Shawn Michaels understands how important the first couple weeks of WWE NXT will be on The CW this October.
WWE Vice President of Talent Development Shawn Michaels recently sat down with Claibs Online. When asked about weekly NXT heading back out on the road in October, Michaels said they wanted to make a big splash for their new partnership with The CW. [H/T Skylar Russell of Fightful for the transcription]
“We always have times where we talk about being able to get out a bit more on the road and the possibilities of doing that. You always have to worry about what’s best for the product and what’s within reason,” Shawn Michaels said. “When this unbelievable five-year partnership got announced with CW, there was just something where we wanted to make a big splash when we did it. It’s a fantastic deal, it’s a fantastic partnership.
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Michaels continued, “The CW is so behind NXT, so encouraged about having us on their network, it just seemed like the right thing to do is to make a huge splash in those first couple of shows. The decision was made to go to Chicago and follow it up with St Louis on the 8th. There’s also gonna be other possibilities. Those are announcements that have yet to come and look, there’s always going to be evolution when it comes to the NXT product and WWE as a whole.
“We’re always trying to continue to go to that next level of the sports entertainment genre. But for right now, excited about these first two shows, NXT is doing something, and so are Raw and SmackDown, that’s not really seen much in linear television anymore and that is continue to grow their audience and to grow a younger audience. Anytime you do that right now in the television landscape, it’s damn near a miracle.”
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