE NXT last year and has opted not to use his real name to avoid being associated with his late father.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, King spoke about coming to WWE NXT and how it has made a new man of him. He said,
“It’s night and day, you know what I mean? I’m not gonna talk too much about Brian Pillman Jr. and the trials and tribulations that he dealt with at AEW, but here at NXT, I mean, shoot, the King’s got it all. I got the respect of the locker room, I got a spot on the show, I’m valued for what I bring to the table, my ability inside the ring, outside the ring. It’s day and night here.
“There’s a direction for me. I got my eye on the prize, you know what I mean? That’s not anybody’s fault but my own. We saw what happened in Jacksonville, when Pillman Jr.’s eye wasn’t on the ball. I was a shadow of who I am now. I was a nobody because I wasn’t focused on the prize, but here at NXT, we’ve got the Performance Center. I’ve got a place to train. I got young guys and girls looking up to me, who depend on me to go out there and perform and be The King and set an example.
“So I don’t have time for all this going out and this partying and this DJing bullsh*t. I come into this gym and I work out in front of these professional coaches, and we get the ball rolling to become the best version of ourselves.”
King has been prominently featured in WWE NXT but has yet to win gold. He was defeated by Eddy Thorpe on this week’s episode NXT.
During the interview, King also spoke about the ongoing crossover between WWE NXT and TNA Wrestling. Click here to find out more.
